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Post by fuzzywuzzy on Apr 1, 2014 9:09:30 GMT
Another angry individual.... link
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2014 10:23:09 GMT
Another angry individual.... linkThat link is an excellent find - recommended reading
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Post by fuzzywuzzy on Apr 1, 2014 10:59:18 GMT
Keeps me busy in between The Wright Stuff and waiting for the meds!
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Post by roland on Apr 1, 2014 11:11:27 GMT
I recommend that we read it, get angry, and then harness the anger and do something productive with it i.e. tweet, write to the MP's and them ask why they're promoting stigma and discrimination. See my previous post for contact details.
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Post by roland on Apr 1, 2014 11:52:33 GMT
So now apparently Dr Bruce Perry has met with some Labour shadow ministers and here's the photoI don't know which shadow ministers they are (there's a bunch) but I'm hoping that I'm right that they don't look very interested!! Anyway, here's a link to contact details, and at the risk of sounding like a nag, please do write and tell them your views (they need to hear from us)
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Post by annie on Apr 1, 2014 12:08:58 GMT
Woderful roland - once I get this meeting done this afternoon, I'll certainly be e-mailing!! Would be wonderful if all members on here would do the same.
A few weeks ago there was a ? private members motion made ( think that's what it's called)about the soaring increase in ADHD medication - the message being "we're drugging too many children" This is despite all the evidence showing that ADHD is under dx in this country. Can't remember all the 20 names of the MP's but Dianne Abbott, Ronnie Campbell and Barry Sheerman spring to mind. What concerned me most was that Barry Sheerman (Lab) used to be chair of the Education Select Cttee. I would have expected him to be much better informed.
It's really quite unacceptable for MP's to be pedalling their own prejudices and ignoring the scientific evidence. Remember Alan Johnson sacking of Prof Nutt - Johnson didn't like the evidence based science and preferred to go with "popular opinion"!!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2014 12:37:27 GMT
So now apparently Dr Bruce Perry has met with some Labour shadow ministers and here's the photoI don't know which shadow ministers they are (there's a bunch) but I'm hoping that I'm right that they don't look very interested!! Anyway, here's a link to contact details, and at the risk of sounding like a nag, please do write and tell them your views (they need to hear from us) They might be pretending to look disinterested but all they're doing is paying attention to what they'll inherit from the exact same Establishment that both regimes work for. You know what? I'm beginning to think the UK Health administrators realise that ADHD is far more real and widespread, at least symptomatically, than they originally feared and are desperate to secure the coffers somehow from an explosion of diagnostic truth. Just my impulsive opinion of course
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2014 12:48:48 GMT
Another angry individual.... linkThat link is an excellent find - recommended reading Very readable too. I've just linked it over on the Jeff's ADDmind site: jeffsaddmind.com/adhd-does-not-exist-16205.htmroland. Will try to sign up for Twitter again later, but here's a couple of handles in our favour I think you could include in your Tweets (as we do need to be co-ordinated as a group): @ jeffaddmind over at Jeff's ADDmind @ OneiricCanid the author of the article fuzzywuzzy highlighted. You can link a tweet by copying and pasting below: “Mad as Hell: ADHD and the Media” by @oneiriccanid medium.com/p/cd8e71619485And of course there's Gina Pera major US ADD advocate: @ GinaPera I think we should also start an Internet Radio show and invite some of these people on and including our detractors
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2014 14:11:07 GMT
Some interesting comments at the bottom of this Telegraph article: Like, "Well thanks for your input into the scientific debate..... This is a poor example of journalism and it is deeply offensive to people with ADHD. What exactly were you trying to report with this sensational article of yours? That millions of people around the world are simply making this condition up and that NICE and all of the doctors and specialists are wrong because one neuroscientist has an opinion? Where are all of the peer reviewed studies, articles and science backing up his claims? Stick to transport Nick, you clearly seem unable to grasp scientific reporting and your unscientific gossip pedalling is offensive to many with mental health issues."
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2014 16:13:17 GMT
Is this enough red rag to our bovines?
TIME TO GET ORGANISED
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Post by roland on Apr 1, 2014 18:37:31 GMT
I am disappointed to see that Graham Allen MP still has a photograph on his twitter account of the "ADHD is not a real disease" article topped by his calling Dr Perry his hero And it's been there now for slightly more than 2 days!! Photo here: do feel free to add your comments to his account And here are contact details for others involved in this
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Post by contrarymary on Apr 2, 2014 2:18:26 GMT
v interested to see a link to this critique of bruce perry's work on neglect and its effect on the developing brain which on was posted on twitter questioning the evidence base for his arguments.... the whole article is v interesting but this last paragraph (which i've broken down to make it easier to read) is perhaps the most relevant "Why Perry’s paper worries meWhat worries me about Perry’s paper is that, despite its weaknesses, because it’s relevant to a highly specialised domain, it’s unlikely to be read by the geneticists and the evolutionary, developmental and molecular biologists who are in a position to critique it. Perry’s work has been cited, uncritically, in a number of policy documents. His argument in this paper is superficially plausible because, like Bowlby, he constructs it by juxtaposing several indisputable ideas (e.g. human lifestyles have changed, children are developing, neglect can be harmful) but the definitions of underlying concepts and the causal links between them, by contrast, are rather tenuous. But a busy social worker, school nurse, health visitor or even doctor, is quite likely not to notice the weaknesses in the definitions or causal links. Perry’s paper is likely to be seen as providing evidence that neglect (sometimes seen by professionals as synonymous with parenting strategies of which they personally disapprove) causes abnormal brain development. Or worse, that abnormal brain development will be assumed to be caused by neglect, rather than by one or more of many possible causes."
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Post by contrarymary on Apr 2, 2014 2:19:55 GMT
and i'm sorry, i STILL don't see why some random american doctor is over here talking to so many uk politicians - that is NOT how things work. something seriously fishy here.
and i don't understand why the media is not questioning it - at all.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2014 5:56:24 GMT
Very! The English speaking world has been homogenised. We go to tenuously defined wars together, we share our entertainment industries and our economies are inextricably linked. Through decades worth of NLP, the UK media (much of which is foreign owned) probably doesn't even flinch at the notion of a "random American" influencing health policy. But I've worked closely with politicians local to me over many years and cherry picking theories to suit an agenda is commonplace. That's why I maintain we don't yet live in a civilised society. If we are prepared to skew the facts in such circumstances to the detriment of certain vulnerable groups, then grand standing improvements elsewhere is just hypocrisy as I see it!
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Post by contrarymary on Apr 2, 2014 8:13:49 GMT
but it really isn't how things worth in health policy - at least, it never has been.
except when UNUM - an american health insurance company outlawed in some states for being "a disability denial factory" were allowed to come over and over the course of 10 years shape how the DWP view illness and disability, redefine what biopsychosocial medicine is, redefine what "work" is, design the Work Capability Assessment as not being a real world work test... result - a growing market for health companies and insurance companies, the stigmatisation of illness and disability, the whole mess we have with ATOS and the upcoming mess with DLA to PIP to come.
so that's why i think this is fishy. it's not about homogeneity @addjourneyman - show me ONE other area in which an amerian doctor has come over and been given such high level access to uk politicians, including ministers and shadow ministers...? there is something hugely stinky here.
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Post by roland on Apr 2, 2014 8:23:58 GMT
I too was interested to read the critique of Perry's article and here is a link to the full text (free) of the article: Perry, Bruce D. Childhood Experience and the Expression of Genetic Potential: What Childhood Neglect Tells Us About Nature and Nurture. Brain and Mind 3: 79–100, 2002 And here is another article in which he was 1 of 8 authors: Anda, Robert F. Felitti, Vincent J. Bremner, J. Douglas et. al. The enduring effects of abuse and related adverse experiencesin childhood: A convergence of evidence from neurobiology and epidemiology. Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2006 April ; 256(3): 174–186 I see that Dr Vincent J Felitti was in the past General Director of The Southern California Permanente Medical Group (Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program) and that he was the founder of the Department of Preventive Medicine, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program and that has reminded me that some politicians and NHS leaders think that Kaiser Permanente provides a good model for the NHS. NOT!!! I lived in America for a while and the care provided by KP, in my experience, was far, far worse than that provided by the NHS! KP has been involved in some dodgy things as well like running trials of vaccines without telling patients, delaying malpractice claims until the patient has died, and other problems. And shockingly while I was living in Los Angeles, KP was filmed dumping elderly patients in Skid Row in Los Angeles still dressed in hospital gowns!! Now there's trauma for you! And the discussion is still ongoing. Here is an article in GP: Soteriou, Marina. Can US health models fit the NHS? GP 30 August 2013 There is money involved in all of this. Kaiser Permanente along with some other non-profit hospitals in America actually act as tax shelters for the for-profit medical businesses ( Collusion on charity care abuse just the latest) and wealthy individuals. Oh dear I've now gone way off topic I'll just simply say I don't think politicians should be allowed anywhere near the NHS!
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Post by fuzzywuzzy on Apr 2, 2014 8:36:26 GMT
The newspaper and magazine articles, the suspect commentators, the suspect meetings....
I feel very angry about it
I feel very passionate about it
I feel like I want to DO something about it
and yet I feel totally incapacitated and frustrated......
firstly, through the condition itself and the current non-treatment of it (soon to be changed hopefully)
AND secondly, because of what feels like a total lack of coherent, joined up, mobilising
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2014 8:51:55 GMT
contrarymary I'm not disagreeing with you on the potential reasons why this is fishy, but I'm commenting about the lack of questioning and opposition from the media and people generally. It goes to the heart of what I was saying about C5 TWS type of journalism. In that regard, I don't think it makes any difference whether it's health, finance or movies. And let's face it, many UK citizens would be flattered that a US doctor is courting British politicians. It makes us feel wanted and nuzzly-loved in a world where we're often slated and hated for being a US poodle state. So, it appears, "we might as well live up to that image and embrace their professionals accordingly". I mean we are quickly becoming de facto 51st State each day we remove ourselves from Europe, its edicts and the ECHR. So it doesn't make any difference to the media if this sets a precedent or not: they seem to be embracing our nation building exercise towards the "American Dream" regardless and I see health moving that way too - see my remark on a convergence towards Obamacare and away from traditional state funding. But let's be frank and honest too: much of the research coming out about AD(H)D is US-led. I know we have our own researchers doing an equally valiant and important job, but the real money is over there and we have to be careful when being disparaging that we're not, by default, including US advocates of the condition. But it's good we're having this debate, even if we disagree at times, to come together as a stronger united force. fuzzywuzzy wrote, "AND secondly, because of what feels like a total lack of coherent, joined up, mobilising". Exactly! And why having talented people fall out out never to be seen again when they're needed to help disseminate positive understanding and knowledge of the condition. But there you go, that's the nature of our game. It's easy for politicians to divide and conquer, as they're attempting to do with AD(H)D, when sufferers argue to the point of self-destruction.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2014 9:25:41 GMT
I see that Dr Vincent J Felitti was in the past General Director of The Southern California Permanente Medical Group (Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program) and that he was the founder of the Department of Preventive Medicine, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program and that has reminded me that some politicians and NHS leaders think that Kaiser Permanente provides a good model for the NHS. NOT!!! I lived in America for a while and the care provided by KP, in my experience, was far, far worse than that provided by the NHS! Which should lead us to this question perhaps: do members of the govt have any real interest retaining the NHS in its current basic form of being free at the point of entry? And to be frank, I don't think they do. It's all about individual wealth again. If you have enough lolly, you will be better educated to prevent ill-health in the first instance and better able to afford care when ill-health visits your bed in the second. I mean what sort of system allows the selling of health-providing anti-oxidants found in fresh fruit and vegetables like blueberries at £3 for a small punnet for one person, and a cheap processed "feed-a-family-of-four" pizza for a £1? The whole system's barmy!
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Post by roland on Apr 2, 2014 10:23:57 GMT
and there you have it in a nutshell fuzzywuzzy! AADD-UK has done a lot in the past, using orthodox methods, that has brought us up to this point (we formed AADD-UK seven years ago) and now things have changed and changed a lot. These days it is much harder to deal with the NHS on a national level; everything has to be done on a local level thanks to the Health & Social Care Act. And that act was forced into place by the current government who is absolutely the worst one ever, in my experience, for listening and for displaying an arrogant attitude towards charitable organisations unless of course it happens to be one of their own. But an adhd'er can't be kept down for long we're resilient and we make our own rules I feel it's time for guerrilla tactics (sort of like the ones the British used against Julius Caesar in 55 & 54 BCE--Caesar did get away but by the skin of his teeth and that only because he was Rome's greatest general at that time) Anyway back to the point (said with an effort) a couple of us (AADD-UK) have had a chat and as a result I've been mulling over a couple of ideas which I must first run by my colleagues in the interest of teamwork (something that doesn't come naturally to me). Now back to the nutshell fuzzywuzzy, a plan for mobilising is germinating!
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Post by roland on Apr 2, 2014 13:37:02 GMT
As well as politicians there were others at Dr Perry's presentations and who met with him. One of the them is the charity Chance UK. It provides mentoring services for children who have behavioural problems. I actually think that mentoring is a good idea, and I would like to have a mentor to help me cope with working life. But I was disappointed to read an interview (published 5th October 2012) with the chief executive of Chance UK (Gracia McGrath O.B.E) in which she said the following: What a shame that the chief executive of a children's charity hasn't taken the time to learn a bit more about ADHD and the different medications and from this article appears to be a rather shallow thinker. Makes me wonder how they can match mentors with children and match mentoring styles with children if they do not understand ADHD. You'll find the whole article here.
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Post by roland on Apr 2, 2014 18:09:42 GMT
Well since Graham Allen MP has still not removed the photograph of the Observer article as well as the caption "Dr Bruce Perry,my Early Intervention hero . . . " from his twitter account, the following email has been sent to him with copies to Ed Miliband, Harriet Harman, and Andy Burnham:
Oh well it will be interesting to see what if anything happens now.
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Post by roland on Apr 3, 2014 22:29:15 GMT
I put the following comment on the home page of our website under the copy of the email that was sent: . Anyway, if any of you with twitter accounts want to have some fun, you can post comments under the photo of the newspaper article on Graham Allen's twitter account. Yes he's still got it up. Here's his twitter account so feel free to go ahead and join the other commenters
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Post by roland on Apr 8, 2014 19:31:12 GMT
The following email has been sent from AADD-UK to Rt Hon Ms Rosie Winterton, Labour MP and Opposition Chief Whip: Right Honourable Ms Rosie Winterton, Opposition Chief Whip I am writing on behalf of Adult Attention Deficit Disorder – UK (AADD-UK) to make a complaint about Mr Graham Allen. We have tried to resolve the matter directly with Mr Allen but he has not responded. Mr Allen has endorsed an article that appeared in the Observer on Sunday, 30th March 2014 titled “ ADHD ‘not a real disease’ says US neuroscientist.” Mr Allen has placed a photograph of this article (30th March) on his official Twitter account (@grahamallenmp) along with the caption “ Dr Bruce Perry, my Early Intervention hero, in UK today, want to attend his EIF events over next 2 days?” In addition, Mr Allen also has placed a photograph on Twitter (1st April) which is captioned “ Dr Bruce Perry speaks to Labour shadow ministers this morning”, this photograph and caption gives the appearance that Dr Perry’s views could potentially also be the Labour Party’s views (I have attached copies of Mr Allen’s Tweets). We feel that Mr Allen is potentially in breach of the Code of Conduct for Members of Parliament namely: 1. Members have a duty to uphold the law, including the general law against discrimination. We feel that it is harassment for a public figure, an MP, to invite and host a doctor who in the past has spoken against ADHD, and then to publicly approve his guest’s stigmatising opinion made on the eve of his visit to the UK that ADHD is not real. It is harassment not only because ADHD is a recognised disability that meets the requirements for a protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010, but also because people with ADHD in the UK already had significant problems with daily living intensified by shame generated from home-grown discriminatory comments and behaviour. We did not, therefore, need Members of Parliament validating such derogatory opinions and thus causing us further humiliation and distress. 2. Members have a general duty to act in the interests of the nation as a whole; and a special duty to their constituents. Given that the prevalence rate for ADHD in the UK is between 2-5%, it is more than likely that Mr Allen has constituents with ADHD. His inviting and hosting a guest such as Dr Perry who openly speaks his mind about ADHD, followed by Mr Allen’s public endorsement of Dr Perry’s views makes it nearly impossible for Mr Allen’s constituents who either have ADHD themselves, or care for someone with ADHD, or have a friend or relation with ADHD to contact him and ask him to represent their interests and concerns in the House of Commons. It also means that they are excluded from political activities for as long as Mr Allen remains their MP. The National Institute of Clinical Excellence, in 2008, completed a full review of the diagnosis and treatment of ADHD across the lifespan and published guidelines in September 2008. These guidelines did help to stimulate the development of service provision for ADHD in the UK. But ADHD services, particularly for adults, are still too scarce in the UK. This is of relevance for children and young people because as they transition from Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services there are frequently no adult services available in their area. And unfortunately austerity measures have meant that many mental health services have been cut, and sometimes waiting lists for ADHD services can be as long as 18 months! Indeed sometimes the barriers are so high that people with ADHD have resorted to asking their MP’s for help accessing services. This makes it all the more disappointing that Mr Allen presents himself as endorsing the view that ADHD is not real, because this means that people will be deterred from going to their MP’s for help, not just for ADHD matters but for any reason. Mr Allen is not setting a good example and this is not good for the nation because the proportion of people receiving treatment for ADHD in the UK is lower than the prevalence rate and failure to treat ADHD is costly to society. There is plenty of evidence to show that untreated ADHD leads to increased rates of unemployment, addictions, criminal convictions, and poor social adjustments. I have included links to relevant documents at the end of this email. In addition, when Mr Allen endorsed Dr Perry’s opinions in a Tweet and followed this up with a Tweet accompanied by a photograph of Labour Shadow Ministers listening to Dr Perry, and a photograph of Dr Perry with Francis Maude the perception was created that it could be Labour policy as well as Coalition Government Policy to discount ADHD as a valid disorder. That’s a deterrent that would inhibit the rest of us from also engaging with the entire political process. 3. Members should act on all occasions in accordance with the public trust placed in them. They should always behave with probity and integrity, including in their use of public resources. Dr Perry would possibly not have had a chance to express his opinions in the UK media if he had not been invited to come and meet Government ministers by Mr Allen. But he was invited here, and his opinions have been endorsed and validated by Mr Allen, not just by the publication of the photograph that we described earlier, but by the fact that Mr Allen helped Dr Perry meet with Government officials including Iain Duncan Smith, Jeremy Hunt, and Francis Maude (see attached photograph) and also with Labour Shadow Ministers. This creates the further perception, rightly or wrongly, that taxpayer money is being used to help promote anti-ADHD views, as well as to pay for the time of ministers and others who met with Dr Perry, who sat and listened to his presentations, and who in at least one case was photographed with him. 4. “ Members shall base their conduct on a consideration of the public interest, avoid conflict between personal interest and the public interest and resolve any conflict between the two, at once, and in favour of the public interest.” (V, 10) We most definitely feel that Mr Allen has confused and mixed his personal interests and opinions with public interests regarding his work in early intervention, his reports about early intervention, as well as his creation of the Early Intervention Foundation. We are concerned that Mr Allen invited, hosted, and endorsed Dr Perry who on the eve of his visit to the UK to meet with Government ministers on behalf of Early Intervention expressed to a major newspaper the biased and inflammatory opinion that ADHD is not real because that makes us wonder how Mr Allen’s Early Intervention Foundation will be able to provide “practical advice and support to those trying to make Early Intervention a reality on the ground” when at the core there appears to be a complete lack of knowledge and acceptance that a common neurological disorder affecting behaviour and attention is indeed real. To resolve this conflict in favour of public interest we feel that ADHD should always be a consideration in anything relating to early intervention whether it be of Mr Allen’s design or that of others, and we would like written assurance regarding that. We should also like Mr Allen to withdraw all photographs and references relating to Dr Perry from his Tweets and that includes the photograph of the Observer article. And finally we would like a letter of apology from Mr Allen which we will publish. At the bottom of this email is a sampling of some of the articles that appeared in the traditional press repeating response to Dr Perry’s opinions (Dr Perry was also widely quoted in many other news sources, various blogs, forums, Facebook, and Twitter), as well as a sampling of information about ADHD. I look forward to hearing from you. AADD-UK 1. The Guardian: “Children's hyperactivity 'is not a real disease', says US expert” on Sunday, 30th March 2014. www.theguardian.com/society/2014/mar/30/children-hyperactivity-not-real-disease-neuroscientist-adhd2. The BBC: “Neuroscientist claims ADHD is 'not a real disease'” on the 31st March 2014 www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-268229793. The Daily Telegraph: “ADHD 'not a real disease', neuroscientist claims” on 30th March 2014 www.telegraph.co.uk/health/children_shealth/10732727/ADHD-not-a-real-disease-neuroscientist-claims.html4. The Daily Mail: “ADHD expert claims disorder is 'not a real disease' and EVERYONE fits at least two of the criteria used for diagnosis” on 30th March 2014. www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2592641/Expert-claims-ADHD-not-real-disease-fits-two-criteria.html5. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) NICE Clinical Guideline 72: www.nice.org.uk/CG726. Evidence-based guidelines for the pharmacological management of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: Update on recommendations from the British Association for Psychopharmacology. Journal of Psychopharmacology 1–25, 2014 www.bap.org.uk/pdfs/ADHD_Guidelines.pdf7. The costs and benefits of diagnosis of ADHD: commentary on Holden et al. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 2014, 8:7. www.capmh.com/content/8/1/78. The Conversation: ADHD is real and saying otherwise is damaging, published 7th April 2014 theconversation.com/adhd-is-real-and-saying-otherwise-is-damaging-25124
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Post by contrarymary on Apr 8, 2014 20:54:59 GMT
brilliant job roland - thank you
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2014 6:55:32 GMT
brilliant job roland - thank you What the sister just said! Are you exhausted after that roland? Great stuff and thanks indeedy!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2014 10:11:55 GMT
Have we had any response as yet?
Like even an acknowledgement of receipt or something?
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Post by roland on May 2, 2014 19:05:23 GMT
The following update has been added to our website:
Update 2 May 2014
I have not yet had a reply to the above letter which I sent on Tuesday, 8th April 2014 despite the fact that I was told by a member of Rosie Winterton’s staff that we would get a reply within two weeks.
I was polite and gave them three weeks to allow for the Easter week, and then rang Rosie Winterton’s office yesterday morning (Thursday, 1 May 2014) at 9:15 am. An equally polite chap answered the phone, he recognised the name of AADD-UK and he knew about our complaint. He explained that the Special Advisors (Spads) were “looking at it” and would get back to us. I asked which Spad in particular is “looking at” the complaint, and if he had any idea when the Spad would get back to us. The polite chappie said he didn’t know when we would get an answer because he’s just the civil servant, but he did give me the name of the Spad, Luke Sullivan. The civil servant did tell me that he’d already put our complaint in front of Luke Sullivan again.
Fingers crossed this is more promising than it sounds!
Just as a BTW I see that Luke Sullivan was a Spad in the Chief Whip’s office when Gordon Brown was Prime Minister (2009) which surprised me because I thought Spads got sacked when their bosses left. The document I looked at also gave his pay scale which wasn’t bad, not bad at all considering that he was only in pay band 2 which was near the bottom.
And just in case you are wondering who Rosie Winterton is, well she was Labour’s pension minister when The Telegraph wrote about her on 29th May 2009 in relation to the expenses scandal. And if you read the article (click here) you will see that her salary wasn’t bad, not bad at all, and much, much better than Luke’s.
Now I’m going to confess to you that before I rang Rosie Winterton’s office I had an ADHD moment and by mistake I rang the office of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards (that’s the office that found Maria Miller MP guilty of claiming £45,000 in expenses to which she wasn’t entitled, and was then subsequently overruled by a committee of MP’s–beg their pardons there were three lay members on the committee but they weren’t allowed to vote).
After we’d sorted out that I wasn’t talking to the person I thought I was, we had a nice chat about how members of the public can hold MP’s accountable for their conduct (after I’d explained that we’d already written to Ed Miliband, Harriet Harman, Rosie Winterton, and of course Mr Graham Allen himself and were still waiting to hear from any of them) and I’ve learnt that we’ve got 3 options: vote next year (duh!!), get legal advice (expensive waste of money when we already know Graham Allen is wrong) or go to the media (aha!).
So there we are for the moment: waiting to hear something from Mr Luke Sullivan, SpAd in the office of the Opposition Chief Whip, Rosie Winterton MP Labour. We’ll keep you updated!
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Post by roland on May 2, 2014 20:31:00 GMT
Further update has just been added as follows: And now we see that Katie Hopkins (the former apprentice that Sir Alan Sugar called unemployable) appears to have made it her mission to attack mothers of children with ADHD, and according to today’s article in Closer, Katie Hopkins was “inspired into ‘badmouthing’ ADHD children by Dr Bruce Perry” and then the article’s author goes on to quote the interview Dr Perry gave to the Observer on the eve of his visit to the UK by invitation of Graham Allen MP. So thank you very much Mr Allen for encouraging the likes of Katie Hopkins! Closer
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