25/04/2011 by Fin.

Creating a “No Fly Zone”. Am I the only person who does not understand this term, or how it has been applied in Libya. Creating a “No Fly Zone” I thought should mean that certain planes are not allowed to fly in Libya. But once again the UK government are bending the agreed rules and this means that they can take out ground troops as and when they feel like it. This war is also not a Regime change, or is it? The more things go on the more this is getting like Iraq, bend those rules, get what you want, as collateral damage mounts. This coalition government is going to be as unpopular as Blaire’s government was over Iraq. We cannot afford to be the world’s policeman and are we now going into Syria and possibly other countries? It would be nice to cure every little piece of unfairness in this world but it is totally impractical.

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09/04/2011 by JohnBuck.

Prescriptions for anti-depressants have risen by more than forty per cent over the past four years. Doctors and various charities have said that this figure is mostly people who are struggling with general debt and also fears of redundancy. Financial problems can sometimes act as a “trigger”, but there are other things to take into consideration such as the fact that being depressed is now more acceptable. The worrying thing is that this particular rise has happened during a time when alternative therapies have been available such as talking therapies, which should have curbed the demand for anti-depressant drugs. Department of Health figures have shown that this year referrals for talking therapies have risen to nearly 600,000.

During times of economic hardships mental health problems seem to get worse and GPs are seeing more and more people coming in to their surgeries with major debt problems or they have employment worries. People often feel guilty that they cannot provide for their loved ones and this can often lead to depression. The rich seem to get richer and the poor just seem too get depressed.

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