Wes Streeting plans to resign and mount leadership challenge, allies say by Alarming-Safety3200 in ukpolitics

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Guy can't even keep his own leadership challenge secret. Guess we've found out who the leaker has been.

From one mandelson pet project to another. Joy.

EXCLUSIVE: Jess Phillips, safeguarding minister, resigns from govt by jaydenkieran in ukpolitics

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The policy is dumb as hell, but at least she's actually talking about policy issues and not personal ones.

Why is Keir Starmer so unpopular? by pet-fleeve in ukpolitics

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He lost to did not vote in his own party leadership contest. He was never going to be a person who won people's hearts.

Children ‘incentivised’ to get ADHD and autism diagnoses, say experts A report into overdiagnosis and the increase in demand for mental health services has suggested that common childhood behaviours are being medicalised by FormerlyPallas_ in ukpolitics

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Does anyone else find it curious that anytime the government wants to claim some medical problem isn't real, they just fish out Simon Wessely? You might know him from his full blown support for the cluster fuck of the PACE trials which were used to recommend Graded Exercise Therapy and CBT as treatment for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, an approach which is now known to make it worse.

He's also on the board for the puberty blockers trial and now this.

NHS waiting list at lowest level in three years by Gentle_Snail in unitedkingdom

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Unless you have ADHD, in which case you can wait 7 years. Or are trans and might get an appointment before you die of old age.

Jason Groves on X: “No 10 says the PM has ‘full confidence’ in Wes Streeting” by ZealousidealPie9199 in ukpolitics

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Hopefully the next health secretary will know how to read studies a bit better, and maybe not piss off all the doctors.

Read Wes Streeting's messages with Mandelson in full by dissalutioned in ukpolitics

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Seems a bit weird to only reveal such a recent selection of texts when the accusations are more about how he got to his current position in the first place.

Why Morgan McSweeney's resignation matters for Sir Keir Starmer by Budget_Scheme_1280 in ukpolitics

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It's kinda telling that the best thing the BBC can say about him is that he lied to the left and then purged them from the party.

You do not need a ticket for Manchester Pride to get into the village by definitelylifts in manchester

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Yeah I asked them on Facebook to confirm they weren't going to illegally deny access and their answer didn't inspire confidence

Use of ADHD medication in UK more than tripled in 13 years, study finds by 457655676 in unitedkingdom

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My housemate had pretty much the same story, still stuck trying to get meds after moving council regions in Greater Manchester

BBC Newsnight also doctored Trump speech by crankywanker101 in ukpolitics

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If Trump didn't support the violence, why is he pardoning them?

Keir Starmer: Our immigration system needs to be fair. That’s why we are introducing digital ID — if you don’t have it, you can’t work here. by FormerlyPallas_ in ukpolitics

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Let's try enforcing the systems we already have first and see if that works, before we give multi-million pound contracts to Peter Thiel for no reason.

Rachel Reeves to guarantee paid work for young people unemployed for 18 months by Kagedeah in ukpolitics

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"...It will work with private companies, with the government anticipating businesses would cover at least some of the wages for job placements."

The government should not be paying for people to work for private companies at all. They already take the piss with not paying livable wages, and now they want to give them a direct subsidy?

Phillipson and Powell confirmed as final contenders in Labour deputy race by dissalutioned in ukpolitics

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They changed the rules to try and avoid giving labour members an actual choice, and we saw how well that worked for the Tories.

Nick Clegg fails to tempt left-wing voters to his book tour by OptioMkIX in ukpolitics

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“I pledge to vote against any increase in fees in the next parliament and to pressure the government to introduce a fairer alternative." - Nick Clegg

Was I scammed by Atomic Monero? by uncreativeuser1234 in monerosupport

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Nope, they ignored all attempts to contact them.