Labour's backdoor changes to welfare : ((

Tumilty

Lee Anderson is as bad, calling anxiety and depression something everyone gets..

[edited by moderator - personal remarks removed]

luvpink

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onmylonesome

https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1079426#Comment_1079426

Scopes new moderator 😁

luvpink

https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1079427#Comment_1079427

Not at all but abuse and derogatory comments are against house rules because they are offensive and some of us find it completely unnecessary that anyone feels the need to be abusive towards other people.

Rosie_Scope

Hi all, just a quick reminder that we don't allow personal remarks. It's totally fine to express a strong opinion about a public figure and we realise that some politicians will be unpopular with some members. Please try to keep discussion focused on their actions rather than appearances.

Tumilty

https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1079448#Comment_1079448

Ok

FeistyPigeon

https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1079168#Comment_1079168

Thanks Cath : )))

FeistyPigeon

https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1079420#Comment_1079420

What I'd say (with nods of my feathered head to not making personal remarks) is that a vote for Reform (or for that matter the Tories) at the next election will only result in more misery. Both parties are on record in Parliament that those with disabilities like anxiety and depression, ie not obvious physical disabilities, should have any additional payments for coping with their disabilities withdrawn.

And I'd add that Reform would be hell bent on dismantling the NHS, by bringing in a private insurance system as in the USA. You only need to look "over the pond" to see how that works, and just how many are excluded from effective medical care.

You've been warned folks.

Chris75_

If that French bloke gets in, it proves H.L. Mecken was correct -

'Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard'.