Lord Stevenson of Coddenham, the former chairman of HBOS, has compared the way people with mental health problems are treated now to the Salem witch-hunts, as he spoke about his own battle with depression.

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  1. Most of the contributors appear, typically for the Telegraph, to get the wrong end of the stick completely. We don’t need anti-discrimination laws around mental health – there is the DDA ffs!!!

    We don’t need over zealous social workers/ councillors either – we need a parity in law and a system that is not totally unjust as at present – one that affirms life whoever you are rather than criminalises you. Too many people are dying at the hands of inept/ bigotted authorites in the name of saving money and ‘stopping the cheats’ – they are the CHEATS

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