Dr Priest
@pennypriest.bsky.social
Mum, retired consultant clinical psychologist, singer, songwriter, ironman, writer, one of 5 members of the Midlands Psychology Group http://midpsy.uk
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Dr Priest
@pennypriest.bsky.social
· Mar 20
More great feedback for my novel, Team Of One, the person having read the article in The Psychologist:
'I’ve just bought and read, Team of One on this recommendation. Could barely put it down over 48 hrs. Thank you Penny Priest.'
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
'I’ve just bought and read, Team of One on this recommendation. Could barely put it down over 48 hrs. Thank you Penny Priest.'
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
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🔥 Rachel Reeves says there’s a “hole” in the public finances.
A new decade-long Brexit study quantifies it:
A 6–8% hit to GDP
That's £180bn-£240bn a year
It means less tax revenue and so less money for everything.
Brexit made Britain MUCH poorer.
A new decade-long Brexit study quantifies it:
A 6–8% hit to GDP
That's £180bn-£240bn a year
It means less tax revenue and so less money for everything.
Brexit made Britain MUCH poorer.
New: Boris Johnson’s ‘Brexit Titanic success’ was half right
Nearly ten years on, the first full assessment of Brexit confirms what millions warned: Britain made itself poorer
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 6:56 AM
🔥 Rachel Reeves says there’s a “hole” in the public finances.
A new decade-long Brexit study quantifies it:
A 6–8% hit to GDP
That's £180bn-£240bn a year
It means less tax revenue and so less money for everything.
Brexit made Britain MUCH poorer.
A new decade-long Brexit study quantifies it:
A 6–8% hit to GDP
That's £180bn-£240bn a year
It means less tax revenue and so less money for everything.
Brexit made Britain MUCH poorer.
Barney Ronay's right.
Maybe humans just prefer evil stuff on some level.
Maybe humans just prefer evil stuff on some level.
Ronaldo: now the most abject regime fluffer of all time
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Ronaldo dines with Donald for glamour portion of grotesque Saudi-funded spectacle | Barney Ronay
A pension-pot World Cup is looming for CR9 and with Donald Trump in the White House and Mohammed bin Salman at his back, it seems this is now a safe space
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Barney Ronay's right.
Maybe humans just prefer evil stuff on some level.
Maybe humans just prefer evil stuff on some level.
Definitely worth watching.
Responsible Child has just appeared on Netflix.
November 19, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Definitely worth watching.
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'For you [psychologists] to help people, you’ve got to understand them, and to understand them you’ve got to know where they’re coming from.’
midpsy.uk/2025/11/14/m...
midpsy.uk/2025/11/14/m...
Mike Fox and the Poverty Tourists
Here’s a blast from the past – from the West Midlands Critical and Community Psychology Conference in Birmingham in 2003. It’s a reminder that ‘for you [psychologists] to help peo…
midpsy.uk
November 14, 2025 at 1:16 PM
'For you [psychologists] to help people, you’ve got to understand them, and to understand them you’ve got to know where they’re coming from.’
midpsy.uk/2025/11/14/m...
midpsy.uk/2025/11/14/m...
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For me, Dark Heart is one of his greatest pieces of work. The promo babble says it 'is bound to raise controversy and demands for change'. But things have got far worse, if anything. So somebody needs to serialise Dark Heart now. As well as Team Of One, obviously.
Who is Nick Davies? We go back to Sussex Bylines 2020 interview to find out more about the investigative journalist played by David Tennant in The Hack
#TheHack @sussexbylines.co.uk
#TheHack @sussexbylines.co.uk
Defenders of Democracy: Nick Davies
Nick Davies is a journalist and documentary maker well known for his campaigns to expose injustice and the misuse of power
sussexbylines.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 10:51 AM
For me, Dark Heart is one of his greatest pieces of work. The promo babble says it 'is bound to raise controversy and demands for change'. But things have got far worse, if anything. So somebody needs to serialise Dark Heart now. As well as Team Of One, obviously.
I've been chatting with Chatgpt this afternoon. I didn't disclose my professional background. At one point, it commented:
'Your writing captures these truths with more precision than most therapists could extract.'
It all feels kind of weird.
'Your writing captures these truths with more precision than most therapists could extract.'
It all feels kind of weird.
November 17, 2025 at 5:22 PM
I've been chatting with Chatgpt this afternoon. I didn't disclose my professional background. At one point, it commented:
'Your writing captures these truths with more precision than most therapists could extract.'
It all feels kind of weird.
'Your writing captures these truths with more precision than most therapists could extract.'
It all feels kind of weird.
The politics of gratitude.
And nice reminder at the end about the excellent work of Barbara Ehrenreich.
And nice reminder at the end about the excellent work of Barbara Ehrenreich.
November 16, 2025 at 6:05 PM
The politics of gratitude.
And nice reminder at the end about the excellent work of Barbara Ehrenreich.
And nice reminder at the end about the excellent work of Barbara Ehrenreich.
'For you [psychologists] to help people, you’ve got to understand them, and to understand them you’ve got to know where they’re coming from.’
midpsy.uk/2025/11/14/m...
midpsy.uk/2025/11/14/m...
Mike Fox and the Poverty Tourists
Here’s a blast from the past – from the West Midlands Critical and Community Psychology Conference in Birmingham in 2003. It’s a reminder that ‘for you [psychologists] to help peo…
midpsy.uk
November 14, 2025 at 1:16 PM
'For you [psychologists] to help people, you’ve got to understand them, and to understand them you’ve got to know where they’re coming from.’
midpsy.uk/2025/11/14/m...
midpsy.uk/2025/11/14/m...
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Increase in productivity since 1979: 87%
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
November 14, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Increase in productivity since 1979: 87%
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
Great analogy.
It's like the crocodile story Ken Clarke once told me. You can feed buns to the crocodiles until the cows come home.
Once you run out of buns, they'll eat you anyway.
They'll never stop.
Once you run out of buns, they'll eat you anyway.
They'll never stop.
Two heads rolling won’t stop rot at the BBC
The corporation’s mindset is hermetically sealed and cannot cope with any dissenting view
www.thetimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Great analogy.
Repeated across the country.
"Yorkshire Water was privatised in 1989 under the Water Act, launched debt-free and promoted as the start of a new, efficient era.
What followed was anything but. Today, the company carries almost £7bn in debt. Our rivers are polluted, our bills keep rising, and we’re told to pay still more..."
What followed was anything but. Today, the company carries almost £7bn in debt. Our rivers are polluted, our bills keep rising, and we’re told to pay still more..."
Yorkshire Water: it’s time to end the rip-off
Handing the company back to local people would return both control and value to those who need it most
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Repeated across the country.
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5. Moreover, one of these authors also repeat the chemical imbalance theory in an information for young patients.
www.ich-bin-alles.de/themen/depre...
Kudos to editors of the soon upcoming "Mad in Deutschland" platform for notifying me about this.
@padbergthorsten.bsky.social
www.ich-bin-alles.de/themen/depre...
Kudos to editors of the soon upcoming "Mad in Deutschland" platform for notifying me about this.
@padbergthorsten.bsky.social
Antidepressiva? Müssen die wirklich sein?
Wie wirken Antidepressiva und in welchen Fällen können Medikamente gegen eine Depression helfen?
www.ich-bin-alles.de
November 12, 2025 at 8:31 AM
5. Moreover, one of these authors also repeat the chemical imbalance theory in an information for young patients.
www.ich-bin-alles.de/themen/depre...
Kudos to editors of the soon upcoming "Mad in Deutschland" platform for notifying me about this.
@padbergthorsten.bsky.social
www.ich-bin-alles.de/themen/depre...
Kudos to editors of the soon upcoming "Mad in Deutschland" platform for notifying me about this.
@padbergthorsten.bsky.social
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For me, Dark Heart is one of his greatest pieces of work. The promo babble says it 'is bound to raise controversy and demands for change'. But things have got far worse, if anything. So somebody needs to serialise Dark Heart now. As well as Team Of One, obviously.
November 11, 2025 at 10:36 AM
For me, Dark Heart is one of his greatest pieces of work. The promo babble says it 'is bound to raise controversy and demands for change'. But things have got far worse, if anything. So somebody needs to serialise Dark Heart now. As well as Team Of One, obviously.
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What's happening with the BBC is not at all dissimilar to what's happening with the Labour party - kowtowing to right wing players.
November 10, 2025 at 1:28 PM
What's happening with the BBC is not at all dissimilar to what's happening with the Labour party - kowtowing to right wing players.
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'The problem is that when it is installed in a health sector that prizes efficiency, surveillance and profit extraction, AI becomes not a tool for care and community but simply another instrument for commodifying human life.'
I have a feature essay for The Guardian today on the mirage of AI medicine, why care cannot be automated, and how overwhelming uptake of AI by American health capitalism threatens to undermine the very possibility of democracy.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
What we lose when we surrender care to algorithms | Eric Reinhart
A dangerous faith in AI is sweeping American healthcare – with consequences for the basis of society itself
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:40 PM
'The problem is that when it is installed in a health sector that prizes efficiency, surveillance and profit extraction, AI becomes not a tool for care and community but simply another instrument for commodifying human life.'
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Fascinating article.
I have a feature essay for The Guardian today on the mirage of AI medicine, why care cannot be automated, and how overwhelming uptake of AI by American health capitalism threatens to undermine the very possibility of democracy.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
What we lose when we surrender care to algorithms | Eric Reinhart
A dangerous faith in AI is sweeping American healthcare – with consequences for the basis of society itself
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Fascinating article.
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We need more outsight.
November 9, 2025 at 1:32 PM
We need more outsight.
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The change you need might not be something inside yourself.
My letter in the Guardian.
Insight is beneficial in therapy, but so too is outsight | Letters www.theguardian.com/education/20...
My letter in the Guardian.
Insight is beneficial in therapy, but so too is outsight | Letters www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Insight is beneficial in therapy, but so too is outsight | Letters
Letter: Dr Penny Priest says there are far more powerful factors affecting people outside of the therapy room – the social and material circumstances of their lives
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:43 AM
The change you need might not be something inside yourself.
My letter in the Guardian.
Insight is beneficial in therapy, but so too is outsight | Letters www.theguardian.com/education/20...
My letter in the Guardian.
Insight is beneficial in therapy, but so too is outsight | Letters www.theguardian.com/education/20...
For me, Dark Heart is one of his greatest pieces of work. The promo babble says it 'is bound to raise controversy and demands for change'. But things have got far worse, if anything. So somebody needs to serialise Dark Heart now. As well as Team Of One, obviously.
Who is Nick Davies? We go back to Sussex Bylines 2020 interview to find out more about the investigative journalist played by David Tennant in The Hack
#TheHack @sussexbylines.co.uk
#TheHack @sussexbylines.co.uk
Defenders of Democracy: Nick Davies
Nick Davies is a journalist and documentary maker well known for his campaigns to expose injustice and the misuse of power
sussexbylines.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 10:51 AM
For me, Dark Heart is one of his greatest pieces of work. The promo babble says it 'is bound to raise controversy and demands for change'. But things have got far worse, if anything. So somebody needs to serialise Dark Heart now. As well as Team Of One, obviously.
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Donald Trump’s demand for a billion dollars from the BBC comes from a local Florida law firm. It was sent to the wrong address, and the writer didn’t know what ‘salacious’ really means: ‘Due to their salacious nature, the fabricated statements that were aired by the BBC…’
November 11, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Donald Trump’s demand for a billion dollars from the BBC comes from a local Florida law firm. It was sent to the wrong address, and the writer didn’t know what ‘salacious’ really means: ‘Due to their salacious nature, the fabricated statements that were aired by the BBC…’
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Have you read Time To Think by Hannah Barnes. This is far from a simple issue.
November 11, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Have you read Time To Think by Hannah Barnes. This is far from a simple issue.
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🔴The BBC’s Attempts to Appease the ‘Right-Wing Coup’ Against It Are Now Seeding Its Own Destruction
By attempting to appease the forces seeking to destroy them, the BBC has helped trigger a crisis that now threatens its very future, argues @adambienkov.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/10/t...
By attempting to appease the forces seeking to destroy them, the BBC has helped trigger a crisis that now threatens its very future, argues @adambienkov.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/10/t...
The BBC’s Attempts to Appease the 'Right-Wing Coup' Against It Are Now Seeding Its Own Destruction
By attempting to appease those forces seeking to destroy them, the BBC has helped trigger a crisis that now threatens its very future, argues Adam Bienkov
bylinetimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:38 PM
🔴The BBC’s Attempts to Appease the ‘Right-Wing Coup’ Against It Are Now Seeding Its Own Destruction
By attempting to appease the forces seeking to destroy them, the BBC has helped trigger a crisis that now threatens its very future, argues @adambienkov.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/10/t...
By attempting to appease the forces seeking to destroy them, the BBC has helped trigger a crisis that now threatens its very future, argues @adambienkov.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/10/t...
'The problem is that when it is installed in a health sector that prizes efficiency, surveillance and profit extraction, AI becomes not a tool for care and community but simply another instrument for commodifying human life.'
I have a feature essay for The Guardian today on the mirage of AI medicine, why care cannot be automated, and how overwhelming uptake of AI by American health capitalism threatens to undermine the very possibility of democracy.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
What we lose when we surrender care to algorithms | Eric Reinhart
A dangerous faith in AI is sweeping American healthcare – with consequences for the basis of society itself
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:40 PM
'The problem is that when it is installed in a health sector that prizes efficiency, surveillance and profit extraction, AI becomes not a tool for care and community but simply another instrument for commodifying human life.'