Green Paper Discussion (from 24th March, 2025)

@gamer1

Very well said! 👌 This is just how I feel about it myself.

I don't think that we ever could have imagined cuts quite as serious as this ever happening to us. However, the positive outcome of all this horror is that even other MP's, the MSM and the general public have been really shocked by the sheer depravity and cruelty of what has been done to us. Even the Patriotic Millionaires are behind us. (Do Google it if you haven't heard about them, I didn't realise that so many of the wealthy want to pay their way!)

I did think that there would be a turning point one day (I've been disabled and unable to work for 21 years) and I think that this is it. This (so called) government are so narcissistic, entitled and ideologicaly blinkered that they cannot see how deeply immoral and degenerate these cuts are. They must think that everyone else in this country thinks like they do and has no moral standards. Typical narcissistic behaviour.

Don't underestimate disability activist Ellen Clifford's part in bring our plight to the attention of the country, at last. Her victory at the high courts at the end of last year by having them rule it illegal to misrepresent disabled people in the way that the Tories did with their consultation on the WCA is a great triumph for us.

They had put the usual spin on it that we were all capable of working, getting ourselves a job and lifting ourselves out of poverty etc, all the usual lies they stuck to for all those years but it is now not possible legally for Reeves, Starmer, Kendall and all the other right wingers in Labour to hid behind convenient lies to mislead the public.

They can continue to put a certain amount of spin on it but, as the impact assessment HAD to show, the vast majority of what this green paper will achieve is terror, despair and much greater levels of poverty than we ever thought possible, in many cases leading to destitution and homelessness. That only a pathetically small number of us were ever going to find work, just 3%. That 97% of us would be vulnerable to these deverstating cuts! 😱

I think that a lot of people didn't realise how groundbreaking this high court ruling was, as the ace up the previous government's sleeve was always being able to hid what they were doing to us, with such BIG lies. Tall stories, if you ask me.

What a difference this has already meant to us already, if you are amazed at all the concern and sympathy we are already getting in places we just didn't expect to get it from! 🤗

I am convinced that because the government have hit such breathtakingly new lows in just how badly they will treat us, when they could get the money from elsewhere and because they are NOT allowed legally to lie about us any longer, that they are bringing so much trouble down on their heads.

If they don't believe it will happen because that type of highly flying, highly abusive person always thinks they are too powerful to fall, I think that they are going to have a very nasty surprise awaiting them! Which we all know that they REALLY TRULY deserve.

I can't really believe that I am saying all this, after all these years myself, this situation has only just come about in recent months. All I can say though is. WATCH THIS SPACE. I'm sure that it's going to continue to get very interesting! 👌

I received an email reply from the Equality and Human Rights Commission and I'll copy the most relevant bits of the email here:

"The Equality and Human Rights Commission is considering the Green Paper and the implications of the outlined changes for people with protected characteristics, including disabled people.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is obligated to have considered the equality impact of the proposed benefit reforms on disabled people.

The Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) requires government departments to have due regard for how their policies and decisions affect people with protected characteristics.

You may also wish to contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS). EASS was set up to provide advice and assistance to individuals on issues relating to equality and human rights."

I guess it's good to know that they're looking into it. I know it's a generic response (at least to me) but I can imagine they've had a high demand recently and they can probably only say so much. The more complaints that are written in, the better. I'm going to contact the EASS later on today, need to draft an email to send to them. Just going to ask them what options we have, what we're able to do. All of this constant writing is so tiring but it's for a good cause which is keeping me going.