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Chris Drew

@cj-drew.bsky.social

Cornishman in Salford. Speaker of languages. Enjoyer of sports.

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David Beech@davidbeech.bsky.social · 4d ago

Whatever the good intentions Andy has for the kids he cares about many of us think this is precisely what will happen.

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Sam Freedman@samfr.bsky.social · 4d ago

New post just out: "Burnham's first mistake" Splitting 14 year olds into academic and vocational paths seems intuitive. But it's a terrible idea that risks increasing inequality, and closing down options for the young people that need them most. (£/free trial) open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/b...

Josiah Mortimer@josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 6d ago

Bev Craig's manifesto for GM Mayor really needed a proofreader. "WE WILL... Always brownfield land first" annoys me more than it should. (Saying that, it is of course much better than the Reform manifesto, which I'll get onto...)

"WE WILL:" (housing) Build 50,000 new council and genuinely affordable homes by 2039 in every borough with 10,000 delivered, under construction or in the pipeline by May 2028. Always brownfield land first, with a new brownfield land fund and a devolved remediation fund to unlock the trickiest sites. Give Greater Manchester people a priority: ensuring homes funded through our good growth funding are for Greater Manchester people and giving Greater Manchester people priority for new affordable homes built with local funding. This also applies in social housing with the roll out of local lettings policies in our communities."WE WILL:" (policing) Continuing GM's approach of ensuring everyone is equal under the law and that GMP serves every community. Expand neighbourhood policing teams with more officers for every resident. Tougher action on Anti-Social Behaviour: Too often residents' lives are made a misery by repeated anti-social behaviour with a new Neighbourhood Guarantee for GMP, Councils and Housing providers to sign up to. More Action on illegal off-road bikes, seizing and destroying nuisance vehicles faster in district hotspots. Tackling anti-social behaviour in high-profile spots, including Piccadilly Gardens, with more police, CCTV, better lighting and a new bus station. Bev Craig – Manifesto
Jonn Elledge@jonnelledge.bsky.social · last wk.

I feel like the way of dealing with such behaviour is to look these people right in the eye and say, very gently, "You think your right to park matters more than homes these children?" Then when they reply just repeat it with slightly different emphasis.

Hundreds slam proposals to turn car park into children's home in Bromley

Plans to build a children’s home on a car park in Bromley have been slammed by nearby residents who call the current parking situation “a…

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Rob Ford@robfordmancs.bsky.social · 2w ago

If they were skilled political operators perhaps they wouldn’t be on the backbenches, along with their chief, two years into a Parliament which began with a landslide election win?

PoliticsHome@politicshome.bsky.social · 2w ago

Labour MPs unhappy with the treatment of Starmer loyalists have warned they could make life hard for Burnham at the Budget “Andy’s Starmerite purge has created an incredibly powerful phalanx of skilled political operators who intimately know the government’s fiscal position" Harriet Symonds writes

Stephen Bush@stephenkb.bsky.social · 2w ago

I genuinely cannot understand how the Labour government has now had two, genuinely cultured prime ministers who both looked at Lisa Nandy’s record there and went “I’m pleased with this. I want this to continue.”

James Ball@jamesrball.com · 2w ago

I can't work out if this is intended as a punishment to Lisa Nandy, who clearly hates the job; or a punishment to the entire UK culture sector, which is suffering as a result of that. Maybe both?

Fifty Four@fiftyfloor.bsky.social · 2w ago

May had 2 weeks. I think only Johnson and Brown can reasonably be said to have had longer than Burnham when arriving as PM mid term? He's had at least 6 months since the Gorton bid. And ofc no point having 4 years like Starmer if you refuse to plan anything on some weird point of principle.

Rosie (she/her)@airfriedrosie.bsky.social · 3w ago

Remember Streeting's review into whether young people are being overdiagnosed with ADHD, autism, and mental health issues? Well, the interim report is out, and there's a reason the media are silent on it (spoiler: it proves what a lot of us have been saying all along)

In others, notably ADHD and autism, rising diagnoses and referrals appear to exceed changes in underlying epidemiological prevalence and are likely to reflect a combination of: improved recognition changing help-seeking behaviour institutional incentives pressures within existing service pathways Across both ADHD and autism, best currently available population-based estimates remain relatively stable, while administrative diagnoses, self-identification and recorded service demand have increased substantially. In autism, the evidence also points to particularly rapid growth in identified need within educational systems, including increasing identification among girls and among young people without learning disability.These patterns suggest that rising demand is not simply the result of increasing prevalence, but of several processes operating simultaneously, including: real increases in distress in some groups improved recognition of previously unmet need changing expectations about support systems that frequently rely on formal diagnosis as the primary route to assistance Across the system, support is too often accessed through pathways that are slow, fragmented and heavily dependent on diagnostic categorisation. While diagnosis remains essential for some forms of clinical decision-making, the evidence suggests that current arrangements do not always provide the most effective or efficient way of identifying and responding to need. In particular, where access to support depends heavily on formal diagnosis, demand for diagnostic assessment can increase more rapidly than systems are able to respond, generating long waiting times, duplication of assessment and pressure on specialist services. The next phase of the review will therefore focus on clarifying the relationship between distress, diagnosis and need, and on examining how systems might respond more effectively to these patterns. A central objective will be to identify opportunities for developing more coherent, evidence-informed care pathways that enable support to be provided earlier and more proportionately, while ensuring that specialist services are available in a timely and appropriate manner for those whose needs are most complex.
Chris Drew@cj-drew.bsky.social · 3w ago

Indeed. I would be willing to see what Burnham does, but this is hardly a “come back home” call to the socially liberal.

Will Jennings📉🗳️@drjennings.bsky.social · 3w ago

The logic of this is, ahum, unclear. A lesson from the early months of the Starmer government was that certain decisions came to define it in the eyes of voters (e.g. winter fuel payments). Putting Mahmood as Chancellor would send a signal to voters who have switched to the Greens and LibDems...

Josiah Mortimer@josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 3w ago

🔴 Reform UK Plans To Jail Candidates For Using Irish, Gaelic Or Cornish On Election Leaflets EXCLUSIVE: Nigel Farage’s party propose amendment to the Government’s elections Bill which would mean candidates using Irish and Scottish Gaelic would face up to six months in prison

Reform UK Plans To Jail Candidates For Using Irish, Gaelic Or Cornish On Election Leaflets

EXCLUSIVE: Nigel Farage's party propose amendment to the Government's elections Bill which would mean candidates using Irish and Scottish Gaelic would face up to six months in prison

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