Scottish MP Carol Monaghan and her work for people with ME/CFS

Jonathan Edwards said:
That would figure, unless she got it from Unrest.

I think just having debates and MPs producing articles must be good. I do worry though that if Willy Weir keeps going on about anti-virals and other rather soft bits of information he is setting advocates up for making fools of themselves. People like Sir Mark Walport (CEO of UK Research and Innovation) or Fiona Watt (executive chair of MRC) are not going to be impressed. I think Fiona Watt might be more impressed by being made aware that one of her predecessors got things very badly wrong with PACE.

The name of the game is for advocates to show that they understand better than the people in control do. That may be hard for a non-medical MP to convey but some simple quotes or clips might work very well. If all carol Monaghan did was show Graham's video the game would be won.
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Do you mean this one? https://www.s4me.info/threads/the-pace-trial-a-short-explanation-graham-mcphee.4669/
 
This raises an interesting dilemma which many people face: How should you vote at a general election if your MP has been helpful to you personally but you disagree with their politics and/or the politics of their party?

My MP has been helpful to me. He has come to see me at my house, responded to numerous emails, attended parliamentary debates on ME, and written to various people on my behalf. However, as grateful as I am to him for his help as a constituency MP, I will not be voting for him as I don’t support the party his represents.

If I lived in Carol’s constituency, and if I was opposed to Scottish independence (which I’m not saying if I am or not) I would have a much more difficult decision to make.

I understand that non-ME politics is banned under S4ME rules but I hope it’s OK to post this as a philosophical point of interest rather than a party political one. I’m certainly not wanting to instigate any sort of party political discussion.
 
Robert 1973 said:
This raises an interesting dilemma which many people face: How should you vote at a general election if your MP has been helpful to you personally but you disagree with their politics and/or the politics of their party?
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Quite. I approached my caree's MP in relation to her PIP appeal shortly before the general election was called. It is a bit of a quandary.
 
Robert 1973 said:
How should you vote at a general election if your MP has been helpful to you personally but you disagree with their politics and/or the politics of their party?
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Im not from the UK but with what I assume is our equivalent stateside , electing senators, I am so desperate for help as a pwME I would vote for almost anybody if they were genuinely committee to this issue. If they were only paying lip service it would be a harder cost benefit decision.
 
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Glasgow MP (Carol Monaghan) moved to safe house after death threat

A Glasgow MP who moved herself to a safe house after a death threat wants women in public life to have more protection.

Carol Monaghan feared for her and her family's lives when online abuse turned into the detailed threat.

Earlier this month Jonathan Bell, 35, admitted his behaviour caused her "fear or alarm".

The SNP MP for Glasgow North West says social media companies must take action to end misogynistic abuse.

Twitter said it takes action against accounts which violate rules on abuse and harassment.

Like most women in politics, Ms Monaghan has always received attacks via her social media accounts.

But after a series of offensive tweets emerged from a particular individual, the attacks turned sinister.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-57614736
 
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This is just awful.

We see so much around this topic as a community that relies heavily on the internet, we're even accused of it en masse as "militant" activists when straw man articles crop up.

We say that social media companies should do more, and so they should.

Who are the people and why do they need to react to others in this way. I know some will just do it for kicks, but maybe not all.

I am really surprised that social media companies don't have a readily accessible guidance section for people on etiquette/social mores etc like we do. Plus, maybe responsible use help like the gambling websites now have. You know, if you find yourself becoming angry out of proportion to the situation take a break and so forth.

I'm glad to hear Carol Monaghan and her family are safe. Saddened that social media abuse seems to be the norm.
 
Absolutely awful. What a horrific experience it must have been for her. What has the world come to? Social media has to be changed to prevent people doing this kind of thing anonymously and sentences for offenders should reflect the effect that this kind of behaviour will have on democracy. What woman is going to want to go into politics when this kind of thing happens on such a regular basis?
 
That is awful. I hope Carol and her family stay safe.

Sadly, and appallingly, Canadian female politicians face the same issues.

Don't know specifically about threats against male politicians here in Canada, except a recent one against our Prime Minister. I've no doubt social media threats against politicians are frequent here too
 
Definitely we need an "agree" button or something other than a "like." This is appalling!

Can anyone explain why, if the conduct occurred in 2019, it's only now been prosecuted to sentencing? Has it taken that long to investigate?
 
Louie41 said:
Definitely we need an "agree" button or something other than a "like." This is appalling!

Can anyone explain why, if the conduct occurred in 2019, it's only now been prosecuted to sentencing? Has it taken that long to investigate?
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The Court system in the UK was always slow, but with ongoing budget cuts and with the pandemic restrictions it has become much much slower.
 
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