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On Thursday 22 March 2018 I will be making a peaceful protest outside the Scottish Parliament, two years to the day that my petition for a Sunshine Act for Scotland … Continue reading Inferring that I was being unrealistic
I sent the following letter to the Chief Medical Officer for Scotland: Monday 19th March 2018 Dear Dr Calderwood, A Sunshine Act for Scotland I wanted to let you know … Continue reading The Scottish Government has chosen not to listen to the Scottish people
On the 6 March 2018, I asked the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland if it supports Sunshine legislation. This was the reply that I received from Colin McKay, Chief Executive: … Continue reading Mental Welfare Commission: “This isn’t a priority for us”
On Thursday 22nd March 2018 I will be standing outside the Scottish Parliament with this banner. This will be a peaceful, one-man protest, two years to the day that my … Continue reading Two years of no sunshine
This is a short update on “progress” made since my petition PE1493: A Sunshine Act for Scotland was closed more than a year-and-a-half ago. [I was impressed by the Scottish … Continue reading Kicked into the long grass
On the 12th August 2017 I sent the following letter to Shona Robison, the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport for the Scottish Government: Dear Cabinet Secretary for Health and … Continue reading What is “realistic” in terms of public expectation?
Crowd-funding is nothing new. The Martyrs’ monument was funded by public subscriptions to redress the events of 50 years previously when five Scots were transported for sedition. Their speaking up … Continue reading Raised by the people of Scotland
This week the International Congress for the Royal College of Psychiatrists is taking place in Edinburgh. It is titled “Psychiatry without Borders”. Given my concerns about the harms associated with over-medicalisation I … Continue reading Psychiatry without borders