I have been really quite stunned by the vitriol (especially over at Guido’s place). It’s been sickening that figures like Fawkes are taking the piss out of depression and mental health.

This poll result… in a small way… restores my faith.

Agreed. Some people are bastards, but people in general are quite nice too

“(especially over at Guido’s place)”

Kids can be cruel.

Joel @ 1

“stunned by the vitriol”

Why? Have you been living in a cave for the last thirty years?

Everyone knows the Tories have more than their fair share of vicious sub-human vermin and Staines et al are the epitome of the type of thuggery that they employ. If you are ‘stunned’ now wait to the bastards smell blood, they are worse than jackals.

Now that Cameron is now apaid lackey of the Murdoch press, it is going to get much worse.

Fawkes is a disgrace for the campaign he has been running on this.

Brown is an oddball with inappropriate behaviours which strongly suggest he is under medication.

Marr’s questions on this issue are quite proper, indeed it would be improper not to raise the questions.

The question should not be “is it right to ask about his mental health”, but “is it right to ask about his mental health based on the rumours of a couple of anti-Brown troublemakers”

@7, Michael Read. Evidence, please. There’s nothing strong to suggest he’s on medication, other than the scribblings of rumour-mongerers. He might be depressed, I’m not sure, but there’s nothing to suggest that’s affecting his work.

It’s just simply none of our business. But more than that, Guido’s using it to stigmatise mental health issues, which is just sick.

Brown made himself look ridiculous in response though and played into the hands of those critisicing him. He should have just laughed it off as nonsense (if it is, personally his record of lying is such I don’t trust a single thing he says).