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Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Osborne's 'lost marbles' taunt reinforces mental health stigma, says Labour

Chancellor’s joke to MPs about John McDonnell and Yanis Varoufakis deeply disappointing, says shadow minister for mental health Luciana Berger George Osborne should apologise for “flippant remarks” he made in parliament about mental health, Labour’s shadow mental health minister has said. Speaking to MPs on Tuesday, the chancellor joked that the shadow chancellor, John McDonnell, and the former Greek finance minister, Yanis Varoufakis, had both “lost their marbles” – referring to the Elgin Marbles and to Labour’s plans to hold a series of open seminars about economics. Continue reading...


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