Andrew Grey
@asgrey.bsky.social
I write about ethics, politics and healthcare.
I work in healthcare education, and I'm co-host of The Right Work podcast.
Here for all of the above + cats.
https://www.clippings.me/users/andrewgrey
I work in healthcare education, and I'm co-host of The Right Work podcast.
Here for all of the above + cats.
https://www.clippings.me/users/andrewgrey
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Andrew Grey
@asgrey.bsky.social
· Dec 11
'Labour's mental health review needs to reframe overdiagnosis' - LabourList
We’re having the wrong debate about mental health diagnosis. The government's eview is the opportunity to fix that.
labourlist.org
The mental health ‘overdiagnosis’ debate misses the point.
If the issue is managing the stresses and emotions of everyday life, Wes Streeting’s review gives the govt the opportunity to empower people to manage their mental health without clinical pathways:
labourlist.org/2025/12/ment...
If the issue is managing the stresses and emotions of everyday life, Wes Streeting’s review gives the govt the opportunity to empower people to manage their mental health without clinical pathways:
labourlist.org/2025/12/ment...
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Today, on Holocaust Memorial Day, we will remember the 6 million Jews killed by the Nazis and their collaborators during the Holocaust.
Teddies and a letter from mum - devastating remnants of lives stolen by Nazis
www.mirror.co.uk
January 27, 2026 at 7:23 AM
Today, on Holocaust Memorial Day, we will remember the 6 million Jews killed by the Nazis and their collaborators during the Holocaust.
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NEW: Suella Braverman has defected to Reform UK, shocking the many people who were sure that she had already.
January 26, 2026 at 12:20 PM
NEW: Suella Braverman has defected to Reform UK, shocking the many people who were sure that she had already.
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Bluesky idea: if people who didn't agree with you change their opinions so that they do agree with you, why not be happy that you are making progress - rather than complaining that they are "only just catching up"?
January 26, 2026 at 10:08 AM
Bluesky idea: if people who didn't agree with you change their opinions so that they do agree with you, why not be happy that you are making progress - rather than complaining that they are "only just catching up"?
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At @instituteforgovernment.org.uk Wes Streeting says: "One of the great challenges...is how to reform the state and public services so they deliver for people"
"Failure in this area has led to disaffection, cynicism, and ultimately, the rise of populists."
"Failure in this area has led to disaffection, cynicism, and ultimately, the rise of populists."
January 13, 2026 at 8:37 AM
At @instituteforgovernment.org.uk Wes Streeting says: "One of the great challenges...is how to reform the state and public services so they deliver for people"
"Failure in this area has led to disaffection, cynicism, and ultimately, the rise of populists."
"Failure in this area has led to disaffection, cynicism, and ultimately, the rise of populists."
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What the war against London really is about. V good by @robertshrimsley.bsky.social #Giftlink
And on a different note: A v Happy New Year to everyone!
And on a different note: A v Happy New Year to everyone!
The plot against London
Distorted attacks by the populist right are really about demography
giftarticle.ft.com
January 1, 2026 at 11:29 AM
What the war against London really is about. V good by @robertshrimsley.bsky.social #Giftlink
And on a different note: A v Happy New Year to everyone!
And on a different note: A v Happy New Year to everyone!
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The mental health ‘overdiagnosis’ debate misses the point.
If the issue is managing the stresses and emotions of everyday life, Wes Streeting’s review gives the govt the opportunity to empower people to manage their mental health without clinical pathways:
labourlist.org/2025/12/ment...
If the issue is managing the stresses and emotions of everyday life, Wes Streeting’s review gives the govt the opportunity to empower people to manage their mental health without clinical pathways:
labourlist.org/2025/12/ment...
'Labour's mental health review needs to reframe overdiagnosis' - LabourList
We’re having the wrong debate about mental health diagnosis. The government's eview is the opportunity to fix that.
labourlist.org
December 11, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The mental health ‘overdiagnosis’ debate misses the point.
If the issue is managing the stresses and emotions of everyday life, Wes Streeting’s review gives the govt the opportunity to empower people to manage their mental health without clinical pathways:
labourlist.org/2025/12/ment...
If the issue is managing the stresses and emotions of everyday life, Wes Streeting’s review gives the govt the opportunity to empower people to manage their mental health without clinical pathways:
labourlist.org/2025/12/ment...
The mental health ‘overdiagnosis’ debate misses the point.
If the issue is managing the stresses and emotions of everyday life, Wes Streeting’s review gives the govt the opportunity to empower people to manage their mental health without clinical pathways:
labourlist.org/2025/12/ment...
If the issue is managing the stresses and emotions of everyday life, Wes Streeting’s review gives the govt the opportunity to empower people to manage their mental health without clinical pathways:
labourlist.org/2025/12/ment...
'Labour's mental health review needs to reframe overdiagnosis' - LabourList
We’re having the wrong debate about mental health diagnosis. The government's eview is the opportunity to fix that.
labourlist.org
December 11, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The mental health ‘overdiagnosis’ debate misses the point.
If the issue is managing the stresses and emotions of everyday life, Wes Streeting’s review gives the govt the opportunity to empower people to manage their mental health without clinical pathways:
labourlist.org/2025/12/ment...
If the issue is managing the stresses and emotions of everyday life, Wes Streeting’s review gives the govt the opportunity to empower people to manage their mental health without clinical pathways:
labourlist.org/2025/12/ment...
Critics will say that Labour’s trying to out-Reform Reform, but this kind of international collaboration feels a world apart from the obnoxious, Trumpian bullying and grandstanding we’d get from Farage.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#ECHR #Labour #Reform
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#ECHR #Labour #Reform
European nations to begin major talks on ECHR migration rule changes
The talks are the most significant sign yet that international human rights law could be reinterpreted.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Critics will say that Labour’s trying to out-Reform Reform, but this kind of international collaboration feels a world apart from the obnoxious, Trumpian bullying and grandstanding we’d get from Farage.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#ECHR #Labour #Reform
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#ECHR #Labour #Reform
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Normally a defender of the BBC and especially BBC News, but this comma splice is unacceptable.
November 29, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Normally a defender of the BBC and especially BBC News, but this comma splice is unacceptable.
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“The tyrannical soul is never satisfied.”
— Plato, Republic
— Plato, Republic
October 16, 2025 at 12:56 PM
“The tyrannical soul is never satisfied.”
— Plato, Republic
— Plato, Republic
Interested in #religion, #philosophy, #ethics?
Come and join one of my @citylit.bsky.social courses! 💡
Interpreting the Bible: key skills and texts 📖
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Assisted dying: religion, ethics and the law ❔
lnkd.in/e69zApDa
Conscience: a short exploration 🤔
lnkd.in/emPaK-QV
Come and join one of my @citylit.bsky.social courses! 💡
Interpreting the Bible: key skills and texts 📖
lnkd.in/e-Ksn-ez
Assisted dying: religion, ethics and the law ❔
lnkd.in/e69zApDa
Conscience: a short exploration 🤔
lnkd.in/emPaK-QV
History of ideas: Conscience - a short exploration
Journey through the evolution of the fascinating idea of conscience over the past 2,000 years. Explore ancient and modern understandings of this universal phenomenon, drawing on insights from psycholo...
www.citylit.ac.uk
October 13, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Interested in #religion, #philosophy, #ethics?
Come and join one of my @citylit.bsky.social courses! 💡
Interpreting the Bible: key skills and texts 📖
lnkd.in/e-Ksn-ez
Assisted dying: religion, ethics and the law ❔
lnkd.in/e69zApDa
Conscience: a short exploration 🤔
lnkd.in/emPaK-QV
Come and join one of my @citylit.bsky.social courses! 💡
Interpreting the Bible: key skills and texts 📖
lnkd.in/e-Ksn-ez
Assisted dying: religion, ethics and the law ❔
lnkd.in/e69zApDa
Conscience: a short exploration 🤔
lnkd.in/emPaK-QV
I’ll be reflecting on the need for our deputy leader to articulate a coherent Labour philosophy and vision as I cast my vote this week. #Labour #DeputyLeader #Election
Labour's deputy leadership candidates need to tell a story that reconnects Labour with its history and traditions.
‘Labour’s Deputy Leader should articulate our future – by learning from our past’ – LabourList
As our party is now in the midst of a deputy leadership contest that was unthinkable a few weeks ago, there’s no shortage of opinions…
labourlist.org
October 12, 2025 at 12:39 PM
I’ll be reflecting on the need for our deputy leader to articulate a coherent Labour philosophy and vision as I cast my vote this week. #Labour #DeputyLeader #Election
“Yet this is the problem. Debate and intellectual discourse no longer define this Labour Party.”
Bingo - this is why @hannahmerich.bsky.social and I argue that our next deputy leader needs to change that in @labourlist.bsky.social:
labourlist.org/2025/09/labo...
Bingo - this is why @hannahmerich.bsky.social and I argue that our next deputy leader needs to change that in @labourlist.bsky.social:
labourlist.org/2025/09/labo...
September 27, 2025 at 12:08 PM
“Yet this is the problem. Debate and intellectual discourse no longer define this Labour Party.”
Bingo - this is why @hannahmerich.bsky.social and I argue that our next deputy leader needs to change that in @labourlist.bsky.social:
labourlist.org/2025/09/labo...
Bingo - this is why @hannahmerich.bsky.social and I argue that our next deputy leader needs to change that in @labourlist.bsky.social:
labourlist.org/2025/09/labo...
Plato said it best: “Either philosophers must become rulers, or the people who are now rulers become real, true philosophers”
The Labour Party needs a deputy leader who will articulate a Labour philosophy and vision, to give this government a compelling narrative and vision for Britain:
The Labour Party needs a deputy leader who will articulate a Labour philosophy and vision, to give this government a compelling narrative and vision for Britain:
Labour's deputy leadership candidates need to tell a story that reconnects Labour with its history and traditions.
‘Labour’s Deputy Leader should articulate our future – by learning from our past’ – LabourList
As our party is now in the midst of a deputy leadership contest that was unthinkable a few weeks ago, there’s no shortage of opinions…
labourlist.org
September 26, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Plato said it best: “Either philosophers must become rulers, or the people who are now rulers become real, true philosophers”
The Labour Party needs a deputy leader who will articulate a Labour philosophy and vision, to give this government a compelling narrative and vision for Britain:
The Labour Party needs a deputy leader who will articulate a Labour philosophy and vision, to give this government a compelling narrative and vision for Britain:
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I realise the audience for this would just be "me, and also maybe other foreigners" but I would love to read something on why Brits, who are happy to live in a country where their every movement outside is filmed by CCTV, hate the idea of having ID cards, something plenty of countries happily have
September 26, 2025 at 8:34 AM
I realise the audience for this would just be "me, and also maybe other foreigners" but I would love to read something on why Brits, who are happy to live in a country where their every movement outside is filmed by CCTV, hate the idea of having ID cards, something plenty of countries happily have
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I'll have more to say on Reform's proposals to scrap ILR at some point but for now I'll just note this - anyone telling you this is a popular idea doesn't know the polling. Overwhelming majority of public back giving people who work and pay taxes most or all rights after 5 years or less
September 22, 2025 at 10:10 AM
I'll have more to say on Reform's proposals to scrap ILR at some point but for now I'll just note this - anyone telling you this is a popular idea doesn't know the polling. Overwhelming majority of public back giving people who work and pay taxes most or all rights after 5 years or less
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There’s a big list of requirements for @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social and @lucympowell.bsky.social as Labour’s deputy leadership candidates!
@hannahmerich.bsky.social & I argue that central among them is giving this Labour govt a compelling story & vision, drawing on our rich history of ideas:
@hannahmerich.bsky.social & I argue that central among them is giving this Labour govt a compelling story & vision, drawing on our rich history of ideas:
Labour's deputy leadership candidates need to tell a story that reconnects Labour with its history and traditions.
‘Labour’s Deputy Leader should articulate our future – by learning from our past’ – LabourList
As our party is now in the midst of a deputy leadership contest that was unthinkable a few weeks ago, there’s no shortage of opinions…
labourlist.org
September 19, 2025 at 9:56 AM
There’s a big list of requirements for @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social and @lucympowell.bsky.social as Labour’s deputy leadership candidates!
@hannahmerich.bsky.social & I argue that central among them is giving this Labour govt a compelling story & vision, drawing on our rich history of ideas:
@hannahmerich.bsky.social & I argue that central among them is giving this Labour govt a compelling story & vision, drawing on our rich history of ideas:
There’s a big list of requirements for @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social and @lucympowell.bsky.social as Labour’s deputy leadership candidates!
@hannahmerich.bsky.social & I argue that central among them is giving this Labour govt a compelling story & vision, drawing on our rich history of ideas:
@hannahmerich.bsky.social & I argue that central among them is giving this Labour govt a compelling story & vision, drawing on our rich history of ideas:
Labour's deputy leadership candidates need to tell a story that reconnects Labour with its history and traditions.
‘Labour’s Deputy Leader should articulate our future – by learning from our past’ – LabourList
As our party is now in the midst of a deputy leadership contest that was unthinkable a few weeks ago, there’s no shortage of opinions…
labourlist.org
September 19, 2025 at 9:56 AM
There’s a big list of requirements for @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social and @lucympowell.bsky.social as Labour’s deputy leadership candidates!
@hannahmerich.bsky.social & I argue that central among them is giving this Labour govt a compelling story & vision, drawing on our rich history of ideas:
@hannahmerich.bsky.social & I argue that central among them is giving this Labour govt a compelling story & vision, drawing on our rich history of ideas:
Really enjoyed this evening’s @renewaljournal.bsky.social lecture from Anneliese Dodds.
She’s right that delivery in government is necessary but not sufficient. Labour must protect democracy and be a voice for humans in the age of AI.
#Labour #AI #democracy
She’s right that delivery in government is necessary but not sufficient. Labour must protect democracy and be a voice for humans in the age of AI.
#Labour #AI #democracy
Renewal is excited to announce Dr. Anneliese Dodds MP as the inaugural speaker for our new annual Rita Hinden Memorial Lecture.
The Lecture will be held on Tuesday 9th September at City St. George's University.
Register for free here: www.eventbrite.com/e/renewal-pr...?
The Lecture will be held on Tuesday 9th September at City St. George's University.
Register for free here: www.eventbrite.com/e/renewal-pr...?
September 9, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Really enjoyed this evening’s @renewaljournal.bsky.social lecture from Anneliese Dodds.
She’s right that delivery in government is necessary but not sufficient. Labour must protect democracy and be a voice for humans in the age of AI.
#Labour #AI #democracy
She’s right that delivery in government is necessary but not sufficient. Labour must protect democracy and be a voice for humans in the age of AI.
#Labour #AI #democracy
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“Men who look upon themselves born to reign, and others to obey, soon grow insolent; selected from the rest of mankind their minds are early poisoned by importance; ...and when they succeed to the government are frequently the most ignorant and unfit of any throughout the dominions.”
— Thomas Paine
— Thomas Paine
July 13, 2025 at 3:37 PM
“Men who look upon themselves born to reign, and others to obey, soon grow insolent; selected from the rest of mankind their minds are early poisoned by importance; ...and when they succeed to the government are frequently the most ignorant and unfit of any throughout the dominions.”
— Thomas Paine
— Thomas Paine
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It's maddening to me how much Covid is at the root of so many of today's crises and we just...don't talk about it?
Take the spike in children needing SEND provision. Did anything huge and traumatic happen recently that might have affected thousands of kids? No? Must be parents making it up
Take the spike in children needing SEND provision. Did anything huge and traumatic happen recently that might have affected thousands of kids? No? Must be parents making it up
July 7, 2025 at 12:08 PM
It's maddening to me how much Covid is at the root of so many of today's crises and we just...don't talk about it?
Take the spike in children needing SEND provision. Did anything huge and traumatic happen recently that might have affected thousands of kids? No? Must be parents making it up
Take the spike in children needing SEND provision. Did anything huge and traumatic happen recently that might have affected thousands of kids? No? Must be parents making it up
If MPs aren't 100% convinced that safeguards for vulnerable people are watertight, their obligation is to vote against the #TerminallyIllAdults Bill today. #AssistedDying
June 20, 2025 at 9:36 AM
If MPs aren't 100% convinced that safeguards for vulnerable people are watertight, their obligation is to vote against the #TerminallyIllAdults Bill today. #AssistedDying
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just saw a headline about "Britain's most woke roundabout" and I think I'm done
May 30, 2025 at 8:18 AM
just saw a headline about "Britain's most woke roundabout" and I think I'm done