Scope's reply to the governments planned concessions to the green paper.
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I agree. It's awful to see anybody hurting. 😔 Lets hope there's been some lessons learnt and politicians begin working with the community now 💜
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Thanks chiaried ,
Obviously each assessment is individual so just to have a chance of not being constantly assessed would be an improvement.
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I think you may be reading into things way too much there @Catherine21
But I do agree seeing anyone crying is horrible to see. I may not agree with some of her practices, but on a human level, I hope she's ok.
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If they want to get the benefits bill down, safeguard the permanently incapacitated/disabled and help those who can or could recover into a semblance of normality.
If you want them to recover help them. If the Right think mental illnesses among the youth is a play act or put on then why the hell didn't the Tories do anything about it during the 14 years they were in government?
You'll find that many Reform supporters actually DO care about the disabled and Reform's leadership are at odds with their supporters, this mantra that "mental health is the new bad back" will cost lives and put the safety of the public at risk. That Silver Fox and Andy Cabby on youtube are Reform supporters and they care about the mentally and physically disabled and so do the majority of the commenters on their videos.
Is Mental illness comparable to physical illness? If the mind is gone the body doesn't work, if the body is gone the mind will go. One has a baring on the other, the brain is the computer of the body, computers have malfunctions, viruses, incompatibilities but with Humans we cannot just reset and re-install windows, trauma from such as sexual, emotional and physical abuse can last forever. Ex-Soldiers who witnessed the most unspeakable things live with those memories and people have the damn audacity to tell me it's a joke?
Mods if you could re-word this term as it might make other readers upset then do so. S
***ide is one of the biggest enders of people between the ages of 18-35 in Britain and we have a political establishment who treats it like a cold.1 -
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Really - even Reeves ?
We don't even know why she was crying
It could have been because she knows that she is going to be signing on soon - or just crocodile tears - because she failed in her job …
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Good point below, and do folks think a system of PR voting might moderate the right wing policies in British govt, or not.
The Green Party is more socialist than Labour, I'm voting Green next time, not ever Labour again.
And they're serious about saving the planet.
There is currently only one party worthy of my vote, the greens. But we have a awful voting system, which is assuring right wing politics thrives.0 -
Who was crying?
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Wibbles said:
The amount of pain that you are in has never been a descriptor in PIP.
Presumably because they don't trust us to tell the truth - pain is a personally rated thing.
I am in constant pain - from arthritic shoulders, knees and spine - but when I applied for PIP after almost 20 years of DLA - I was surprised that there was no way on the form that I could explain the sheer pain that I suffer, 24/7.
Well I'm not sure if that is true:
- PIP is fopr the extra help you need for disablities;
- - opain is a medical symtom of lots of conditionsm, e.g. MSK;
- - you could put at the end of the PIP form how exactly it debilitates you, and thus make a case for extra help
Also please DO buy a copy of the Disability Rights Handbook, published by Disability Alliance on 1st April every year.
Please Google it, it is a benefits bible and well worth a look.
And re read, it gives you the state of play on PIPETC, will allay fears/ anxiety.
I strongly recommend people purchase it.
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Saw a post on fb that has started me worrying, it said Timms shouldn’t be doing the report and that pip and the health element of uc for mental health will be for people who are sectioned regular or who are psychotic, also said people with autism are just idle and need to be in work for structure
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There are a lot of people who think this way unfortunately.
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No chance they will get away with that after yesterday
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This is such an important point. AI has also already taken away jobs that some disabled people might have been able to do from home. I've certainly seen that in my own experience. So AI is hitting from every angle, the government is championing AI, yet apparently ignores the impact on the jobs market.
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Dear Catherine21,
you have to go through the British courts first with your legal case under the Human Rights Act, then if no redress is given to the ECHR:
European Court of Human Rights.
Thee is a Community Legal Service Booklet you cabn Google and order, oplease do so folks.
called something like Yours rigjhts under the ECHR - 7 Human Rights, such as Article 2 Right to Life, Article 8 Right to family and private life, right to freedom though cionscience and religion, and Right to a Fair Hearing.
Information is power and saves a lot of distraction, distress, and wasting of energy if you know your rights.
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Different people have complained there is still profound ignorance of disability, and distress diagnose, and how it is real, painful and needing of PIP.
So, we need to keep educating the public, by putting our case in the media, for disability benefits, or not.
You can Google your local newspapers, radio, TV go on social media, and tell your story. BUT please prote4ct your heart, your hurt, your trauma and decide only what you wish to reveal and be clear about what your message is.
Journalists can be insensitive, and aggressive in getting their story.
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Apples
what is FB?
And everyone please explain abbreviations.
PS
An apple a day…
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Facebook sorry for using abbreviations i get lazy at typing, will refrain from using abbreviations
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Oh dear, so Rachael Reeves today at pmq's apparently had to wipe away tears and looked visibly upset when Badenoch had a go at her and Starmer over welfare U-turns. Not being cruel but Iv'e absolutely no sympathy for her at all, the amount of stress, anxiety, sleepless nights etc she and her clan have put us through is nothing in comparison to how we have suffered. Starmer says she's not resigning or geting fired, big mistake, hopefully her, Starmer, and Kendall will all be out of a job soon, useless bunch of no hopers since Liz Truss was in power, and that says something.
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We are literally the ONLY COUNTRY in Western and Northern Europe which actively places Disabled people in a negative light.
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Then that is a cause for hope isn't it?
Can you tell us more detail JasonRA please?
What thee European counties did etc., and so we ight be able to lobby our MPs, and make it a cross party agenda that
disabled people deserve
benfits, acceptance, work ontheir terms and the help they need etc.
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