The UK, he says, is “one of the clearest expressions of how austerity kills”. Suicides were falling in this country before the recession, he notes. Then, coinciding with a surge in unemployment, they spiked in 2008 and 2009. As unemployment dipped again in 2009 and 2010, so too did suicides. But since the election and the coalition government’s introduction of austerity measures – and particularly cuts in public sector jobs across the country – suicides are back.
Ministers seem unwilling to address the increase in suicides, arguing it is too early to conclude anything from the data. Stuckler points out that this is because the Department of Health prefers to use three-year rolling averages that even out annual fluctuations. But based on the actual data, he is in no doubt. “We’ve seen a second wave – of austerity suicides,” he says. “And they’ve been concentrated in the north and north-east, places like Yorkshire and Humber, with large rises in unemployment. Whereas London … We’re now seeing polarisation across the UK in mental-health issues.”
In the US, more than five million people have lost access to health care. In Greece, there’s a 200% increase in HIV cases. And in some of the worst-hit countries, suicide rates are up. David Stuckler, author of an explosive new book, says the facts speak for themselves
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Hungarian Civil Liberties Union launches Fidesz declaration poster remix project
Thanks to D. M. for sending us a link to the website for the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union (TASZ), which just like the Socialists who mocked the Fidesz decision to post their declaration in public buildings, has launched their own poster remix webpage, in a sarcastic effort to make sure that no one in Hungary goes without their own copy of it. We love it.
Dear Mainstream Media! Cuba has met Sandy too.
Today I saw that Romney claimed that the president will lie during the debates. I thought I would look at their records on Politifact.com to see how reliable each candidate has been. Out of the statements analyzed by Politifact, this is the percent of things they have said that have been on the spectrum of true and false, for Obama and Romney.
This isn’t perfect, since Obama has been rated more frequently than Romney has. Still, it’s interesting to see how often each candidate gets rated in each category.amerikai barátaink dolgoznak!
:-) A Ténytár nálunk is hasonlóan alapos, részletes és néha sokkoló adatokat hoz.
Az ilyen megnyilvánulásokra mindig vevők a választók, főleg a fiatalabbak, akik akciókat, cselekvést akarnak látni. Ebből a szempontból egyébként a magyar pártok aktívak, még ha külföldről vesznek át ötleteket, akkor is kreatívabbnak számítanak, mint sok külföldi ellenzéki tömörülés.
Ha hiány van ötletben, vagy bejön valahol valami poén, az összes párt szívesen lop. Ötletet is. (forrás)
Libertin and democrat until you get to the Parliament…
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