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Salesmanship and Sales Management, A Historical Framework
Geplaatst op 13 december 2015 door Ronald Swensson
The development of modern salesmanship is a uniquely American story. The intense effort to 'upgrade' salesmanship distinguished the growth of capitalism in America from that in other countries. All European nations had peddling networks, some of which had existed for hundreds of years, but none created organized sales forces to the same degree as it did in the United States. There are several reasons for this. First, the emergence of salesmanship depended on a stable and widely used currency - in Europe in those days there were dozens of currencies - and the availability of credit - all aspects of the American economic system. Through this economic system and the enormous area, the scale of American firms was greater than in Europe. The massive manufacturing concerns of the early twentieth century, which produced tremendous numbers of business machines, appliances, and cars, hired salesmen in the hundreds (and even thousands); and these goods, all pushed by aggressive salesmanship, distinguished the American economy by their early appearance and widespread purchase. Organized selling in America flourished also for cultural reasons. Salesmanship, especially beginning in the late nineteenth century, seemed to offer a pathway to personal success.
In 1904 businessman P. W. Searles summarized in System Magazine the changes he had seen in selling over the past several years. Earlier, as he put it, a salesman traveled as his own boss. Now his routes were planned, his customers evaluated before his departure, and a trail of sales slips and reports established a record of his every move. Sales managers at large corporations assigned salesmen specific territories and gave them monthly or weekly quotas to meet. They aimed to make salesmanship uniform, predictable, and capable of being taught to new recruits. They even instructed salesmen on how to stand while talking with a customer, or how to hand over a pen at closing. Most turn-of-the-century salespeople were straight commission agents, very independent of the companies that employed them.
Frederick W. Taylor's scientific management concepts came late to the management of personal selling. This occurred because most companies believed that selling was an art, or a natural ability. Good salespeople were born, not made, and could not benefit from management. Many also believed that supervision was not necessary for commission salespeople. It was reasoned that, under the straight commission method of payment, good salespeople would be automa-tically rewarded and stay with the firm. Poor ones would be unable to support themselves and would resign. therefore, the commission compensation plan made supervision unnecessary.
Companies often allowed numerous salespeople to work in one territory so that poor performing salespeople would not limit the company from attaining the full sales potential of the territory. The problems associated with such a system are obvious. NCR, just before the turn of the century, was the first company to offer exclusive territories and unlimited earning potential to its salespeople.
The laissez faire attitude toward salespeople had clearly begun to change by the turn of the century. The influence of NCR's examples and of Taylor's scientific management concepts were powerful. New psychological theories that suggested the possibility of understanding behavior in order to improve salesperson selection and performance were being propounded. Business-people were increasingly convinced of the need to focus their efforts on management of sales forces. Another, perhaps more important influence was the changing economy. By the 1900s the old sellers' market was disappearing. Supply had caught up with demand. As a result, competition began increasingly intense. Management was forced to be more concerned with customer relations and performance in general. Therefore, sales management techniques and methods were developed to improve the competitive abilities of the firms operating in this new environment.
At the turn of the century the typical salesperson was paid a straight commission and thought of as an entity apart from the firm's organization. Therefore, firms provided very little training and development for salespeople. The 'sink-or-swim method' was common during the early decades of this century. As the 'sink-or-swim method' lost favor, true sales training became much more important. The more it came to be understood that mere 'personality' was inadequate for success, the more important sales training became. Business historians consider National Cash Register (NCR) the first company to provide training to its sales representatives and to be a pioneer in sales management. NCR, and some other firms, had perceived the benefits of training before the turn of the century. Corporate sales training programs consisted of learning the background and policies of the firm, product knowledge, types of customers, the market, the presentation and selling skills. The revolution in selling had consequences beyond the firm. The growth of systematic methods of salesmanship gave rise to a number of products and services. Trade journals, sales (management) magazines and -books were published. The Dartnell Corporation (John Cameron Aspley) began collecting empirical data on selling and produced reports for sales managers - a great deal of the earlier work of John Cameron Aspley is summarized in The Sales Promotion Handbook (1957). Also A.W. Shaw Company (Arch Wilkinson Shaw) started publishing books for sales managers - see the book Sales management (1914).
An important book, considered by many to be the first American sales management text, was Scientific Sales Management by Charles Wilson Hoyt (1913). Hoyt was director of the sales- and advertising department at George B. Woolson and Company (a publishing company). Hoyt positioned the sales manager as the link between salespeople and the firm. The sales manager's major responsibilities were to cooperate with salespeople and increase their efficiency. Business authors of this period noted that many experienced salespeople were hostile to sales management help - see the book Marketing Methods and Salesmanship by Butler, DeBower and Jones (1914). Hoyt suggested that sales managers should deal with this problem by working with a new type of salesperson: . . . the one who accepted help from the house . . . and ignore the old type of salesperson . . . not the one who worked alone and was hostile to sales management assistance. Hoyt's pioneering text assigned the sales manager the following tasks to increase efficiency: (1) standardize the salesperson's presentations; (2) select candidates by obtaining their records through application blanks; (3) talk common sense to the sales force as opposed to offering them inspirational meetings; (4) and, eliminate the idea that advertising is a substitute for salespeople. Hoyt advocated the rating of salespeople through the use of contests. Despite the clear-cut danger of customer loss associated with hard selling techniques, this idea is encountered frequently throughout the early history of sales management thoughts. Its merit went unquestioned until Harry R. Tosdal's - Professor of Marketing at Harvard Business School - criticism in his book Problems in Sales Management (1921).
John G. Jones, one of the first instructors of salesmanship, offered a sales management course at New York University in 1915. It included the following topics: selecting and training salespeople; planning sales equipment; methods of compensation; territory problems; sales contests; conventions and quotas. Jones was assisted in developing this course by the Alexander Hamilton Institute, where much of the earlier sales management materials were developed. He published in 1918 his book Salesmanship and Sales Management. Harry R. Tosdal introduced a course in sales management in 1920 which included such topics as structure of the sales organization, sales research and investigation, formulation of sales policies, and preparation and execution of selling plans. Given the independence with which salespeople had operated prior to the general implementation of sales management, it is logical that the developing role of sales management (1900-1920) would be a narrow one.
Primary concern was with selection, supervision and control of salespeople. During the 1920s, a few writers were to offer a broadened definition of sales management which included marketing tasks. In 1920 J. George Frederick proclaimed in his book Modern Salesmanagement a new era for the field of sales management, an era of development, respectability and new-found professionalism. Frederick saw the sales manager as a major player within the total marketing function, which, in turn, encompassed the entire enterprise. He portrayed the sales manager as a top level executive, contributing to policy, and responsible for its implementation through the sales force. Frederick's sales manager was concerned with product quality and new product development as determined by the needs of the market. It was the sales manager's job, he wrote, to synchronize the standardization needs of production with the market's demand for a varied product line. Sales management had begun to evolve from the narrow supervisory role of the pre-1920 era to a broader one, embracing that marketing concept. Frederick was president of a company called 'Business Bourse' that specialized in publishing business-related research and data, he was married with Christine Frederick, an American home economist and early 20th century exponent of Taylorism).
The issue of the efficacy of psychological testing for salesperson selection was first addressed in the early 1900s. For example, reference is made by Butler, DeBower, and Jones (1914) to 'ingenious oral and written examinations designed to test one's accuracy, mental alertness and ability to reason'. The authors predicted a not very bright future for such devices. They believed an able experienced salesperson would hesitate to work for a house using new ideas based entirely on theory. Walter Dill Scott, a psychology professor at Northwestern University, became the director of The Bureau of Salesmanship at Carnegie Tech in 1916, and was given grants by numerous large organizations to develop improved methods of salesperson selection. On the first World's Salesmanship Congress (1916) Scott performed 'mental alertness tests' on young salesmen to predict which ones would most likely succeed. Among others he published the book Influencing Men in Business (1911) (see section How-to-Sell Books). Discussion of salesperson selection during the twenties and thirties reveals a rejection of the earlier view of the salesperson as an entity apart from the firm. Poor performance was seen as negative to both salesperson and firm. It became clear that customers were assets and selling skills were recognized as valuable. Tosdal criticized the overemphasis of employers on technical and industry knowledge, believing intelligence and the ability to relate products to the needs of buyers to be far more important. He advocated the creation of accurate job descriptions based on the nature of the selling job.
Tosdal's discussion of compensation programs – in his second book on sales management (1925) - is as thorough as any since. No truly new programs have been developed since then. Tosdal wrote: create a compensation plan that is motivating and fitted to the needs of the business. Four factors were considered in developing a compensation plan: (1) the income necessary to maintain a reasonable standard of living; (2) the market for salespeople; (3) the philosophy of the firm regarding payment at, above, or below market; (4) the nature of the product. He mentioned that employee turnover is an excellent indicator of the efficacy of a plan. Tosdal criticized straight salary plans for their failure to motivate. However, he agreed that commission plans increase effort but also heighten rivalry and turnover, emphasize short term sales, reduce new account development, and foster salesperson independence.
Formal sales management appears to have evolved from an era when oversimplified concepts were widely accepted (pre-1900), through the narrow supervisory role of the pre-1920 era, to a broader role during the years between the two World Wars. Most of the issues one finds in sales management books today, were discussed within the field of sales management during the productive period of 1915-1930, when simple Nineteenth Century viewpoints were being abandoned and the practical tools and conceptual framework of the discipline of sales management were established. It is remarkable that not until 1958, the first Dutch sales management book was published: Verkoopleiding en Verkooporganisatie by (economist) Jan L. Wage (as part of the series 'De Moderne Onderneming').
This text is an excerpt of the ebook '100 Classic Sales Books, A Historical Framework' by Ronald Swensson. Original text adopted from the book Birth of a Salesman by Walter A. Friedman (2004), the (Dutch) research paper Geschiedenis van de verkooptechniek by Jan L. Wage and Ronald Swensson (2013) and the research paper American Sales Management Practice and Thought by James T. Strong and Michael F. d'Amico (1999).
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It is true what they say – that when we're in love, we see the world through rose-colored glasses. When we're with someone that we truly love and care about, every problem and pain seems to fade away. We overlook the hurtful words they say, the bad things they do, and all the pain they cause us. Unfortunately, it is very easy to fall into the trap of a person who is toxic.
I, just like a lot of other women out there, got caught in this trap. I lost myself to a selfish, manipulative, heartless man and believed that it was love. True love. It is an experience that I wouldn't wish on anyone.
If you're someone whose heart was also broken by a toxic man, then you know exactly what I went through. So, here's my story.
What I went through was awful. It was demeaning and painful.
I spent day after day wondering if I'd ever get back to being normal. I wondered if I was ever going to be the woman I used to be.
Yes, I know, relationships are not easy. They require time and work. But when you're with the right person, relationships are simple. They make you feel happier and fulfilled. They add value to your life.
When you're in a relationship with the right person, you get treated like you deserve. You receive the love and respect you're worthy of. But when you're with the wrong person, everything is different.
I'm ashamed to admit that I stayed so long in a life-sucking, toxic relationship. I stayed in a relationship with someone who instead of making me feel loved and protected, he made me fear him.
I plucked up enough courage and walked away.
Leaving him was the best decision I've ever made and if I hadn't found the courage to leave him, I wouldn't know where I'd be today.
I'm glad it's all over now because I dated someone who shattered my self-esteem.
Because he knew how to manipulate me and I let him do that. Because he played wicked mind games with me and made me doubt my own perceptions and judgments. Because the more time we spent together, the more he made me feel confused. Because I was weak and I didn't know how to fight his manipulation tactics and devious mind games.
I dated someone who enjoyed putting me down.
Whatever we talked about, he'd always find a way to make me feel like what I had to say was illogical, stupid, or irrelevant. Even my jokes weren't funny to him – they were "lame," as he used to call them.
I dated someone who never saw and accepted me for who I really was.
No one is perfect, but he made me feel like I was the most flawed person in the entire world. Whenever he had a chance to point out my insecurities, fears, and failures, he took it.
He even compared me with other women, including my friends and coworkers, and told me how they always dressed and behaved better than me.
I was never good enough for him.
Slowly, he managed to make me hate the person I saw whenever I looked at the mirror. I couldn't find anything good about my physical appearance or behavior. I found flaws wherever I looked. I stopped seeing myself as the pretty, smart, strong woman I used to be.
I dated someone whom I thought I knew.
Because with his charm, great manipulation tactics, and superb acting skills, he managed to convince me that he was kind, compassionate, and loving.
He managed to convince me that I was the only woman that existed in his world. That he loved me "to the moon and back," as he used to say to me.
But all that was a lie. A big, fat lie. He wasn't the sweet person I thought he was, nor was he in love with me. He was just a selfish, manipulative, cruel a*hole.
I dated someone who I believed could change.
Because I wanted him to change. I hoped that if he felt the purity and intensity of my love for him, he'd realize how bad he treated me and he'd want to change his behavior.
I patiently waited for him to become the man I created in my head. But that was all just wishful thinking.
I was naïve for believing he would change and show me the love I deserved. Because how can you expect someone to change when they're a 100 percent sure they're perfect? How can you expect someone to love you when instead of a heart, they have a cold stone? How can you expect someone to respect you and your feelings when they have no conscience?
Yes, I know all these things now, but back then, I was too ignorant to notice and accept them.
I dated someone who made me doubt everyone.
Just because he was phony, manipulative, and bad, I let myself think that everyone else was the same as him. I refused to let anyone in my life since I was afraid that they might hurt me as he did.
I couldn't share my problems with my friends because I felt too embarrassed that I let myself be so humiliated and emotionally abused. I couldn't talk to other people as well because I thought they'd believe him and not me – the "overly sensitive and dramatic" person he made me feel and look like.
I dated someone who didn't love anyone but himself.
Regardless of how much love I had for him, it was never enough. No matter how kind to him I was, he never returned the kindness. He was affectionate towards me only when he was in the mood. My feelings, needs, and wishes didn't matter to him.
He made me feel alone even when he was around me.
I dated someone whom I allowed to manipulate me.
Yes, I was his puppet and I allowed it.
I dated someone who made me become stronger.
Because I felt strong and brave enough to let go of him. Because I decided to put an end to the emotional torture he put me through. Because I realized he was not better than me. Because I realized that all those feelings of weakness, shame, and unworthiness he provoked in me had nothing to do with who I really was or my value.
I realized that my deep love for him made me blind and that it was the only reason why I allowed him to treat me that way.
I realized that I deserved someone way better than him and a relationship way too different from the one I was in.
Because I found the strength to walk away although I loved him with every part of me.


Deseret News recently ran a story about Richardson's Point, a historic spot in Iowa along the Mormon Trail. The graves of the first two casualties of the Mormon westward migration are found at Richardson's Point. In March of 1849 toddler James Tanner fell off the tongue of a wagon and was killed when the wagon ran over him. The following day Edwin Little, a nephew of Brigham Young, succumbed to pneumonia and died, leaving his young wife and infant son to continue on without him.
Always interested in history, this story made me wonder how the families of James and Edwin got on after their deaths. I did a bit of research.
Louisa Tanner, the mother of the toddler who died, made it as far as Winter Quarters, where she died in September 1846. James' father, Sidney Tanner, married a 17-year-old girl, Julia Ann, two months later. Julia cared for Sidney's six children, bore him another eight children, and became a plural wife in 1859 when Sidney married Rachel Neyman. Sidney and Rachel had six children together, which gave Sidney a total of 22 children, including three who died in infancy.
Edwin Little's wife, Harriet Decker, had just turned 16-years-old when she married Edwin in 1842. She became a mother at 18, and a widow at 20. Harriet and her young son, George, went on to Utah after Edwin's death, arriving in Salt Lake City on October 2, 1847. Harriet remarried a year later, becoming the first wife of the celebrated Mormon pioneer Ephraim Hanks.
Harriet and Ephraim had seven children together, four being born before Ephraim entered into polygamy. On March 27, 1956 Ephraim (30) married two girls: Jane Capener (15) and Hannah Hardy (14). Hannah obtained a divorce from Ephraim two months later and waited until she was 24 to marry again, this time to apparent monogamist John P. Gibson. But Jane stayed in the marriage for 17 years, having seven children with Ephraim before getting a temple divorce in 1873.
Jane went on to become the plural wife of her sister's husband, Joseph Taylor, with whom she had two more children. Later, she left Joseph and, at the age of 50, married Thomas Giles, a widower who never practiced plural marriage.
Like Jane, Harriet also divorced Ephraim Hanks in 1873. He had married a 4th plural wife, 15-year-old Thisbe Read, in 1862 (Thisbe's records are inconsistent, but she noted her 1847 birth date in an 1897 affidavit). From that time forward Ephraim focused most of his attention on Thisbe, which resulted in what Brigham Young said was Ephraim's neglect of his other wives and children.
After Ephraim's first and legal wife, Harriet, divorced him, he and Thisbe were able to obtain a civil marriage. They were legally wed on September 10, 1874. They had a dozen children, and remained together until separated by Ephraim's death in 1896.
Harriet tried to live the commandment of plural marriage, but in the end gave up the hope of exaltation to Godhood. Jane tried – twice – but she ultimately settled for a non-plural marriage, knowing Godhood was therefore out of her reach. Hannah, too, chose monogamy over an eternity of "bringing worlds into existence." And Thisbe, while she married a man with two other wives and great eternal prospects (according to Mormonism), she ended up in a monogamous marriage with no hope of achieving Mormonism's reward of exaltation to Godhood.
Mormonism and its grand promises didn't work for these ordinary Mormon women. How much better it would have been for them if they had trusted God's Word and placed their hope and faith in Christ alone.


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November 5, 2015 by Darren McGarvey 8 Comments
In July I was diagnosed with a personality disorder. This finally confirmed for me something I always suspected; that I do, in fact, have a personality.
The professional opinion came as something of a shock – at least to me. Not so much for those close to me who knew intimately the recurring issues I faced and how they found expression in my behaviour. For them it was more like the last piece of a difficult but rewarding puzzle. However, much to my surprise, reading the diagnoses on paper didn't bring the sense of relief I had hoped for.
Since my first trip to the child psychologist at the tender age of 17 I had always been searching for an answer to explain the conflict engulfing my inner world. Initially, the first emotional foe I'd lock horns with, other than disappointment, was anger which I remember describing to my psychologist as feeling like "a ball of fire in my chest."
The weekly appointment was something to look forward to. At lunch time on Thursday I would leave school and take a short bus trip to Govan before jumping the underground to the fabled West End. The first thing I remember upon stepping off the escalator was a strange feeling of relaxation:
People here didn't dress like they were afraid of being stabbed.
The Notre Dame Centre for Children and Young Adults was five minutes away from the boutique-ridden strip known to many a Glaswegian as Byers Road. Using the only thing familiar to me as a means of navigation – in this case Greggs – I made for the pass of Rutheven Street.
There was a sense of genuine exploration as I waded deeper into unknown territory; up a leafy winding road flanked by century-old trees which appeared to be springing from the foundations of dangerously slanted tenement flats that hung over the pavements like lanky bouncers; colour-coded bins and beastly off-road vehicles piled on top of one another though never any sight of neighbours or residents coming or going.
It was like that drawer you throw everything in and always dread re-entering for any reason except that here people borrowed three times their salary and more just to say they lived in this drawer.
I came across things I had never seen before in my life such as: private gardens, schools only girls went to, humus and litter-free streets. It was like something out of a good Tim Burton movie and I was clearly enjoying my freedom in the absence of Helena Bonham Carter.
The sessions were quite heavy going but I persevered. I learned some helpful strategies to cope with my rage and got some valuable insights into my behaviour. But I also got the sense my life would be easier to compartmentalise if I could just get an over-arching diagnosis; a theory for everything I felt and experienced but couldn't explain.
This desire to diagnose my thoughts and emotions eventually became second nature and I started to think of my personality in medical terms. To my mind, my personality was no more than a cascade of psychological ailments. A slide-show of everything wrong with my childhood. I externalised the source of my discomfort in life and from that point on began looking outside of myself for solutions.
The years passed me by and new words and phrases entered my ever-expanding lexicon as I came into contact with more and more services, agencies and professionals. At one point I had a team of support workers, a psychologist, a psychiatrist, a cognitive behavioural therapist and a neurolinguistic programmer. Unbeknownst to all of them I also had a drug dealer.
I was living in a 24-hour staffed supported accommodation project and was now in receipt of high rate Disability Living Allowance for both care and mobility. If I had an inkling I wasn't too well then the world unfolding around me was all the confirmation I needed. On paper I was exactly what I had always secretly assumed I was: mentally and emotionally deformed.
But running parallel to this slightly more observable, documented, life was another rooted in denial and dangerously wishful thinking (and increasingly shrouded in secrecy – sometimes even from myself.)
Secret addictions
It never occurred to me to tell anyone how much I was drinking or how many drugs I was taking. At that time I never made a connection between my lifestyle and my mental health. Even before I became an alcoholic and an addict these more common forms of excess were having a massive impact on me which I just explained away as symptomatic of my self-styled disposition.
On top of this I was using junk food, retail therapy, hardcore pornography and various unhealthy personal relationships on a daily basis to tide me over in between binges of substance and alcohol misuse. It's no wonder I felt so overwrought and depressed. My whole life was about avoiding my emotional reality and kicking the can of discomfort down the road.
It was far more preferable for my now Cyclopean ego to be told that my problems were a direct result of a difficult childhood and that my present difficulties were down to a run of typically bad luck. By accepting those falsehoods as fact and proceeding to pump a thousand forms of unleaded petrol into my diesel engine I was now quite stubbornly feeding the fires of my own discord. But try telling me that back then.
Back then I recycled adversity as renewable creative energy which powered me through a prolific period of artistic output despite being basically homeless and suffering duel addictions. Emboldened by local fame cum notoriety, that seductive mix of booze and self-exaltation induced powerful narcissistic fantasies. Truth be told these bled into my sober life too – and still do.
They became a way to avoid painful truths or anxiety-ridden unknowns such as other people's perception of me and whether they liked me or not or whether it was fair that this person thought such and such and so on and so forth. I didn't mix well with others so I cast myself in the roll of the outcast who raged against things. I had to create reasoning for what I could not otherwise explain so I adopted a skewed self image in which certain facets of my character were grotesquely inflated while others that did not serve my current social aspirations were struck from the record altogether.
But it was all a ruse to hide the fact I was lonely and always felt uneasy at a party.
Emotional boom and bust
For someone so young I was hideously self-concerned. It's almost embarrassing to admit. My ego would expand and contract, bringing with it all kinds of emotional down turns and maniacal booms punctuated by increasingly longer periods of depression. One day I was taking over the world and the next cowering beneath the weight of it.
I was oblivious to the fact that this constant unease was directly relative to that aggressive egoism. An egoism that spoke in a language specific to me and hid patiently in my psychological blind-spots.
People mistake the word ego for arrogance but there is more to it than that. Arrogance is something someone else calls you. Arrogance is someone else's ego interpreting yours. If someone thinks you are arrogant it's because their ego is ruffled by yours. It means even the most painfully humble among you may harbour massive egos you are blissfully unaware of. If you have a fixed notion of what someone with a big ego looks and sounds like then your ego will find a place to hide right behind that.
My ego was something I constructed to protect myself but ultimately it's an obsolete array of emotional adaptations that no longer serve a purpose, no matter how much it insists on itself.
My childhood, like many others, was pretty shit at times. People were not dependable or emotionally available. Everyone around me was suffering from chronic stress or the various illnesses it triggers. Pollok was a production line for chain smokers, stiff drinkers and maladapted vagabonds. Obviously these experiences become a valid part of your story and also a useful reference point when confronted with emotional difficulties but at some point I made a decision to root myself in a sense of victimhood – absolving me of responsibility for my emotional well-being.
I marshalled a sizeable cross-section of my mental faculty in the singular pursuit of denying that I was a self-obsessed, bitter, envious, paranoid, emotionally unavailable, borderline narcissist, wandering retail cathedrals and digital brothels as a distraction from the fact I had forgotten how to be with my pain.
Worse still, that I felt entitled to avoid suffering altogether as if somehow emotional law did not apply to me.
The Self and Others
I became a fully paid up member of the cult of the self. Where you and your aspirations are the be all and end all. Where strangers are disposable characters and non-speaking extras in the screenplay of your life and woe betide a world that isn't awaiting your imminent arrival in the pantheon of awesome things. When your life is only really about you then you become deeply unhappy but unable to face the truth as to why.
So you shout loudly about your principles and convictions while privately wishing failure on others; longing for that all encompassing diagnosis.
I felt deeply sad because I was a deeply deluded human being. A human being who had become so detached from the reality of my selfishness that I had to construct complex myths just to stay afloat in the torrent of nonsense swirling around my own narrow mind.
The main myth propagated being that I was suffering from an incurable, debilitating mystery mental illness and that only western medicine could deliver me from a misunderstood life of melancholic martyrdom.
So when a random, genuine, diagnosis came in July in the middle of an alcohol-induced court case I should have been over the moon right? Finally, I can actually say I have a personality disorder.
Instead I was plunged into more confusion and inevitable existential-angst.
That's when I decided enough was enough. Fuck it.
I walked away from the idea of the diagnosis and the idea of defining myself as a mental ailment and I haven't looked back since except to console my younger self, still smarting from all the reality.
For me, the difficult emotional symptoms I experience are almost always a direct result of how I am choosing to live my life. How I choose to deal with other human beings and what I choose to put or not put in my body.
If I could change the world…
If I have a worry or anxiety that I am keeping to myself instead of opening up honestly with someone I trust about my true feelings, then I knowingly invite uncertainty and dread.
If I am not conducting my affairs in an honest manner, manipulating people for my own ends or ducking and diving responsibilities then there will be emotional consequences which I have to accept.
If I am growing overly fond of red wine or codeine has found its way into my diet or I spend two hours a day watching violent pornography then I shouldn't act confused as to why I feel tired, paranoid, agitated and emotionally distant from my partner – and myself.
If I sleep in late, wake up and drink three cups of industrial coffee, smoke five cigarettes and have a fudge doughnut for breakfast then I have to be prepared to accept that I may experience what feels like a mild downer later that afternoon. I also have to accept that spending £80 in Foot Locker will not help perk me up either.
If I choose to repetitively log into energy sapping social media sites and concern myself with the cherry-picked, stage-managed and entirely false personae of abstract strangers then I can't feel hard done by when life itself begins to feel shallow and unreal.
When every scrawl through the newsfeed is like fishing idly for resentments then I shan't feign bemusement at being riddled with feelings of inferiority, professional envy or vicarious outrage.
Essentially, if I spend the majority of my time wrapped up in my own hero-journey, pursuing my own interests, making little genuine time for others then I have to be mature enough to accept that this may lead to feelings of isolation, self-loathing, low self-esteem and depression.
If I then use a thousand forms of fleeting comfort to patch over those difficult feelings; each coming with its own little army of negative side effects, then why complicate the issue further by medicalising myself?
Surely my problem is serious enough without distorting it?
I, personally, have had to learn to make a distinction between the causes and effects of my lifestyle choices and try to face the consequences honestly. Am I living poorly because I am depressed or am I depressed because I am living poorly?
It's a very tough question to inflict on yourself but I can say from my own experience that once I let go of the idea that something external could fix me, I began to feel real for the first time in my life.
Adding a doctor's prescription into the mix would only have complicated what was, usually, a very simple matter that started and ended with me. A doctor can only diagnose the symptoms you present and I was always selective in my presentation, whether knowingly or unknowingly. Because I always went in with a shopping list of my own.
Turns out I needed more than a spoonful of sugar to make the truth go down.
Editor's note: October 10 was World Mental Health Day but millions are suffering globally 365 days a year as the Mental Health Foundation points out: "One in four adults and one in ten children are likely to have a mental health problem in any given year. This can have a profound impact on the lives of tens of millions of people in the UK, and can affect their ability to sustain relationships, work, or just get through the day."
Darren says: "My sanity and peace of mind depends on being honest. It helps other people to see someone else telling the truth. This piece is designed with people who are struggling in mind."
Politicians are finally starting to push mental health up the agenda and talking of increased funding, including in Scotland, but there is much scepticism.
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About Darren McGarvey
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Mr McGarvey,
Well done, for having the honesty to speak out.
The first (and hardest) step is to admit that you have a problem, but it's not just you who has a 'problem', it's the world that you live in as well.
I too have severe depression.
When I was admitted to Psychiatric hospital, and it was a complete culture shock.
The medical professionals, were more concerned about writing reports, and covering their behinds, than helping people.
They were only too happy to throw pills at people, as if that would solve anything.
As I was told by my fellow patients, repeatedly said 'we need hugs, not drugs', hugs non forthcoming, drugs well we were awash with them.
So I hope you tell people 'we need hugs, not drugs' as drugs are a pacifier, they do not deal with the problems people face.
When I was discharged, no arrangements had been made, I was homeless as well.
The hostel I ended up in was a joke, inedible food, and a police raid for slavery, and at Christmas too!
If I had not felt suicidal before I did then!
So well done fore speaking out Mr McGarvey!
Remember you are not alone!
Keep speaking out, we need more people like you.
Magi Gibson says
Hi Darren, Thanks for writing this and sharing the story of your struggles. One of my children has had similar experiences. It's a tough gig for all concerned, but especially for the individual suffering the depression, anxiety and paranoia. I'm glad you're finding your own road to recovery. Magi
Edwin Moore (@GlasgowAlbum) says
A moving piece thanks Darren. I like this video –
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/good-to-share/10568933/How-to-deal-with-the-black-dog-of-depression.html
Anon says
A very well written piece, you are cleary an intelligent guy, proved by your rejection of the 'label' given to you, a smart move, as people very rarely fit in to these neat little 'disorder' boxes they are put in.
You may find 'The Theory of Positive Disintegration' by Kazimierz Dabrowski useful…
Bruce Scott says
What a refreshing take on mental distress; breaking the bonds of mental "healthism" and "illness" capitulation and revisionism so common in the press and assorted media. I hope people read this and question their assuptions of their own and others' mental distress. I loved this part:
I walked away from the idea of the diagnosis and the idea of defining myself as a mental ailment and I haven't looked back since…."
Paul Fraser says
I randomly read this on Facebook. I'm glad I did.
I saw much in your story which echoed my own 'self' oriented (and relationship destroying) distorted perspective which years of therapy and – possibly more effectively – taking up meditation and 'watching myself' have changed. Though you got there a lot quicker than I did! Or in my daughter's terrible angst ridden current existence, which I daily search for a way to help her see what you have uncovered, knowing it's only ever a personal journey and all I can do is buy her the ticket and be there at the bus stops.
We are all children the same programmer of dark delusions.
I could congratulate you on your journey or your courage or your insight over your mind's condition. But enough will rightly do that.
Forget the subject (albeit hugely important) I just thought it was brilliantly written and compelling prose. So sit your ego down and tell it not to get too excited but I hope you write a lot more and many more people can enjoy and / or benefit from such talent.
Thank you. That's all that needs said.

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Vale of York Academy achieves award for careers work
Vale of York Academy has been recognised for its outstanding careers work this week.
Vale of York has been awarded the national Quality in Careers Standard by Prospects. The national Quality in Careers Standard is awarded to schools and education providers who can demonstrate the importance they place on careers and how they support students to make decisions about their life after school.
Vale of York Academy continually works to improve the chances and opportunities of all its students. Recognising the importance of preparing students for their future careers the school began working towards the national Quality in Careers Standard.
More than 1,100 schools and colleges are already voluntarily working towards or have achieved the national standard for careers. There is a statutory duty to 'secure independent careers guidance' for all students from Year 8 onwards and the Government also recommends that all schools should be required to work towards the national Quality in Careers Standard.
Achieving the national Quality in Careers Standard shows the governors and leadership team at Vale of York Academy embrace, promote and endorse quality careers education and recognise the part it plays in the overall success of the school and its students.
Liz Hardy, Assistant Vice Principal at Vale of York Academy, said: "We are thrilled to have achieved the national Quality in Careers Standard awarded by Prospects. At Vale of York Academy, we recognise the important role school plays in helping students develop their knowledge, skills and experience so they can go out into the world and achieve personal success. This award has provided a flexible framework that enabled us to audit our work on careers and ensure our students are receiving advice, practical support and experience so they are prepared for the next stage of their education, employment, self-employment or training."
Vale of York's Principal, Toby Eastaugh, added "This is wonderful news to receive in my first week here! Liz and the team are to be congratulated as they have worked incredibly hard to secure this recognition. Our students benefit from having a framework which ensures that as a school we provide as much information, guidance and support as we can, in readiness for them taking their next steps after school."


is a good reminder that we need to stay mindful of this issue.
While this does not completely make me happy ("special diets" can still be medical necessities), it is nice to have what I said recognized.
I haven't poked around yet to see if any of you have posted this as well. Just in case, everyone needs to read this article and respond to the journalist (and even her editor.) She wrote an article printed in the Seattle Times about "Surviving the Holidays". She labeled different kinds of guests. One, "The Diva", included guests who eat vegan and gluten free diets. Yes. Because we have a choice. Her ignorance astounds me. That fact that her editor let this be published is even worse. Both the journalist and the newspaper need to be made aware that this attitude is unacceptable. Perhaps it is a matter of not being properly informed. But if that is the case, they have committed a major journalistic faux pas.
I was rather disturbed after reading your article regarding house guests and surviving the holidays. In the article you listed a handful of guest stereotypes. One in particular, The Diva, is grossly unfair and inaccurate. You have lumped together individuals who make excessive personal requests (fresh towels) with people who are on specialized medical diets. I can understand your frustration over a guest whose requests inconvenience you for no other reason than that they prefer things done a certain way. However, I cannot understand or accept that you would open your home to someone and then begrudge them that fact that, if they were to eat a certain kind of food, would be ill for the remainder of their visit.
The Gluten Free diet is not a fad diet. It is not something a person adopts by choice, but as a matter of medical necessity. For those of us who live with Celiac Disease (a genetic auto-immune disease that attacks the small intestines) a gluten free diet is THE ONLY course of treatment. We cannot pop a pill and eat your stuffing and pies. Would you vilify a guest who lives with peanut or lactose allergies? While they may have more immediate and outwardly visible reactions (vomiting, anaphylactic shock, etc.), a person with Celiac can have intestinal damage that may take 3-6 months to heal. This can occur from just one mouthful of gluten-filled food. This damage (and the resulting mal-absorption of nutrients) can lead to such long-term problems as bone density loss (osteopenia and osteoporosis) and lymphoma. Please do not diminish such serious health issue by referring to them as Diva tendencies. Not only is it rude, but it illuminates your ignorance on the topic.
The journalist's contact information is listed at the bottom of the article. Let's see how large of a presesence we can make known!
I am in love. With Joe. He has everything I want and need. He provides for me. He fills me up. He makes me feel as though I am unique, not weird. I am in love with Joe. Trader Joe.
I also bought the Gluten Free tiramisu. I am saving for this weekend. I am hosting an Urban Family Thanksgiving. Eeek! I will be cooking a turkey by myself FOR THE FIRST TIME!!! I am planning on making gf stuffing out of Kinnikinnick bread. Anyone use that bread for stuffing a bird before? How did that work for you?
It has been so long and so much has happened in the past month that I won't even try to fill you in on all of it. I will, however, try to hit the high points.
- Today I made a long overdue stop at Trader Joe's. All month I have been hearing great things about their new gluten free granola. I bought one bag (they have three flavors) and the verdict? OMG fantastic!!! Crunchy, great texture, slightly sweet. I can't wait to try it over yogurt.
- A couple of weeks ago I attended a gluten free and food allergy fair at a local hospital. There were so many great vendors. I had the opportunity to try so many gf products. Here is a list of some must-buy treats I tried: Pamela's Chocolate Cake mix, 123 Gluten Free pound cake mix (it tasted better than most "regular" pound cake), chocolate K-Toos, some local gf bakeries, gf Full Flavor cheese sauce (for fast mac & cheese) and turkey gravy, and some spice and dip mixes from a company called Cali. There was an amazing biscotti, but I can not remember the name of the company. Oh! Also, I tried Pamela's PB Chocolate Chip cookies. So delicious!
- I am really starting to get into wine. My friends and I have been trying new wines each month during my movie nights. I went to Sam's (a HUGE wine and liquor store near my place). There are so many wines there that it is a bit overwhelming. Luckily, there were some reps available conducting tastings. I have never really done a side-by-side-by-side tasting before. It was really neat to taste a variety of wines and to be able recognize differences between them. I'm looking forward to the next movies and wine night.
- Speaking of the next movies and wine night...it is a week away. I am hosting an Urban Family Thanksgiving Feast. For the first time ever, I will be making the holiday turkey. EeeeeKkkKKk!!! I'm so nervous about this. I want it to turn out juicy and tasty (duh). I want to succeed at making gf stuffing. I am thinking of using Kinnikinnick bread and my mom's stuffing recipe. Have any of you used that beard for stuffing? How did it turn out?
- I got glutened earlier in the week. My poor tummy has been sensitive ever since. Even food that I know is completely safe has been bothering me. Hopefully this won't last much longer.
- I will be trying some chicken mango sausages this weekend. I bought them at Trader Joe's. GF is right there on the label. They sounds interesting. I need to think about how and with what I will serve them.
I think that covers quite a bit for now. Hope all of you are doing well. Hugs and GF kisses!


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FRANKLIN, Tenn. | Police in Tennessee have increased a reward offer and expanded the search area for a man accused of attacking a 16-year-old girl whose vehicle had a flat tire along Interstate 65.
Police in Franklin said in a news release the reward for information leading to an arrest has been increased to $5,000.
Police say the girl was outside her vehicle waiting for her father to arrive south of Nashville on March 24 when the suspect pulled her down a hill and into a ditch. The girl escaped and the suspect fled into woods on foot and has not been spotted since.
The girl was treated for minor injuries.
The man is described as white, about 6-feet tall, in his late 30s or early 40s, with a medium build, a blond beard and discolored teeth.
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Filmmaking Team
Narrated by Zachary Quinto and starring Bill Gates, Yes I Am - The Ric Weiland Story chronicles a queer pioneer and one of the unknown founders of Microsoft. Ric helped focus and organize their early successes. It made him wealthy and influential at an early age. He never felt overly comfortable with his wealth - he didn't feel that he deserved it. Other people had worked harder for what they had, he thought. So to quiet the nagging doubt, he turned to philanthropy.
Out and proud since the 70's, Ric was a champion of gay rights. During his life, he donated more than 200 million dollars to fund more than 60 non-profit organizations. His efforts to establish representation and resources for the LGBT community still have a profound impact today. Painful losses tempered his social life, and focused his resolve to give back to his community during a time when they desperately needed hope. Like so many of his friends, he was diagnosed with HIV. It seemed he wouldn't emerge from the crisis unscathed emotionally, or physically.
As his wealth and influence grew, Ric seemed to slip further into self-doubt, depression, and a kind of impostor-syndrome that seemingly no one could talk him out of. It was clear to see from the outside looking in that he was a brilliant, impactful, and beloved person. Where was the disconnect in his own heart and mind?
It's difficult to overestimate the impact that Ric had. Technology, gay rights, HIV/AIDS research funding… and the list goes on. He was one of the greatest philanthropists in American history. A founding member of one of the biggest companies on earth. But he couldn't manage the pain and doubt within his soul.
Near the end of his life, he wrote, "I've lost interest in fighting my depression and other emotions. I can't see how it would end given my circumstances."
It's a chilling reminder that no matter how much success one finds - everybody needs help… geniuses included.
Aaron Bear - Director statement:
Yes I Am - The Ric Weiland Story was five solid years of blood, sweat, and lots of tears. I don't think it was any coincidence I was looking at my own mental health for the film time...while making a film about someone who mentally suffered.
I thoroughly researched through the Ric Weiland Archives at Stanford University and came across over 10,000 pages of his personal diaries. Ric Weiland was a very private man to say the least, so finding any footage of him in nature was like finding a needle in a haystack. Because of this, I chose to utilize reenactments of Ric's life lifted from the pages of his journals & insert historical footage that showcases what was happening in the world. Intimate interviews, including an interview with Bill Gates, also shine a light on Ric's life.
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Shameful: Cameron gags MPs
March 10th, 2015 at 3:05 pm | 3 Comments | Posted in Uncategorized
So, the vote on plain packaging of tobacco is going to happen tomorrow – Wednesday (and by sheer coincidence – or not – "No Smoking Day").
It is hard to understand how this policy ever got to the voting stage. It did not appear in any major poli tical party's 2010 manifesto; the Government's "independent" evidence review, though undertaken by advocates of the policy, admitted that the evidence available couldn't predict the likely impact of plain packaging; the Government's 2012 "public" consultation reported that of the 665,989 public responses, 427,888 opposed the policy; the much shorter second consultation in 2014, received 136,404 public responses, of which 99% were STILL opposed to the policy; the real evidence from Australia (the only country to have introduced this policy to date – December 2012) shows that tobacco sales actually increased post the introduction of plain packaging; the UK is obliged by the EU to introduce larger health warnings (amongst other things) in 2016 anyway.
Despite all of that, (and more), for what are clearly and solely political reasons, David Cameron has decided that one of the last acts of this government is to pass this legislation.
Not only that, he has decided to gag parliament:
"Tory whips, in charge of party discipline, have decided that Wednesday's vote [on plain packaging] will be conducted without debate on slips of paper."
Conservative MP Nick de Bois is reported to have said that the lack of any chance for a debate on the floor of the Commons was "regrettable".
"With no credible assessment of the threat from increased counterfeit tobacco, no credible assessment of the cost to the public purse through legal claims and little evidence to show this policy will actually reduce smoking it's regrettable that the full House can't debate this proposal".
"Regrettable" is putting it mildly, but full marks to him for speaking out.
Likewise, Sir Gerald Howarth, former defence minister, who also spoke out against the gagging :
"This is extremely damaging – we cannot push this controversial measure through the Commons when so many Conservatives are opposed."
The excuse given for no debate is that the legislation is not primary legislation, so the Government can have them scrutinised rubber-stamped by a "legislation" committee [1], rather than fully debate by the whole House.
Sure, you "CAN" have the legislation looked over by a committee filled to the rafters with those advocating the policy, rather than offer a full debate in parliament, but just because you can, doesn't mean you should.
All in all it's been pretty shameful. David Cameron should hang his head in shame. Not just for the gagging of elected members of parliament from debating this policy, but for the whole damn process from beginning to end.
Democracy, what Democracy? No wonder people are disengaged with politics.
The die is cast on plain packaging – but we should still not let this pass without a fight. If you haven't already done so, please email your MP now via Forest's Last Chance Saloon microsite.
[1] According to the Government, the Legislation Committee, held on 9th March 2015, was attended by the following – the vast majority having pledged their support to plain packaging long before this committee was convened – obviously. Do go read the minutes taken – quite an eye-opener!
Chair: Roger Gale
Abrahams, Debbie (Oldham East and Saddleworth) (Lab)
Barron, Kevin (Rother Valley) (Lab)
Berger, Luciana (Liverpool, Wavertree)(Lab/Co-op)
Brown, Mr Russell (Dumfries and Galloway) (Lab)
Burstow, Paul(Sutton and Cheam)(LD)
Carmichael, Neil (Stroud)(Con)
Cunningham, Alex (Stockton North)(Lab)
de Bois, Nick(Enfield North) (Con)
Ellison, Jane (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health)
Howell, John (Henley) (Con)
Jones, Andrew (Harrogate and Knaresborough) (Con)
Jowell, Dame Tessa (Dulwich and West Norwood) (Lab)
Newton, Sarah (Truro and Falmouth) (Con)
Paisley, Ian (North Antrim) (DUP)
Penrose, John (Lord Commissioner of Her Majesty's Treasury)
Stunell, Sir Andrew (Hazel Grove) (LD)
Wilson, Phil (Sedgefield) (Lab)
Wollaston, Dr Sarah (Totnes) (Con)
The following were "in attendance"
Burley, Mr Aidan (Cannock Chase) (Con)
Chope, Mr Christopher (Christchurch)(Con)
Cooper, Rosie (West Lancashire) (Lab)
Davies, Philip(Shipley)(Con)
Field, Mr Frank (Birkenhead) (Lab)
Sutcliffe, Mr Gerry (Bradford South)(Lab)
Watkinson, Dame Angela(Hornchurch and Upminster)(Con)
Tags: David Cameron, Last Chance Saloon, Nick De Bois MP, plain packaging, Sir Gerald Howarth
Fun, facts and fag-packets at Forest event
February 27th, 2015 at 11:21 am | Comments Off on Fun, facts and fag-packets at Forest event | Posted in Personal Freedom, Uncategorized
The Hands Off Our Packs "Stop the Nonsense: Plain Speaking on Plain Packaging" event was held on Tuesday night. What a joy it was.
All Forest shindigs are must-go-to events as far as we are concerned. They are lively and fun; the speakers are invariably excellent value; the alcohol flows; and the pavements/terraces/balconies are alive with smokers and non-smokers alike celebrating life, the universe and everything else.
This event was no less fun, informative and innovative than we have come to expect. We had intended to write up the event in more detail, but Dick Puddlecote has pretty much said it all – so just go read his post.
[PS his added note was an eye-rolling moment..
"*An interesting note on David Cameron and his view of plain packs. He came out with a quip during yesterday's PMQs which went something like this – "Now we are committed to plain paper packaging of cigarettes, it will give more space for the opposition to write their policies on". Yep, it looks like David Cameron doesn't have a first clue about the policy he is legislating on! "
Let us just add our salute to Simon Clark (Forest Director) for coming up with such an innovative format (8 or so quick fire speeches- each lasting no more than 2 or 3 minutes).
Hats off to our very own Angela Harbutt who kicked of the formal speeches delivering the plain facts from Australia and ending up with an ask that MPs "consider the facts – not the wishful fiction of state-funded lobby groups and self-serving Whitehall bureaucrats".
We should also salute Mark Littlewood, formerly of this Parish, and now Director General of the free-market Institute of Economic Affairs. Not only did he deliver a suitably rousing finish to the formal part of the evening, he managed to namecheck (yet again) his much-beloved Southampton Football Club!
Not without merit…(though he rarely needs an excuse in our experience). He simply pointed out that he had acquired a (very robust and rather snazzy) "SaintsFC cig box" into which he drops his chosen cigarette pack. Given the interest in the room that evening , we suspect many more will be doing likewise (acquiring their own bespoke cig case – not necessarily creating a Saints FC one.)
Forest has promised to put a video of the speeches up on YouTube in the coming days. But here is a close up pic of the much-discussed cig case.
Tags: Angela Harbutt, Dick Puddlecote, forest, IEA, Mark Littlewood, plain packaging, Saints FC, simon clark, Southampton Football Club, Stop the nonsense
Plain Packs – This week's non-story
July 30th, 2013 at 12:02 pm | 6 Comments | Posted in Uncategorized
The government's decision not to go ahead with "plain" packaging for cigarettes was welcomed by most sane reasonable people as an indication that we may finally be seeing a beginning of an end to the madness that is government by pressure group.
Only true public health disciples believe that the campaign is anything more than a vanity project intended to bash "big tobacco" and show just how powerful the activists have become. There is no credible evidence of any likely health impact whatsoever and one can be forgiven for concluding that some activists are so wrapped up with winning their "war" with big tobacco that they view health as a peripheral objective. Others seem more interested in topping some sort of public health competition to determine which nation can be the most authoritarian.
The response of the public health industry to the plain packs setback has been predictable and sad. Refusing to even acknowledge the public or its opinion, it has responded with a wave of unpleasant speculation and conspiracy theories based on the now very tired claim that the only opponents of the activists are in the pay of "big tobacco".
This is not even remotely true but the strategy that it underpins has nonetheless been amazingly successful over the years because it has proved much easier to undermine opponents and demonize the tobacco industry than it has to rationally justify most of what tobacco control has campaigned for. It has in fact been so successful that we now live in a society in which a person's research or opinion however valid in its own right can be effectively dismissed by any association, however tangential with the tobacco industry. Although we do need to be alert to the influence of vested interests, the current state of affairs is lamentable and should be a source of shame to those who have created it.
The media has played a major role in the growth of what can be termed censorship by association as a result of monumental ignorance and the love of a "good smear story". The Guardian is particularly enthusiastic when it comes to bashing industries that try to turn a profit and being staffed, for the most part, by people who would prefer not to do anything quite so vulgar themselves, provides many natural allies for public health activists.
The latest mouthpiece for Deborah Arnott's ASH is Jamie Doward who treated us to a major scoop in this weekend's Observer by exposing a "sophisticated lobbying campaign" by Philip Morris Industries (PMI) apparently intended to prevent plain packs being adopted in the UK. It appears that someone leaked some 2011 PMI files intended for internal use only and from those files the intrepid Doward has managed to concoct a deeply dishonest and frankly ridiculous conspiracy theory in which organisations such as the IEA, TPA and UNITE are mere pawns in the hands of Machiavellian tobacco company executives.
In Doward's fantasy, dissident smokers are unthinking recruits of "big tobacco" and absolutely no grass roots opposition to anything the tobacco control lobbyists have to say exists at all anywhere. The hundreds of thousands of signatures opposed to plain packaging don't exist or are the product of manipulation by "big tobacco". Lynton Crosby of course appears complete with photograph despite not apparently being directly involved in the leak.
It is of course entirely unsurprising that PMI analysed the politics surrounding the plain packs proposal in some depth but I would like to see the justification for Doward's claim that the tobacco lobby has "spent millions" trying to derail the proposal in the UK. Having waded through his nonsense in search of anything that represented fact rather than fantasy I was struck by a section in which he reveals that those dastardly executives at PMI actually resorted to canvassing public opinion in their efforts to thwart plain packs. Apparently they used their endless resources to commission a small poll of a thousand people from marginal Tory constituencies and found that only 3% of people thought that action on smoking was a top priority for the government. I hope that the 30 are a sampling artefact for the sake of mankind. When it came to proposed smoking reduction measures 24% mentioned plain packs but 62% preferred education. Apparently Doward thinks that it is extremely naughty of PMI to expose the lack of public support for plain packs. I am trying to work out why.
Doward leaves the last word to Arnott who rarely fails to oblige with a manipulative meaningless sound bite. The Observer article is of a laughable standard but the underlying behaviour and the societal sickness of which it is but a symptom is no laughing matter. I look forward to next week's instalment.
By Chris Oakley. Chris' previous posts on Liberal Vision include: Minimum pricing – policy based evidence , Alcohol is Old News – Minimum Pricing for Digestives is the "Next Logical Step" , Soviet Style Alcohol Suppression Campaign Called for By Public Health Activists , Alcohol Taxation: The truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth , Lies, damn lies, statistics &… , The Department of Health is Watching You! , New bounty on smokers helps GPs balance their books, Smoking ban health miracles , Public health idealogues don't come cheap
Tags: Guardian, Observer, plain packaging
Norman Lamb: Doh!
May 20th, 2013 at 4:11 pm | 26 Comments | Posted in Liberal Democrats, Lifestyle Products, Nannying, Nudge Dredd, Personal Freedom
Only a short while ago Norman Lamb MP was one of our best. He stood up, and spoke out, on principle against needless government intrusion. A true poster boy for all those liberals amongst us who object to the nanny state telling adults how to live our lives.
Back in 2008, when the the Labour government suggested hiding cigarettes behind shutters in shops, Norman was one of the first to speak out. As Shadow Health Minister he rightly stated :
"This is the nanny state going too far."
And he didn't stop there. He also said
"This will hit small businesses with added costs while there is no clear evidence that it will actually reduce the number of young people smoking."
And indeed he said this:
"The Government is obsessed with headline-grabbing gimmicks instead of tackling the real problems. Buying tobacco for children must be made a criminal offence. Ministers also need to clamp down on the shockingly high amount of tobacco that is smuggled illegally into this country."
Where is that man we wonder? Roll on to 2013 and, when in a position to actually have an impact on the excesses of the nanny state, low and behold he pops up in the Guardian saying:
"As a liberal I would always defend someone's right to smoke, if that's what they choose to do. But, given we're dealing here with a product that kills between 80,000 and 100,000 people a year, I think it's legitimate for government to seek to control the marketing of that deadly product…"
Well, Norman, nothing has changed since 2008. Cigarettes are bad for you. Sure. But no more than they were in 2008, when you were against the display ban. Adults should be treated as adults – even when you are in power.
If ever there was a policy that was nothing more than a "headline-grabbing gimmick" (your words), banning coloured boxes must surely be it? What happened to your concern about the impact of policy gimmicks on small businesses? And why choose this point to ignore the 500,000 voters who registered their opposition to this policy during the consultation? Back in 2008 your concern was rightly focused on the black-market and proxy purchasing. Why, when in power, choose to support a policy that will make it actually easier and cheaper for organised crime to counterfeit cigarettes? You were against the tobacco display ban – but it was introduced anyway – why not at least wait to measure the effectiveness of that policy (and the ban on tobacco vending machines) before arguing for yet more legislation?
Picture courtesy of "Hands Off Our Packs"
You say that:
"I think it would be a legacy for this government to have legislated on something which would be a landmark public health reform and to be out there in front in Europe."
Great. If that's the case [or indeed if it is, as it seems, just the usual politician's desire to be "seen" to be doing something] here are a few policies that may assist you in leaving a health legacy you can actually be proud of.
1. Clear the path for e-cigarettes. This revolution is leaving you behind. Hundreds of thousands are electing to choose this product – yet you waste your time on ruling what colour of boxes you think adults should look at – a campaign gimmick that is untried, untested and unwanted. If you want to be "out there in front of Europe" then let's get as many e-cigarettes out there as possible. If you hadn't noticed – they are working – unlike the tired, unimaginative and dangerous "more of the same" policies coming from those in tobacco control. Note that Chris Davies [Libdem] MEP seems to be way ahead of you [see "Politics at it should be done"]
2. Introduce a ban on proxy purchasing (your idea from 2008). Smoking is an adult pursuit. If your concern is children, then make it illegal to purchase cigarettes on behalf of minors.
3. And while you are at it, increase the penalties on those caught selling cigarettes to kids.
4. Act on counterfeiting. Fake cigarettes sell at half the price of UK duty paid cigarettes. Quite attractive to cash strapped youngsters don't you think? They are sold to minors at school gates, car book sales and markets. They don't ask for ID, and they don't care who they sell to. Why not introduce some serious penalties for smuggling and counterfeiting?
That is just four for starters – and they really do start to look like a liberal legacy we can all be proud of.
PS: With great relief we note that education minister, David Laws, and the Home Office minister, Jeremy Browne are reported to remain firmly against this policy.
Seen elsewhere on this topic: "Norman Lamb:Perfect Example of the Genre" and "Open Minded?
Angela Harbutt is currently campaigning against the introduction of plain packaging of tobacco.
Tags: Norman Lamb, plain packaging, smoking, tobacco
Is there a scandal brewing or just a big fat lie?
July 13th, 2012 at 12:03 am | 16 Comments | Posted in Government, health
Serious questions are being asked today about Andrew Lansley's stance on the consultation on the standardised (plain) packaging of tobacco.
Before the consultation was announced Health Secretary Andrew Lansley told the Times (13th Apri 2012l) that the government did not work with tobacco companies as it wanted them to have "no business" in the UK. That set a few warning bells ringing.
Just a few days later, however, announcing the start of the consultation, his stance seemed to be more moderate. Andrew Lansley was insisting that his mind was "open" over proposals to strip cigarette packets of branding as a consultation on the plans was launched.
It is therefore surprising to find that the publicly funded pro-plain packs web site is claiming the Secretary of State is indeed, now at least, a supporter of plain packaging.
It is not clear when he became a supporter of plain packaging, but as this is a government funded body claiming it, I assume that is true? I am currently running the Hands of Our Packs campaign, opposing the introduction of plain packaging (no government money). I can't imagine claiming that any Minister, health or otherwise, is against plain packaging, without checking with them first – no matter how many additional signatures it might draw into the campaign.
So I think that Andrew Lansley has some explaining to do? If he doesn't then the campaign asserting that he has already made his mind up certainly does -particularly considering the source of its funding. It is all starting to look very curious indeed.
Angela Harbutt heads up the campaign Hands Off Our Packs. The campaign is funded by Forest – Freedom Organsiation for the Right to Enjoy Smoking Tobacco.
A letter has now been sent to the Department of Health requesting a response to the following questions:
1. Is it appropriate for the Secretary of State for Health to be listed as a supporter of plain packs (by a campaign that receives public money) in the middle of a public consultation on the issue and before the DoH has published its report on the consultation?
2. What action will the DoH (or the Secretary of State) take on this matter?
Let's see what the Department of Health has to say.
It is also interesting to note that two of the authors (including the lead investigator) of the Department of Health's (emphasis own) "independent academic review of the existing evidence" relating to plain packaging are also listed on the plain packs protect web site as "supporters" of plain packs. The authors – Gerard Hastings and Linda Bauld are identified by the cmapign as being not quite so "independent" in their thinking as one might have hoped.
For more information and further updates go to the "TAKING LIBERTIES" web site where the story is unfolding..
Tags: Andrew Lansley, consultation, health, open-minded, plain packaging, tobacco


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On 10 September, Sherry Tilbaroo-Fisher was found dead in a cell in the Brisbane watch house. Aunty Sherry was the fifth Indigenous person to die in custody since June, following a spate of recent deaths in prisons in Western Australia, a situation the national Aboriginal Legal Services' peak body has branded a "national emergency".
Nephew and family spokesperson Troy Brady described Aunty Sherry as "a proud Birri-Gubba woman with strong community ties". Many of her family members had been involved in recent Black Lives Matter protests, which in June mobilised unprecedented numbers on the streets of Brisbane, and across Australia, to protest Aboriginal deaths in custody.
As soon as the news broke of the death, hundreds of protesters gathered outside the police station in Brisbane and 18 were arrested.
Organised by Warriors of the Aboriginal Resistance (WAR), protesters returned both that evening, and then with up to 1000 people on Friday 18 September, for a powerful march led by the family. These actions took place in defiance of continuing attempts by the Queensland police to ban protests using COVID-19 regulations.
Early reports say Aunty Sherry died of a brain aneurysm. But the family's lawyer Debbie Kilroy said the underlying issue driving deaths in custody is the, "criminalisation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people".
Speaking with the ABC, Kilroy argued police cells were no place for people facing challenges like Aunty Sherry: "when we know someone is very unwell, that they're homeless and they have underlying medical issues, they must be taken to hospital… not a police cell".
This pressure from protests, along with the strong advocacy of Aunty Sherry's family and Kilroy, has already forced a measure of transparency from Queensland police rarely seen in deaths in custody cases.
Police have conceded that there was a six-hour period on the night Sherry died when her cell was not checked and proper records were not kept, in clear breach of policy that cells be checked every hour.
An assistant watch house officer has already been stood down pending an internal investigation. Family have also recently been allowed to view CCTV of the final moments of Aunty Sherry's life, footage usually withheld for months or even years.
Troy Brady told Solidarity he was "sickened" viewing the footage and seeing the total disregard for Aunty Sherry's wellbeing on the night she died, despite police knowing she had underlying health conditions. Brady believes the assistant officer stood down is being used as a "scapegoat" by police for deeper failings and systemic racism and is demanding an investigation completely independent of police.
Justice for Walker
Meanwhile, in Alice Springs in the first week of September, a committal hearing was held for NT police officer Zachary Rolfe, who was charged with murder last year. Rolfe shot dead 19-year-old Warlpiri man Mr Walker at his grandmother's house in the NT Aboriginal community of Yuendumu in November 2019.
Shocking police bodycam footage of the shooting was played in the courtroom, the first time Walker's family had seen this footage. It shows Walker being pinned to the ground face down by Constable Adam Eberl, and then shot three times by Rolfe at point blank range.
Even after he had been shot, officers continued to abuse Walker, with Eberl saying, "don't fuck around, I'll fucking smash you, mate".
One issue highlighted in the hearing was the military nature of the operation that killed Walker. Rolfe had served as a soldier in Afghanistan before entering the NT police force, as had another officer on this raid. Both were part of the "Immediate Response Team", a paramilitary force brought to Yuendumu to apprehend Walker, and used military terminology when speaking to each other. Another officer guarding the back door during the operation brandished an AR-15 assault rifle.
Police argued Walker was holding scissors and had stabbed Rolfe before he was killed. Warlpiri witnesses denied there were any scissors in early media statements. No Warlpiri witnesses were called during the committal hearing.
Ned Hargraves, the chair of Purumpurra, a committee elected by Warlpiri to speak for the community through the trial, told Solidarity that Walker's murder is the most shocking example of police brutality against Aboriginal people that has intensified since the NT Intervention in 2007:
"It feels like the Intervention opened the door for anyone to come in and wipe us out. They have built a big police station to terrorise and control us.
"So many of our people, including our children, are taken away to prison. Get rid of the racist laws we live under and tell the police to put down their weapons. We need justice for Walker and power to control our own community on our own land".
By Paddy Gibson
Racist government policies fuel deaths in custody


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