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When ambulances where set on fire in a Jewish neighbourhood starmer commented on it in an hour making multiple speeches and getting straight into action

I genuinely don't understand what's wrong with dieting. Having a normal BMI is healthy. Of course you can be a little bit overweight for many reasons and that's also okay, but 300+ lbs is just too much. (yeah, bmi can be a little bit inaccurate due to muscle mass, but if a person doesn't work out, no way their excess weight is something other than fat)

“If something is unhealthy it also can’t be beautiful “

Labour pushed this idea that there was this big excitement for Andy Burnham but every poll has shown the only reason he’s ahead is because restore is splitting the right wing vote

My controversial opinion is i don’t subscribe to the social model of disability does our system make life harder for disabled people yes absolutely should that be fixed also yes absolutely

I like the social model as part of a more comprehensive model. Like it's nice to have a model for discussing the ways that society exacerbates disability, but it gets irritating when people assert that it's purely societal.

I was talking about this with @a-blessing-of-ravens and, for her, even if you took away every barrier to wheelchair use, humans evolved to move by legs, not arms.

My controversial opinion is i don’t subscribe to the social model of disability does our system make life harder for disabled people yes absolutely should that be fixed also yes absolutely

I like the social model as part of a more comprehensive model. Like it's nice to have a model for discussing the ways that society exacerbates disability, but it gets irritating when people assert that it's purely societal.

Under this new ruling, multiple vulnerable groups will be impacted across social care and healthcare sectors. If an autistic person with high support needs, someone with a serious mental illness, or a person with a severe learning disability is locked in a care setting and sedated, but does not actively protest, they will no longer be considered "confined" by the state. They will lose their automatic right to independent reviews, a legal advocate, and protection from closed care cultures.

As far as I can tell from reading the statement by Mind and the BBC article, this ruling states that people who don’t have the legal capacity to understand why they’re being physically or chemically restrained/ kept in a locked care home or ward etc. are still able to give “consent” to that treatment in a way that it doesn’t count as a deprivation of liberty.