It really is because I think the thing that's really struck me is the level of surprise from Conservative MPs, ministers, those in the Tory ecosystem, who knew that this autumn was going to be tough and had accepted that they weren't going to have a few months of people saying Liz Truss is showing us how to do it, but they hadn't expected it to be tough like this. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. I mean, it's interesting to me that, you know, we have an economy suffering from labour shortages. Currently the Royal College of Psychiatrists says there are three key symptoms: flashbacks to the event itself, avoidance and numbing (often through drugs or alcohol) and being on guard constantly. It was also that I had to use that money to get treatment in a timely fashion. And you've written a lot, of course, about the importance of things and nothing to do with the health service in terms of health and wellbeing - nature, physical activity, the kind of attitudes you have to life. Well, I say unrelated; a man who once did something slightly stupid went on to do something much morestupid. But it seems to me that unless we address this and also health inequalities, which of course is a really big part of this, because what we talk about the social determinants of health, we immediately see those huge inequalities in how easy it is for people to live healthy lives. But back then, those were just the war stories female reporters told each other, or maybe occasionally female MPs. Isabel Hardman Cast off: how knitters turned nasty Copy link Copied . Even a short walk through a city centre will yield wild flowers growing in pavement cracks and on buildings. This event brings together those focused on keeping people well at home and in the community. The peer represented Barrow and Furness as a member of parliament for nine years having been elected in 2010. Assistant Editor @spectator1828. Isabel Hardman (@IsabelHardman) April 21, 2023 1d ago 06.05 EDT Starmer accuses Raab of 'whining', and claims Sunak's failure to sack him sign of weakness If Dominic Raab had remained in. Given @eyespymp is enjoying tracking my movements, now is as good a time as any to say I'm currently off sick with depression. Even though I had had to leave my colleagues in the middle of the party conference, which is normally the busiest week of the year for The Spectator, my colleagues were only supportive, agreeing that I needed to stop. We have a waiting list topping 7 million, huge problems with the flow into and out of hospitals, and 132,000 vacancies. Well, I mean, that's certainly true in the NHS, isn't it?