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There's a big difference between how an MP can behave at the Constituency level were there is no statutory influence on how they conduct themselves, and how they operate as a senior Cabinet Minister. Certainly in general terms Coffey's conduct at the Department of Work and Pensions gives rise...

The cross dressing bad person trope has been widely explored https://criticalmediaproject.org/transgender-serial-killers/ and is frankly hackneyed I'm not surprised the BBC saw it as 'avoidable'.

@rvallee has got this right above. The Substack account is that of just another right wing controversialist speaking to an ingroup who are confirming their beliefs. In this case it's their beliefs about 'young women' who are failing to live up to the ingroup's expectations of what they should...

A couple of months old but of relevance as Coffey is now the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care: "MPs have asked the work and pensions secretary to justify her refusal to release nine potentially embarrassing reports about her department’s work, at least four of which focus on...

Yes I don't think there's any definitive reason to think that the gains that have been made will be lost - just that there's unlikely to be the enthusiasm from the top that was there with Javid.

Well known problem with commercially successful authors (and JKR is top of the heap) - publishers are very shy to offend their star turns by having editors do a proper job.

Modern broadcasting is highly driven by legalism - everything from script to screening will go via the lawyers. Of course there will be interpretations but decisions about content aren't left to a few people in a glass walled office. It will be interesting to see how the previous Galbraith...

Oral analgesics mess me up so it's a balance as to whether to take anything - I avoid paracetamol entirely and rely on infrequent aspirin or ibuprofen. However ibuprofen gel applied externally is a help for the burning muscle symptoms, so that's my go to solution, though regular use on one spot...

Ministerial Appointments: September 2022 "The Rt Hon Dr Thérèse Coffey MP as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care. She will also be Deputy Prime Minister" In the light of this there may be certain attitude changes at the Dept Health and Social Care now that Sajid Javid has been...

Not just the BBC - Ofcom rules apply to all licensed broadcasters in the UK: The representation and portrayal of people with disabilities on analogue terrestrial television - this seems to apply to all licencees including digital even though the doc hasn't been updated. "Key issues that were...

While PwME have every right to criticise portrayals of PwME in fiction I think it's important to differentiate between a one or two individuals within a novel, play, film etc where those characters are not necessarily emblematic of the group or class or gender to which they are presented as...

Well yes but the Internet disagrees: Your reptilian brain, explained "Robert M. Sapolsky holds degrees from Harvard and Rockefeller Universities and is currently a Professor of Biology and Neurology at Stanford University and a Research Associate with the Institute of[…]" We are more...

Bath Centre for Fatigue Services "About us We are a national service providing outpatient based specialist services for adults experiencing long-standing fatigue linked to a variety of illnesses. People referred to our service might have Chronic Fatigue linked to a neurological or other long...

@josepdelafuente NHS England has information on wait times: https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/hospitals/guide-to-nhs-waiting-times-in-england/ "The maximum waiting time for non-urgent, consultant-led treatments is 18 weeks from the day your appointment is booked through the NHS e-Referral...

"Conclusion Perhaps mistaken ideas about brain evolution persist because they fit with the human experience: We do sometimes feel overwhelmed with uncontrollable emotions and even use animalistic terms to describe these states. These ideas are also consistent with such traditional views of human...

Your Brain Is Not an Onion With a Tiny Reptile Inside Cesario, Johnson and Eisthen https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0963721420917687 full article free e pub Abstract A widespread misconception in much of psychology is that (a) as vertebrate animals evolved, “newer” brain...

I don't know that these researchers are ignoring the multiplicity of possible reasons for being bed bound - this study seems to be basic research looking at what happens to a healthy body, and within its own terms the study seems to have been successful. It answers a legitimate question, and as...

There should be no need to get into any 'silencing'. There is an issue related to BBC producer guidelines which both the BBC and the producer have a moral obligation to consider - simply asking for assurance that the relevant consideration takes place isn't cancelling anyone. I wouldn't equate...

Allowing that others have suggested it might not be such a good thought -- as far as timing I think the release of the book presents topicality that will be soon lost. I'm not sure I would cast the question as between heading off at the pass or forcing a different portrayal, but rather about...

Just posting here before I lose the thought forever - given the successful transfer of the Galbraith novels to TV production and broadcast by the BBC, there's a good possibility that this latest will make it's way to TV as well. BBC Producer Guidelines may be significant...