Alexander Lane

You might think that the "Labour" Party would consider labour itself to be a contribution to society, alas no, only "having lots of money" is a real contribution.

Perhaps they need to change their name to the Capital Party?

ADHD AN UNDERDIAGNOSED UNDERSUPPORTED MEDICAL ISSUE ADHD is not overdiagnosed. A recent Lancet study published research that analysed 9 million GP records and showed just 0.32% of patients have a diagnosis of ADHD. That's nudging just 10% of the 3-4% of the population who have ADHD. We're underdiagnosed, not overdiagnosed. In addition, a BBC study showed the average wait for an ADHD diagnosis in England is 8 years. The idea that you can achieve overdiagnosis with an average wait of nearly a decade is just preposterous. The targets of the announced report are laudable "to raise the healthiest generation, increase healthy life expectancy, and reduce suicide". People with ADHD are more at risk of suicide and have a lower life expectancy. 1 in 4 women, and 1 in 10 men, with ADHD will at some time try to take their own lives. On average, a woman with ADHD will die 9 years younger than her peers, and a man 7 years younger than his peers. The issues and challenges that ADHD can bring are finally being recognised, and our potentially naive hope is that this review will progress the recognition of ADHD. However, we are very worried about the government's failure to bring a political solution to the rising cost of welfare, means they're instead looking to run roughshod over decades of medical progress and recognition. In particular for ADHD. ADHD UK

ADHD is not overdiagnosed. A recent Lancet study published research that analysed 9 million GP records and showed just 0.32% of patients have a diagnosis of ADHD. That's nudging just 10% of the 3-4% of the population who have ADHD. We're underdiagnosed, not overdiagnosed.

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Hold on. I have a nasty feeling -

*checks definition*

Oh, fuck this author sideways.

NHS England » Report of the independent ADHD Taskforce: Part 1 April 2025

An independent taskforce *just* did a huge review of ADHD in England, and the conclusion was that it's "under-recognised, under-diagnosed and under-treated."
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No, they do not.

Though Melania probably wishes that her husband does.

(Wow, that was catty.)

Imagine your country being seen as a hope for a new life for thousands of people wanting to live and contribute in your towns and instead of being proud of it you go no nope nope this country should be a scary shitheap people should be scared to come here how dare they think we are good

Otherwise known as the introduction to a philosophy PhD thesis. Just replace ‘if my interest does not flag’ with ‘if I actually get a job in this godforsaken academic market’.

It doesn’t ’do politics’ yet at the same time he is complaining (correctly) about visa restrictions.

You can’t have it both ways.

… Wily Coyote? 1980s?

Never. We are all winging it.

Yours,

A 44 year old

Re: Nigel Farage’s bizarre press conference today.

… I wonder if he’s ever seen Sartre’s No Exit.

Their fault for asking an autistic to review it.

The NHS: "Health sec, there is too much demand for autism, ADHD and mental health services, the waiting lists are too long, we need investment!"

Wes Streeting: "Hearing you loud and clear! Let's have a review into how we can stop people accessing those services to cut the load :3"

Screenshot from Tumblr, user nocryptographer: I talked with someone who works in book publishing, and they mentioned they get a lot of AI slop these days. I asked how they know what's human-written, and they said that there's one thing that will reveal AI slop without error, and that's the author not knowing their own creation. A real author can talk about their story for hours. They love to elaborate every character, every twist, every detail. Because those existed in their head long before they ever made it to the paper. They were loved before they were written. AI slop wasn't. It was just vomited into existence. Someone who generates their story with AI will never bond with their story the way real writers do. That's why they may not know what to say when they're asked why did the character do this, or even remember the scene in the first place. It's something they read, not something they wrote. And to a writer, those are not the same. There's a unique bond between the creator and the creation. If your writing doesn't come of you, you'll always lack that. I keep hearing soon we won't be able to tell. And perhaps, in a superficial sense, that's true. But there is a difference. It's not em dashes or repeated words. It's whether the story was made by someone who loves it and cares about it. If the writer's eyes light up when asked why did the character do that? and they start their very own Ted Talk about that specific scene... then it's real.

Seems more promising than "there was an em dash it must be fake!"

And yeah, I might not be able to remember every detail about the stuff I've written, owing to my moth-brained memory, but you risk me launching into a loving 6 hour presentation if you ask me questions about a scene or character.

Migrants, trans and non-binary individuals, disabled individuals, and now neurodivergent individuals. Does Labour have a check list of which already marginalised and vulnerable groups they will go after on any particular day?

So twelve hours of that bloody gambling game, then?

I’m doing great {{citation needed}}

Well, it’s also a compliment…

Hi, I did a doctorate, so I’m more impressive than him according to his own argument.

He really needs to stop.

Nigel Farage was a racist bully at school but Rachel Reeves won the wrong chess championship so who can say who is worse?

I think that’s the only McCoy I’ve never seen. Agh!

He was ‘my’ Doctor as well, the doctor when I was a child.

Midnight in Paris?

The film that spends the first ten minutes showing Allen’s French holiday photos?

The latter by far.

Moving abroad has never looked so attractive.

Peter Wharmby on Instagram: "Might be useful...." 61 likes, 0 comments - pete_wharmby_books on December 2, 2025: "Might be useful....".

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Well, merry Christmas.

“Republicans will never allow articles of impeachment to be brought to the floor of the House of Representatives, and we know that's the case," Jeffries said at a press conference Monday.

Okay but why not…….. try anyway?

I’m very confused by ‘Nothing beats flying from Gatwick’.

Has anyone at Jet2 been to Gatwick?

Oh, thats good news.

Congrats!