Just a TA

I share my thoughts on contemporary British politics, & support demands for accountability for politicians & justice for the people that vote for them.

[ALASTAIR CAMPBELL @campbellclaret]

Populism is politics which seeks to exploit rather than solve problems, and to turn any issue, trivial or serious, into an exercise in polarisation. We now have a government that seems to be actively agitating for trouble on November 11. “Marches of hate” was Step 1. 1/4

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@EdenandHuston @joelycett @SuellaBraverman ???? Sort it out?

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@rSmlibrarian @teachwellall It’s better than sales. I’ll tell you that for sure.

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@Theholisticpsyc Sorry but it makes me so mad to see when mum calls herself fat. What about when she calls you fat? Relentlessly for 25 years. Don’t forget that one.

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@pat_sowa @JDaviesPhD It is perfectly possible to accept that conditions like anxiety and depression are a result of external circumstances rather than a broken person. But they won’t because it makes them look bad . Far easier to make sure everyone blames themselves.

[Prof James Davies 💭 @JDaviesPhD]

Without a psych-diagnosis, access to support is denied. The neoliberal state thus demands you accept yourself as dysfunctional before it will 'help', capturing your suffering in an ideological move where the fault is located in you rather than in your environment or unmet needs.

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@JDaviesPhD 💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯

[Prof James Davies 💭 @JDaviesPhD]

Margaret Thatcher’s claim that there is ‘no such thing as society,’ epitomises the state of mental health care in the neoliberal era, which implores us to:

self-help
self-heal
self-rely
self-soothe
self-care

…in the face of dismantled social, relational & material supports....

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@esotericvicky @PolitlcsUK I’ve fortunately never been homeless or not had enough money to buy food. This doesn’t mean I’m incapable of understanding that these are bad things to happen to people. Why let the politicians off common decency? Maybe they’re not out of touch, maybe they’re just arseholes 😉

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@esotericvicky @PolitlcsUK I agree to an extent; it is definitely easy to live in a bubble. That said, I think the idea that personal experience is required for empathy is exaggerated. 1/2

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@PolitlcsUK Beautifully said by @Keir_Starmer, but I think pretending they don’t understand is letting them off too lightly. Everything is just much easier when they pretend not to.

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@RogersHistory Yes! Same with grammar. I’ve never had any trouble with English grammar and my spelling has always been excellent (cue typo). I’m now absurdly concerned about it though.

[David__Osland @David__Osland]

No sanctions against Boris Johnson for breaking the rules on former ministers taking new jobs. But a man with learning disabilities was left without food or power after turning up four minutes late for a benefit office appointment.

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@JDaviesPhD Living in an emotionally neglectful environment environment is not ‘just like breaking a leg’. Nor is it your fault if your ‘treatment’ doesn’t work. You’re not broken, mental health ‘treatment’ is.

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@JDaviesPhD That unhealthy coping mechanisms are a really common human response not a sign of weakness.

Like maybe you’re struggling with anxiety or depression because your situation is unmanageable, not because you ‘can’t cope’.

That these things are TRAUMA RESPONSES not ‘a disease’.

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@LozzaFox 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄. So much self-pity and drama in this. It’s like a sad daily hate mail headline.

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@theworldofmomus @RupertLowe10 When I was out of work I applied for hundreds of jobs that I was supremely qualified for, didn’t get any of them, and felt like a failure every day.

I’m not saying every single person feels (or should feel!) like that but it’s hardly rare. 2/2

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@theworldofmomus @RupertLowe10 Yeah I think it’s actually really hard to cheat the system. Going to work is in fact far easier, particularly when you take into account how humiliating being out of work is designed to be 1/2

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@KateWilton1 @amandajplatell @ddonnatelli And she probably didn’t force him to do anything else either. Goodness me, why does a man falling out with his family have to be his wife’s fault? Get a grip, he’s a grownup.

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@GlenIrvine1 @MalvinaBairn @simonharris_mbd 🙄🙄🙄🙄