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So there's actually a helpful formula that we can all follow, says Israel. It's known as the truth sandwich. So step one, lead with the real story. Step two, highlight the problem. Maybe here you can do some myth busting. And step three, come back to the real story and what can be done.

So there's actually a helpful formula that we can all follow, says Israel. It's known as the truth sandwich. So step one, lead with the real story. Step two, highlight the problem. Maybe here you can do some myth busting. And step three, come back to the real story and what can be done.

In practice, I'm just thinking, what could it be? Okay, article says Bob Dylan's never made a bad song. Okay, so that's the story. Now, what's the problem? However, that article was written by Nish Kumar, who is famously a Bob Dylan evangelist and cannot see clearly on these things. So come back to the real story. Bob Dylan hasn't had a good album for many years.

In practice, I'm just thinking, what could it be? Okay, article says Bob Dylan's never made a bad song. Okay, so that's the story. Now, what's the problem? However, that article was written by Nish Kumar, who is famously a Bob Dylan evangelist and cannot see clearly on these things. So come back to the real story. Bob Dylan hasn't had a good album for many years.

Sure, sure, sure, sure. That's simply untrue.

Sure, sure, sure, sure. That's simply untrue.

I just came here to do it.

I just came here to do it.

I wish I didn't take this route now. I was just trying to make a joke. But anyway, we are serving up our first spicy truth sandwich for you. And as it turns out, the fuckwittery doesn't just come from the right, from the Tories and from reform. So here's the context and truth of the matter, because we should always start there.

I wish I didn't take this route now. I was just trying to make a joke. But anyway, we are serving up our first spicy truth sandwich for you. And as it turns out, the fuckwittery doesn't just come from the right, from the Tories and from reform. So here's the context and truth of the matter, because we should always start there.

So context is Britain is experiencing a mental health crisis, which is particularly affecting young people. NHS data shows that between April and October last year, there was a 10% increase in children across England needing treatment for severe mental health crisis.

So context is Britain is experiencing a mental health crisis, which is particularly affecting young people. NHS data shows that between April and October last year, there was a 10% increase in children across England needing treatment for severe mental health crisis.

But facts don't get in the way of opinions for many former prime ministers, it seems. This week, Tony Blair gave his two cents on the rising demand for mental health support on the podcast Jimmy's Jobs for the Future.

But facts don't get in the way of opinions for many former prime ministers, it seems. This week, Tony Blair gave his two cents on the rising demand for mental health support on the podcast Jimmy's Jobs for the Future.

Right. Challenges of life sounds like, oh, had a few bad dates. Do you know what I mean? Like, it's not like, oh, I live in a country that's in economic decline and is slowly but surely getting taken over by toxic politics. And actually, funnily enough... I feel a little bit down. That's a logical conclusion to draw in terms of your feeling of well-being or your optimism for the future.

Right. Challenges of life sounds like, oh, had a few bad dates. Do you know what I mean? Like, it's not like, oh, I live in a country that's in economic decline and is slowly but surely getting taken over by toxic politics. And actually, funnily enough... I feel a little bit down. That's a logical conclusion to draw in terms of your feeling of well-being or your optimism for the future.

No, absolutely. And like, you know... It's so funny, isn't it? Because we've been talking about AI today and about how, like, you know, this idea has kind of captured our political establishment, if you want to use that language, and about how, like, it can fix everything.

No, absolutely. And like, you know... It's so funny, isn't it? Because we've been talking about AI today and about how, like, you know, this idea has kind of captured our political establishment, if you want to use that language, and about how, like, it can fix everything.

But it's somehow the idea that, like, there's been developments in the study of mental health and that people realise now that certain conditions aren't a fact of life and they can be helped. Oh, no, that's all, that's wah, wah, wah. All the millennials are crying about, like, they can't take any stress. What? What? I don't understand it. Do we like science or we don't like science?

But it's somehow the idea that, like, there's been developments in the study of mental health and that people realise now that certain conditions aren't a fact of life and they can be helped. Oh, no, that's all, that's wah, wah, wah. All the millennials are crying about, like, they can't take any stress. What? What? I don't understand it. Do we like science or we don't like science?