It’s pretty simple 1) sectioning people is now a serious medico-legal endeavour 2) once locked up, they must be repeatedly assessed to try and see if they can leave. 3) forcibly medicating people is … (View Post)

Not especially ironic. In many things he was actually a thoughtful and rather progressive man. Being one of the first from mainstream politics to fall down the immigration/race rat hole destroyed his… (View Post)

The actual reason that the old mad houses went away was that 1) they were brutal, horrible places. Out of sight, out of mind. 2) around the world, people who were aware of it, fought against them. An… (View Post)

The organisers, left, right or batshit insane, of every match in London, claim that the Police estimate of the number of marchers is too low. I don’t normally trust the police on many things, but the… (View Post)

The French rely heavily on others when their one carrier is down for maintenance. IIRC they are reliant on the US Navy for landing training. (View Post)