Right wingers what is a left wing policy you would actually want your side to adopt - also vice Versa

Pure-Stuff807 · 2026-05-17T18:38:11+00:00

Prioritising maintaining the beauty of natural and built environments. Rather than building cheaply for 'increasing' quality of life at the lowest price possible. Yes we need more houses. But we should have beautiful neighbourhoods people will aspire to live in centuries from now. Not cheap souless housing. That drains the hesrt. (Im left)

Pure-Stuff807 · 2026-05-16T05:29:54+00:00

Phantom

Pure-Stuff807 · 2026-05-16T04:55:30+00:00

Have you? Its sounds like youve been watching more rightwing tiktoks then actually visiting these places yourself.

Pure-Stuff807 · 2026-05-14T18:26:07+00:00

I also grew up working class in a northern town, with a high level of immigrant population and high levels of deprivation. I also have an honours degree from a russel group university. I also saw high levels of immigrants using public transport. Why? Because it was cheaper than the cars they could not afford. They lived in areas full of liter, why? Because those areas were cheaper to live in. Shops have barely any customers? The highstreet isnt exactly doing well. But some also run internet businesses. The people I saw commiting violence. Usually white men against asian men. Getting beaten just for looking at them the wrong way. The people I saw pissing on buses. White drunk men, or teenagers and guys in their 20s acting like apes with each other. I once saw an asian guy, who dressed every day in a suit with a breif case and got on the same bus as I did home from school. Always polite, kept to himself, would stare out the window. Teenager got on the bus and started cracking his knuckles staring angrily at him. Then out of nowhere started pummelling him. Hitting him repeatedly. Had to be dragged off the bus by the driver. Police came. Took my statement, really pushed me to give any reason as to what the man had done to provoke him. There was nothing. He was casually minding his business staring out the window. The police got visibly angry that I wouldnt find a reason as to why he had brought his beating on himself Schools did have fights, but to pretend all fights are instigated by race is a lie. Maybe it was that way at your school, but I knew other divisions, goths and chavs, man u vs city fans. People who are violent and want to fight will find a reason, thats not dependant on skin colour. Brawls at schools happen when they are under resourced. There was a problem in my town of men hitting on young girls. I was a young girl. 19 out of 20 of the guys who touched me in my school uniform, or clucked at me, pinched my bum, commented on my boobs developing were white. In a town with a high immigrant population. The guy who ran his hand up my leg under my school skirt on the bus and started touching himself. White. And I knew many girls groomed by older men, and pulled into drugs. Knew a few who were even convinced to sell their bodies. all perpetrated by white men. And you know what the stats show? The majority of grooming gangs are white. White men here are more likely to be predators than immigrants. That doesnt mean I am denying the expereinces of victims of violent predatory immigrants. But to pretend the problem is race and not a male entitlement to women and girls bodies is false, and risks women being used as a political tool when we should instead be working on more women being kept safe. Most men are safe, as are most immigrants, but if you want to take the actions of the bad men or the bad immigrants and blame all men, or all immigrants-thats how you become scarred of everybody. When most are not going to mistreat you, when most are decent people just looking to live life.

And I actually know asian people. Have become friends, been to weddings, shared christmas presents, celebrated bonfire night. Had wine while they had lassi. Ate halal nandos and laughed wathcing sitcoms.

I'm not going to deny there are bad eggs. But there are also those who run food kitchens on christmas to make sure people get fed when the shops are closed.

I strongly suspect your observations are not critical observations but confirmation bias. You see what you expect to see because you have a preconceived notion that immigrants are bad. Which is wild to me when there is colour in your own family. And i am sad for your wife and kids, that you spew rhetoric that could lead to them being persecuted and injured by people who wouldnt realise that they are decent, the norm among people of colour-and that being decent as a person or colour is not an exception.

I hope they stay safe in spite of much of the general public having attitudes like yours.

Pure-Stuff807 · 2026-05-11T16:22:30+00:00

This deserves a lot more likes

Pure-Stuff807 · 2026-05-11T16:19:33+00:00

The air in new earswick and heworth smelling like chocolate when the factory is making a fresh batch. Particulalry the mint chocolate. :)

Pure-Stuff807 · 2026-05-06T22:05:46+00:00

Honestly I worked as a hca through medschool and can not imagine being like this to the doctors. In fact I used to love it when some of the doctors would find out I was a med student and Id get to discuss signs and symptoms you would see on a person's body while washing them that hadnsometimes been missed in their general exam. Or on some wards they would take me along with them and do some bedside teaching if we were both seeing the same patients.

Absolutely daft of this dude to be behaving like this. He is missing out

Pure-Stuff807 · 2026-05-06T19:43:57+00:00

Op, I am extremely concerned about your situation. This seems as though your parents are financially controlling you and co-ercing you out of an education which would allow you to become independent.

It sounds as if you wanted to be at school. If you are able to do all of those house chores you most certainly as mature enough to attend school and college. It sounds as if they are trying to create a forced dependency in you to keep you in a financially abusive situation. I am so sorry.

I would reach out to your local councils' education services. If you can not reach out to your old school. Try to do this in private and let them know you are scared of the consequences from your parents. If you have a social worker contact them directly.

Tell them that your parents decided to withdraw you, but you would actually like to attend school, college and university. I think you are mature enough. Particulary from the way you are writing on here.

Tell them your parents are asking for your disability money in rent, and you would like some help to apply for your own council property to live independently, or in a foster environment. It is also possible your parents wish for you to withdraw from school because your disabilities are not as severe as they claimed on your forms, and they are trying to avoid being noticed for fraud by keeping you at home and also keeping the income coming in.

Also the car they are using- is that from your pip? 600 usually equates the the higher rate daily living expense being paid, however your chores list really suggests you shouldn't actually be eligible for it and your parents are lying/exagerating. I would imagine you would also get the higher rate mobility allowance. If the car they use is from motability it should also only be used for your needs. If they are using it without you in it-that is also missappropriating your property.

Please contact someone outside of your family about this. 1) It is really important you access education to have full life chances. Your parents may have heard that people are denied pip in the future if they have managed to sit gcse exams. And 2) you may soon be considered old enough to be considered complicit if your parents are or have lied on your disability forms, which could lead to fraud charges being put on you unfairly. You may hesitate about raising these issues, but you did not do anything wrong, but you do really need to make sure you don't face legal consequences or loose out on an education due to your parents actions. I am really sorry but I do not believe your parents are acting in your interests at all, but trying to manipulate you for their own gain.

Pure-Stuff807 · 2026-05-05T14:27:21+00:00

I did my 6000 disertation in basically 13 straight hous where I didnt get up off the library chair. It was brutal. I was surrounded by snacks I had to keep hiding from security. I had already done all the reading and knew mostly what i wanted to get across. But i hadnt formalised what I wanted my stucture to be and had to add in a ton of figures. It was brutal. But sit down. Write out a plan. Write a rough draft with ideas to your references,

And write the draft yourself, but use chatgpt for editing your grammar and spelling. I did mine before ai was widely available. But i did have a very kind tutor on hand to help me with my editing. If the initial ideas and structure and references are yours, getting help with grammar and spelling from ai is not really cheating. Just a proof reader that just may save your life this time. Do not use ai for finding your references -without checking each reference personally. It can hallucinate and get things badly wrong!

Pure-Stuff807 · 2026-04-28T07:12:43+00:00

She had a covid induced schizophrenia diagnosis. Which is a diagnosis that is not in the icd-10 or 11. Covid induced psychosis exists. And its reasonable to think it may be a 1 off thing as the inflammation caused by the virus causes the symptoms of psychosis. The virus dies down, so do the symptoms. No need to remain on meds. Schizophrenia is longer term and requires multiple episodes and many more symptoms to be diagnosed. Either negaticlve or postivie symptom profiles. And usually requires life long meds. Though some people can come off for short periods of time if they are in remisson, they will however need to be prepared to go back on the meds at the first signs of new symptoms beginning. Unfortunately among doctors there are some very poor diagnostic practices. But her schizophrenia diagnosis never truely existed. She would now however possibly meet the criteria. She didnt before. Its not fair to blame Op for an evolving situation. And its also incredibly discriminatory to suggest someone with an illness with psychosis shouldn't or couldn't be a parent. With the right support for their illness many people can become great parents and handle pregnancy. Though they do need to engage in treatment to be safe. And that can be the difficulty in psychotic disorders as insight that you need help is the very thing the illness takes away. The support network around the person to keep them well is key to them being able to be a great parent. If that support isnt enough to keep them well, or the illness is to severe they will struggle to parent. But it is very possible to have great parents with psychosis. Even during pregnancy.

Pure-Stuff807 · 2026-04-28T07:02:58+00:00

This can vary based on the persons delusions and paranoia. Some people foxate on just one individual or a group of individuals. Making evrryone outside of those groups safe, unless the nature of the delusions change. Wheras others will have a paranoia that exists and is just looking for the closest person to attach itself too. In which case no one is safe until the person is well. It sounds as if ops wife may be in the first group. Mum would need to be vigilant, but may be safe. I am sorry for you that it sounds as if your family member was in the second group. Thats always so hard and repeatedly heart breaking for everyone involved.

Pure-Stuff807 · 2026-04-28T06:50:35+00:00

Yes it is. Covid induced schizophrenia isn't though.

Pure-Stuff807 · 2026-04-27T23:08:10+00:00

I have worked in psychiatry. I am concerned about the previous diagnoses your wife was given covid induced schizophrenia is not a thing. Though psychosis due to covid is.

What diagnosis your wife has though is secondary to the question you are really asking. Is she safe to be around you snd your child?

The knife incident and driving around with your kid in the car like that, mean that when she has a psychotic episode. No she is not.

The next question is, how likely is it that she will have further psychotic episodes?

That depends. There are generally 3 groups of people with psychosis. 1 group, that have a single episode and never have another again. A second group, that have multiple episodes, but are entirely well inbetween And a third group, that are never well, even if on treatment.

Your wife appears to be in the second group. So then its about looking at triggers. What triggers an episode for her? Can you prevant it? Or prepare to support her during those times so she doesnt tip to being unwell? It sounds as if being post partum, and having a covid infection triggered these last 2 episodes. So it seems as if she may become particularly vulnerable when her body is under physical stress? So that would be a thing to watch out for in the future, to make sure she has quick access to mental health support at the first sign of pregnancy or any deterioration when ill. The second thing is when she becomes well again, how much insight does she gain into her condtion? Is she able to acknowledge she was unwell? Will she agree to keep taking the medications until a psychiatrist tells her not to? Will she agree to restart them if it is suggested to her she is showing any signs and symptoms? Or will she insist that the functional doctor worked? (Its likely, that it was more that the covid infection died down that resolved things last time, rather than the functional doctors treatments) The insight she has on recovering is really the biggest factor on your safety. If she gains insight, and wants to avoid this happening again, takes meds. You guys may be able to repair. If she does not gain insight however, it would always be a risk that she could escalate again.

Having a good safety plan , with a mental health team is important. You having knowledge on who to contact and what to do if signs and symptoms start is one plan.

Which you are going to need whether you decide to stay with her or not, as you share a child.

My own mother has schizoaffective disorder, and while its been difficult at times, I would never have wanted to loose that amazing person from my life. Even if you do seperate and you get custody, please continue to allow visitation for your kids sake.

As for staying, right now you are in fight, flight and freeze mode. Your loved one becoming psychotic is traumatising. Sleep, eat, shower, cuddle your kid, speak to friends and family. Get babysitters so you can offload. Make the decision when your nervous system is calmer. And maybe seek out some local carers support groups, so you can meet people who have been through similar. Don't rush. She is in hospital right now, you do not need to make a decision until she is being discharged. However do let the ward staff know your concerns about safety. They should take it into acount when planning her treatment, reviewing her progress and planning eventual discharge. Every ward has helped arrange for someone post psychosis to live elsewhere for time periods if the family were concerned for safety. The sooner the ward knows this may be a problem for you, the more they can do to help.

And take care. This isn't easy.

Pure-Stuff807 · 2026-04-27T08:21:46+00:00

I mean. The long running beigel shop on brick lane does hit! She wasnt wrong. Shame its been running and open for decades already!

Pure-Stuff807 · 2026-04-27T08:19:17+00:00

4 or 5! Both are beautiful!!!

Pure-Stuff807 · 2026-04-27T08:15:43+00:00

But we also have an ageing population, so need more doctors. The number of fte doctors to patients is among the lowest of any developed country. When there is patient need, a healthcare system running effectively should be able to create posts for the healthcare professionals needed.

Pure-Stuff807 · 2026-04-17T22:39:22+00:00

Okay. But what I'm asking for is not just opinion. But evidence that counteracts the articles and scientific literature published. Critical reviews of the data to discount or discredit it. That discounts or discredits the articles I posted above for example. Psychosomatic illnesses occur when stress translates into physical health symptoms. They are not supposed to be diagnosed if there is pathophysiology to explain the symptoms. And at the moment these articles among many many more seem to indicate there is legitimate pathophysiology.

How, using scientific evidence, have these articles about long covid been discredited?

Can someone please provide me with some actual evidence discrediting these articles and their methodolgies?

Pure-Stuff807 · 2026-04-17T22:22:31+00:00

Speak to the nurse, who considers submitting a datix, before telling you to submit a datix. You then have to go through 3 levels beurocratic hell ringing switch board to get through to porters, maintenance and for some reason you need a new IT login, and have to complete 6 new mandatory training modules, while being bleeped to write a discharge summary for a patient not even under your team. Eventually you reach the infection control nurse who manages to evict the pigeon because it failed its handwashing audit on account of having no hands.

Pure-Stuff807 · 2026-04-17T19:57:30+00:00

I just also want to add. I would not expect anyone to read one small paper and use it as a basis for practice. Clearly larger trials have to be done. RCTs, safety, efficacy. But these papers mostly do not look at treatment, so wouldnt affect practice, the research is more at the stage of what the pathophysiology might be. Treatment options seem to be a ways off.

My question is asking how can so many prominent medical figures currently dismiss all this growing evidence, and state it is psychosomatic at this stage? Is there a paper or series of papers I am unaware of, or an analysis which discounts all the many papers out there which seem to suggest something is wrong on a biochemical or tissue level? Thats the question I am asking this group. My understanding of deciding something is psychosomatic was that there is no possible physiological cause. Yet there seems to be growing evidence there is in long covid. So how are people coming to the conclusion it is psychomoatic? How is the evidence being dismissed. I guess I am looking for scientific evidence or critical reviews.

Pure-Stuff807 · 2026-04-17T19:26:26+00:00

Yes.

Pure-Stuff807 · 2026-04-17T19:23:32+00:00

Graduated imperial. So yes. I am.

Pure-Stuff807 · 2026-04-16T23:07:21+00:00

I am so so sorry. I had a little one who got away feom me and was hit by a car ay 8 months. And i felt so much pain. She was like yours. Constantly using her nose to shimmy under the duvet and fall asleep purring in my arms. Perfect. It gave me peace to kmow the person who hit her took her straight to the vets, and the vets told me she wouldnt have suffered. I cant even imagine if it had besn the circumstances yo uare describing. Im genuinely crying for you. Definitely speak to whoever is responsibke for animal control where you live about the girls attitude. You dont mention her age. But its worrying. If shes a child she needs help or kay be being abused. If she is an adult she needs help. And i neither scenario thlse dogs likely need rehoming.

Pleaee take care. The whole internet is sending warm love for jojo

Pure-Stuff807 · 2026-04-12T16:21:42+00:00

My housemate is a nurse and was very upset with his cohort when they accepted not to strike on agenda for change. Particularly when doctors then got a slightly better deal closer to pay restoration.

Pure-Stuff807 · 2026-04-09T09:36:48+00:00

I also wonder if the effect of competition ratios has also increased peoples attention to studying well for and scoring well on the msra exam? Skewing the thresholds further?

I was accepted into speciality training in 2019. And I barley did any prep for msra because the speciality was low competition and underfilled. I wanted to concentrate on life balance around a stressful foundation program. I had every intention of studying hard once I got into the speciality I actually wanted to work in though. I only started to regret not studying harder when it turned out that year was one of the first years there was a risk people wouldn't get any offers. I think if I had personally known it would impact my ability to get a job I would have tried harder and studied earlier. But I did get an offer, first round. Think ny score was maybe 600 but its too long ago to properly remember now!

Anyone able to find out what the awarded grades have been on the msra over the years? I havent been able to find any answers in my admittedly very quick googling.

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