This petition has hit a million so far.

We need to be really careful about doing this. This petition was set up by MPs and their associates on the right: Reform + Tories + backed by people like Elon Musk. They've a reason for doing this, to kick out Labour + get a new right-wing government in its place. Labour have been a kick in the teeth to us disabled people so far, but do we really want to get Tories / Reform in their place? They'll slash welfare + any other public spending in favour of tax cuts for the rich. Not a good way to go…

It's two million now and the government have responded to it.

Ah, you might be right Frozen Pelvis, that hadn't occurred to me. In which case I would've signed as they've certainly done a bad job so far. Looks like with 2 million signatures it'll be debated now, let's hope something comes of it.

I don't think things are as fated as you say though, the real problem is all these parties are following the ethos of market capitalism, they're afraid to spend too much on welfare or raise taxes on those who really could afford it, in case investors scuttle off overseas and abandon the UK. It's the whole model that's at fault. While they're in the grip of hugely wealthy / multinational investors, with their tax havens and vast pools of overseas cheap labour if we don't comply, it'll remain like this.

Having said that, I really think Labour could have been braver. Keeping the 2 child benefit cap is criminal, as is withholding the heating allowance from poorer pensioners (wealthy pensioners I'd have no problem with), targeting the disabled with "fraud" when multinationals get away with billions, etc etc. And the super-rich should have been targeted with tax rises, instead of leaving us to shiver + worry about where our next meal is coming from…

Society has got much worse over the last few decades. I can remember back to the 60s, it was so much more equal then. And at the time the ruling elite were saying "never again can it be like this". They've peeled it right back, the disparity between rich and poor, and especially the vulnerable at the bottom of the pile, has never been wider. I can't see an end to it unless we get someone in with vision and the bravery to actually do something about it.