Every day, every week for the last year they run articles painting those who are signed off on incapacity benefits as lazy, good for nothing scroungers who buy flat screen TV's, play video games and live the life of riley.
By the way the Telegraph has a history of this, people made complaints about them.
https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/watchdog-receives-hundreds-of-complaints-over-telegraphs-toxic-benefits-article/ The picture on their article is one of a Woman on a mobility scooter, the comments are crass and vulgar, full of hate. It's par the course though.
I worked non-stop for 16 years before my breakdown and I studied at the same time on and off for 5 years, I paid into the system despite everything and I got a degree through it all.
If we want to talk about scrounging from the tax payers then why did my taxes pay for people on the state pension who have substantial bank balances? and free bus passes when they can afford to pay for it themselves? If we want to play that game then lets play it.
What if this "hard working" taxpayer develops a long term illness when their only source of income is Universal Credit and PIP? Funny how nobody asks that question, nobody is bullet proof from a life changing illness or injury, that's why there needs to be a safety net.
I try to ignore it but when I type in Disabled News UK into Google the same thing comes up. I'm getting tired of it to be honest, tired not in an anxious sense but more animosity and anger at this point. These hatemongers need to be called out and they have to explain themselves as to why they think it's fine to rabble rouse people against those who are legitimately ill.
If you leave a severe Mental Illness untreated the person with that mental illness could do irreparable damage to themselves and others around them, yet Sunak and Stride and their Telegraph glove puppets would have you believe there's a magic pill to all the ills of life. There's a reason why my counsellor won't do home visits, because of their safety.
