School refusal, sometimes known as school phobia or emotionally based school avoidance and is normally defined by off the scale anxiety, and it can occur from any amount of underlying problems including bullying, or an undiagnosed, unsupported Special Educational Need or Disability, or a mental health problem. Whilst the underlying problem can exhibit significant difficultiesContinue reading “Stop Treating School Refusal As Truancy”
Author Archives: Angela Lloyd
Biggest Broadcasting Union Joins Battle
Britain’s largest broadcasting union has joined the Mirror-backed campaign to save free TV licences for the over-75s, as millions of older people risk being disrobed of the benefit after the Tories gave responsibility for funding the perk to the corporation from June 2020. But pensioners and campaigners are battling to save the necessary lifeline, andContinue reading “Biggest Broadcasting Union Joins Battle”
Agony Of Homeless Mum-To-Be
Warming her hands on a cup of coffee, Mandy looks up sadly and says that she lost her baby because while she and her partner Sean were wandering the streets in search of respite from the bitter cold and striving to withstand biting temperatures since becoming homeless just before Christmas, their unborn child, tragically, didContinue reading “Agony Of Homeless Mum-To-Be”
Margaret Thatcher Will Get A Statue
Margaret Thatcher is going to get a statue in Grantham, despite threats of vandalism, as proposals to construct a £30,000 statue in the ex-Tory PM’s home town where it was approved unanimously by a planning committee. It will be put on a 10-foot high granite plinth due to concerns of a motivated far-left movement, whoContinue reading “Margaret Thatcher Will Get A Statue”
Less Of A Threat To Society
Should drugs like cannabis be sold in off-licenses? Well, the North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner believes so, and Arfon Jones recently came out and called for measures to be taken to regulate the sale of certain prohibited substances. He wants to see drugs controlled and sold by responsible retailers similar to off-licences that sellContinue reading “Less Of A Threat To Society”
MP Who Lied To Police
Disgraced MP Fiona Onasanya has been booted out of the Labour Party after being convicted of perverting the course of justice by misleading the police to dodge a speeding charge. The Peterborough MP, who faces a likely jail sentence, had now been suspended and asked to stand down by the party after being found guiltyContinue reading “MP Who Lied To Police”
Setting Up International Base
The BBC is considering Brussels as the place for a new EU base following Brexit to enable it to continue to broadcast across the continent, and Belgium’s prime minister, Charles Michel held talks on the possibility in Davos with the BBC’s director general, Tony Hall. Belgium is usually on the shortlist of companies keen toContinue reading “Setting Up International Base”
No Deal Brexit
A no deal Brexit would be a betrayal of what people voted for because in the 2016 election a promise was made to the preponderance of people who voted for Brexit, and they were voting for a more prosperous future, but not leaving now would be regarded as a betrayal of that referendum decision. However,Continue reading “No Deal Brexit”
Russian Interference
There have been concerns that there was Russian intervention in the 2016 Brexit election, and there’s an ongoing investigation by the UK Electoral Commission, the UK Parliament’s Culture Select Committee, and the US Senate on alleged Russian interference, and this has raised questions over the legal validity of the Brexit referendum. Following the election onContinue reading “Russian Interference”
Former Aide Raped Woman
A former top aide to Tony Blair and John Major is on trial cited of raping a woman while she was asleep. Mark Adams, 56, worked at No 10 as private secretary to Tony Blair and John Major for a total of six years in the 1990s, and it’s alleged that ex-civil servant Mark AdamsContinue reading “Former Aide Raped Woman”
THE MONTHLY MOSQUITO 