social systems are not socialism.I take you disagree with the OP that social systems in place failed this poor chap?
Do you approve of not helping those less fortunate to the rest?
social systems are not socialism.I take you disagree with the OP that social systems in place failed this poor chap?
Do you approve of not helping those less fortunate to the rest?
Which then leads you back to the Government. It is afterall meant to be a safety net for when society fails to look after a person.
Agreed but easier said than done. As a person who once suffered for depression I know how easy it is to start and disappear from your family and friends. Your friends stop asking you out anymore because you never turn up and make excuses. Its dead easy to fall into the trap where you are shut up at home and nobody ever comes round to see you anymore. I didnt go out for over 6 months.
It is all to do with the government. They make the rules that lead to people like this starving to death because they cant get any help due to government policies.This. Can’t stand the way some people totally avail themselves of all responsibility and just finger point at the government. This is really little to do with the government. It’s a complete failure of all the family, friends and social services whose duty it was to personally help Mr Graham.
How one no free food packages delivered, or food banks?
Not everyone knows they exist and many of them struggle to meet demand in recent years. Aside from that, depression in its most acute form can cause people to simply shut down - they start physically neglecting themselves, staying in bed for days at a time etc.
I have no idea who you are or what your posting history is but I think you will accept that our Government of the past decade could never be described as "Socialist" or of displaying much interest in maintaining a "Welfare system". Sadly this perspective seems to be all too widely supported by the public at large - who may come to regret their selfishness - too late.. . .
As the OP points out, socialist systems e.g. welfare failed here plus others pointed out other failures.
I hope you are wrong but fear that you may be right, there are much more important threads with pictures of what people bought their cats for tea and what they use to tell the time or stop their trousers ending up around their anklesWell this thread isn't going to last very long
I have no idea who you are or what your posting history is but I think you will accept that our Government of the past decade could never be described as "Socialist" or of displaying much interest in maintaining a "Welfare system". Sadly this perspective seems to be all too widely supported by the public at large - who may come to regret their selfishness - too late.
Or turn them into political ammunition?People who suffer from depression and/or who have mental health issues make one so uncomfortable - best to change seats or pass by on the other side of the road
If they were not as liberal as they are now, they could have pushed for more conservative reforms and abolished things like same sex marriage but they know the general population would not accept that.
The purpose of the medical he will have undergone was to assess his physical AND mental state - as is usually the case though, the "healthcare professional" that worked for the subcontractor carrying out the assessment likely had no clue about mental health, no idea how to apply a set of criteria that is just not adequate to assess mental health or they had an agenda of their own.
Sadly, national policies are decided at a remote, impersonal political level - how would YOU address the issue - at a national level - for the unfortunate victims?Or turn [people who suffer from depression and/or who have mental health issues] into political ammunition?
My mate at work had a sick note, pretty sure it was depression, I messaged him every day asked how he was doing, it's easy to not do that. My other friend took himself off Facebook, didn't respond to any of us on WhatsApp, he has a wife etc but I sent him a few texts and eventually he got back to me when he felt better and I made the effort to go through and see him and we had a night out. You've got to make the effort with your friends if you know they're feeling down, I wouldn't expect that from the government