Deborah

The silence of electric cars is dangerous

Seeing someone being kicked in the head will never not be shocking, irrespective of the circumstances

Channel 4 News has learned the Golders Green attacker left a psychiatric hospital run by South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust in recent days. More tonight at 7pm.

#Taskmaster is the pure unbridled joy I definitely need right now

✍️OP-ED (all my own views. Feel free to share on that basis). “The NHS is grossly failing the mentally ill in our country. The terrible events of this week in Golders Green go far deeper than rogue individuals, extremism and anti-semitism. The narrative between this incident, Southport, and our tragedy in Nottingham in June 2023 is that they all happened because seriously mentally ill, violent and dangerous individuals were not managed or cared for and were allowed to roam our streets unchecked. The fear of stigmatising, perception of racial inequality and bias is overriding the need to keep the public safe. There are not enough specialist facilities, adequately trained and robustly managed staff, or effective assertive outreach teams. In the few examples where these are in place in this country, the rates of violence and loss of life are greatly reduced. So it can be done. The NHS Mental Health Trust in. Nottingham is a poorly managed and failing Trust. Despite the public outcry, media attention, and indeed the scrutiny of the statutory inquiry, they still refuse to provide details and evidence of the process and actions taken by them for the countless members of staff who so clearly were negligent in their roles. Today, we learnt for the first time of one member of staff who faced disciplinary action for his limited contact and care of Valdo Calocane. Just one man who retired prior to any hearings. Despite our continued requests for the past two years, we still have no idea of what took place internally or is now planned. Were it not for this Inquiry none of these appalling practices would have been made public. Do not think for one moment that this is the only Mental Health Trust in this country that is in this state. It’s endemic and systemic. And lessons have never been learned. Our government (and previous ones) are failing to act. Failing to recognise the broken public services in our health, our policing and our criminal justice system. They are chasing the horses rather than fixing the fences. We cannot, and must not, be a passive reactive state. Countless lives are being lost and families destroyed because of fear, poor decision making and inaction. I do not hold myself to be a learned professional, nor have all of the answers or solutions. However, as Barney’s Mum; witnessing first hand how broken and wrong the systems and services are, I do have a voice, and I want to try and use it. The government, and our media MUST look at what is unfolding every day here at the Nottingham Inquiry. Ensure it is reported, listened to, and transparently and honestly done; not used for political point scoring or electoral gain. Be proactive and brave enough to tackle what is going broken. Emma Webber

@DreyfusJames I've been pondering exactly this. It downplays the issue and the victims. I can vaguely see why it might once have been thought to be a helpful 'we're all in this together' kind of way. But no. Enough.

It plainly isn’t. It’s CLEARLY yet another monstrous attack on our Jewish community. What meaningless, self-serving, guff-ridden tripe.

'After all, this is the police - you're supposed to be able to trust them."' Quite. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

How the chuff can I fail security on a call when all I have given is my name, DOB & address? Talking to automoton customer service people is infuriating. Be more human.

Risk to the public is seemingly rarely considered. Unfathomable.

Poor bloke, what a dreadful way to die

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A mighty fine final question from the chair here - they should ask every witness this - 'would you have felt safe?' nottinghampost.com/news/nottingha…

When the stalker claims to be the victim , by @DrJessTaylor open.substack.com/pub/whatwouldj…

Meanwhile, the streets are paved with dog shit and litter...Oldham deserves better than panto politics manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-m…

Laughed and cried. Hard recommend.

🚨 UPDATE: Scope has reversed its decision and reinstated my choir Pleased to say Scope has now reinstated the invitation for my choir to perform at the London Marathon tomorrow. While this is a win, the distress and uncertainty caused by this situation has taken its toll. At present, only one fellow choir member has said they feel comfortable performing tomorrow. Understandably so. In a statement published on their website this evening, they’ve confirmed the choir is not political - and never was. They also acknowledge that my gender-critical beliefs, cited as the reason for dropping us, are lawful -and that those views are mine and separate from the choir as a whole. All of which we knew all along. However, they go on to describe gender-critical views as “highly polarising” and potentially “deeply upsetting and alienating” - language and ideological framing that echoes previous public commentary that presented my lawful, mainstream views as extreme. While this is a win, the distress and uncertainty caused by this situation has taken its toll. At present, only one fellow choir member has said they feel comfortable performing tomorrow. We are now considering our options.

I don't think I'm ever going to not miss Liza Tarbuck at this time on a Saturday on my radio

'The force, which later apologised to Mr and Mrs Davies, held them in separate cells for 22 hours overnight.' Good god bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

I can't stress enough how much I loathe awareness weeks when I see organisations that have failed me virtue signalling about support/advice/guidance, etc GMP, GMCA, GM Victim Support, I'm talking about you

@bbcpress Fabulous news!

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