As some if you may be aware my mil died last October after a long illness. My FIL is now not as 'good' as he was even a few weeks ago. From wanting to go on holiday he's now crying on the phone about how lonely he is and the only reason he's still here is that he promised mil he wouldn't commit suicide. My SIL who lives near to him is also crying on the phone because of the demands he's making of her. She is widowed herself, works and has children and gc of her own to see. My FIL is not a sociable man-it was always just the two of them- and now he's suffering the consequences of not having any friends. He is expecting the family to fill the gap in his life and we just can't. We've looked into Age UK's befriending service, Cruse and local clubs/organisations but he won't have anything to do with them. He lives in a modern estate in a village where it's all young families so we suggested a possible move to sheltered accommodation where he would have neighbours of similar age and situation but he won't hear of if. I know it's very, very early days for him, but I'm wondering if he's mourning or is there an element of treatable depression there or is he just being the same demanding, grumpy old so and so he always was. My poor SIL is beside herself-we do what we an from a distance but he's hounding DH to go down now which we can't. We're on standby to head 100 miles north to look after DGS 3 while mum is in hospital having the new baby. She's 39 weeks plus so babe is due imminently.
Angela Rayner lashes out and calls Sunak “pint sized loser”.