MPs and mental health

[Nearly Sane]

Following on from the William Wragg honeytrap scandal, I've seen a number of takes that suggest that his mental health issues (see link below) should be taken into account in terms of what actions should be taken  and on from that suggestions that no MPs should be allowed to stand with mental health issues.

I think that on terms of the first question, while Wragg needs support for the effect of his actions, the approach to whether he should have had the whip removed before his resignation, should be 'blind' to any mental health issues 

As to the second, I'm partly of the opinion that anyone who wants to be an MP is obviously mad, but that in general mental health issues should not preclude standing or becoming an MP.

Thoughts?


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-62573991

[Steve H]

The world is a better place for the political contributions of Abraham Lincoln, Winston Churchill and Martin Luther King, all of whom suffered from depression. John Curtin, the widely admired PM of Australia during WW2, was bipolar. I don't think we can start excluding the mentally ill from parliament.

[Nearly Sane]

The world is a better place for the political contributions of Abraham Lincoln, Winston Churchill and Martin Luther King, all of whom suffered from depression. John Curtin, the widely admired PM of Australia during WW2, was bipolar. I don't think we can start excluding the mentally ill from parliament.

I did raise Churchill elsewhere with one of those wanting to exclude those with mental health issues and apparently he was just despondent about the war