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All illnesses come with the potential for lifelong disabling complications and/or consequences; thats just how illness works. Theres a lot more sick people now, getting a lot worse because the NHS cant treat anything within a timeframe that actually prevents harm.

Over a decade of Tory rule has done this. If you want there to be fewer sick and struggling people, then people need to be seen, treated and supported for their needs. Theres a lot deeply wrong with life in Britain today and people are suffering tremendously.

@sharptonguecharlie, Instagram

I hate how some of these politicians think they know more than doctors and specialists and scientists because theyre annoyed by people being unwell. This sort of language and rhetoric causes anxiety and fear and stigmatises neurodivergent people and those with mental health issues. This sort of talk gives other horrible people the permission to start harassing those they consider, in their medical ignorance, unworthy of help, care and support. Im fuming.

@Ronnydeanstanton, Instagram

These people have caused a lot of the mental health issues! Living through the Covid craziness and a cost of living crisis is enough to affect anyones mental health. Then they shame people for suffering with it. Its the highest form of gaslighting and torture.

Denise Leech, Facebook

Mental health is not a culture! Tory culture wars have gone too far.

@lallafa_jeltz, X

The social care system is privatised and, therefore too expensive for ordinary people to access. We need to reduce costs by bringing some of it back under the NHS umbrella. Currently, our government is recruiting care workers from Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe through private care companies. Social care is charged at 30 an hour on average, and the workers are paid 4 an hour. This is the reality of what vulture capitalism advocated by the Tories looks like.

@rubymoonswim, Instagram

Well done Prince William for sticking up for the homeless. It should be commended. I wish we could tackle the reasons behind it, but I guess every case is complex. I subscribed to my vendor during Covid and hopefully helped him through a bad patch.

This Homeward drive sounds good, it raises awareness around the issues and more. I wish my charity could take part in it as well, to send every one of them homeward and back to where they belong (a nice loving home).

Stuart Campbell, Facebook

I have just read Chaminda Jayanettis article about the dire effects of the governments running down of the benefit system and why it is going to cost us more in the end rather than saving money.It should be required reading for everyone, especially those in the government who are sure that most claimants are faking scroungers.

The article is concise, easily understood by anyone and should be the next governments manifesto.Well done Big Issue!

Dagna Horner, Berkhamsted

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