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• Social Work - a Daily Mail interpretation

  I know I shouldn’t do it. I know it will just make me unnecessarily angry and raise my blood pressure. I know exactly what I’ll find but sometimes, just occasionally, my curiosity gets the better of me and I dip into the Daily Mail’s... Posted Sep 04 2008, 06:38 AM by Fighting Monsters Filed under: social care, social work, social issues, work, local authority, politics, uk, media, United Kingdom, local government, mp, daily mail, County council, Children Act 1989, adoption, pregnancy, scaremongering, children act

• How to Complain About Me (or to the Local Authority generally)

  A brief guide to how to complain from someone who has been on the other side of complaints. Not many times, I hasten to add, and none that have actually gone very far - but I know what ticks the boxes as far as official complaints procedures are concerned... Posted Aug 28 2008, 06:14 AM by Fighting Monsters Filed under: social work, work, local authority, uk, health, social services, kitten, mp, council, how to, Complaint, how to complain, complaints procedure

• Leo Abse

  We all have views that jump to mind when we speak of politicians - they are some of the least trusted of professions. It’s easy to be cynical when power is on the table, so to speak. So taking the lead from Aethelread’s touching tribute, I... Posted Aug 21 2008, 06:55 AM by Fighting Monsters Filed under: social issues, politics, uk, United Kingdom, member of parliament, mp, Tam Dalyell, obituary, politician, rudyard kipling, leo abse, kipling, House of Commons, if

• Stigma in Parliament

  More than a quarter of parliamentary staff surveyed, including MPs, Lords and support staff, suffer from mental illness brought about by stress according to an article published in The Independent today. A MIND press release further breaks down the figures... Posted Jul 16 2008, 05:18 AM by Fighting Monsters Filed under: social issues, work, mental health, discrimination, politics, uk, health, mental health act, westminster, member of parliament, mp, stigma