Makes my blood boil

Catherine21
Catherine21 Posts: 8,062 Championing
edited 11:03AM in Announcements and information

I dont drive but this makes me so angry I thought it was a joke when someone put a picture up on here of a three wheeler car !!! Its not the fact of the car its what message it gives to the person driving it i agree BMW extreme but this gosh i really dislike reform

Screenshot shows a page from the Telegraph. The headline reads: Lee Anderson: Bring back 3 wheelers for disabled drivers. Reform MP says Motability has 'got out of hand' and lays out plans to save 9 million from the welfare bill

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  • Rosie_Scope
    Rosie_Scope Posts: 6,958 Scope Online Community Coordinator

    It does feel like some of these proposals are being deliberately cruel for views and votes. For them it makes good attention-grabbing headlines, but it's so horrible for disabled people to have to have this kind of thing popping up all the time. So frustrating!

  • AppleJacks
    AppleJacks Online Community Member Posts: 81 Empowering

    You may be right or you maybe wrong..The point being made is, some people people get full PIP for mental health and are eligible for a car. Now if that's the case, then what happens to people who have missing limbs or serious walking problems, is it fair that someone who has all his/her limbs getting a car that doesn't fit their criteria. In my opinion, only severely disabled should have cars.

  • AppleJacks
    AppleJacks Online Community Member Posts: 81 Empowering
  • Catherine21
    Catherine21 Posts: 8,062 Championing
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1079388#Comment_1079388

    What about people who cant use public transport i get the part of having BMW yh totally get that i dont know anymore tbh seems always playing one off against the other

  • Ross1975
    Ross1975 Online Community Member Posts: 320 Empowering
    edited 2:14PM

    If they were talking like this about a particular race or just women and not men, everyone would be up in arms calling them racist or sexist, but for some reason it's okay to talk like this about disabled and mentally ill people. So it seems that to a lot or most people racism and sexism is really bad but disablism and mentalism are okay, I really don't understand why it's like this.

  • Catherine21
    Catherine21 Posts: 8,062 Championing
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1079424#Comment_1079424

    Alot of people still need to wake up and see the conquer and divide millionaires telling people they dont deserve a life or any sort of independence the problem comes from the top this government in my eyes are the most sinister corrupt ever I see farage tried to come out of echr he got hacked down thats one blessing we have the echr thier still cruel with echr can imagine what they're be like if we didnt have that

  • Chris75_
    Chris75_ Online Community Member Posts: 3,609 Championing
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1079413#Comment_1079413

    The Motability scheme was never intended to provide cars for anxiety and depression. If you are arguing for their inclusion, that is another matter. The scheme is bloated as things stand.

  • MW123
    MW123 Scope Member Posts: 1,614 Championing
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1079442#Comment_1079442

    Eligibility for Motability is based on the mobility component of disability benefits, not on whether someone has a physical or mental health diagnosis. If someone qualifies, they qualify.

    Mental health conditions can severely restrict safe travel. The scheme reflects that. It’s not bloated. It’s lawful, inclusive, and necessary.

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