Lords want to cut disability benefit

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  • Nightcity
    Nightcity Online Community Member, Scope Member Posts: 3,221 Championing
    edited February 3

    I agree, I know some struggle but as Many or any changes are a very long way off, worrying now just steals more of your life away and achieves nothing.

    I should know I've only recently learnt after 40 + years to reign in my out of control anxiety about my own life things that are a certainty not just speculation.

    occupying the mind is your number one defence against the mind wondering.

    I am a very stubborn person and refuse to ever worry about the DWP or government.

    that doesn't mean however I'm not angry or sitting idle I've sent many emails, and responded on social media to everyone and everything I see on the topic the fact some mps and councillors liked my posts and followed me showed there is hope.

    I can confirm the lib dems and greens will be fighting this as a United unit.

    Ed Davey has a disabled child and is a good man,! i keep reminding people on social media Nick clegg isn't the leader and his idiotic beliefs are not present.

    The greens are small but they haven't stopped shouting in our corner.

    I will keep shouting myself discrediting **** like GB News and talk tv, which while I'm here I'll remind people not to bother with, the daily fail is having trouble at the moment so don't click anything of theirs and help them sink themselves.

  • Andi66
    Andi66 Online Community Member Posts: 612 Pioneering

    I have watched talk tv and they are very anti disabled. Especially that awful oakshoot, who now lives in dubai apparently.

  • Nightcity
    Nightcity Online Community Member, Scope Member Posts: 3,221 Championing

    I reported them to ofcom and YouTube over their filthy lies in that video that was posted here.

  • Jimm_Scope
    Jimm_Scope Posts: 5,717 Scope Online Community Specialist

    The media are often trying to get clicks and to get you to read what they write. They know that fear and anger are the most likely things to get people to read, so that's what they are trying to do to you.

  • Andi66
    Andi66 Online Community Member Posts: 612 Pioneering
  • Andi66
    Andi66 Online Community Member Posts: 612 Pioneering

    This was some of the answers from that pip green paper we filled in last year, from benefits and work https://www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/news/pip-consultation-secrets-revealed

  • Tumilty
    Tumilty Online Community Member Posts: 159 Empowering
    edited February 4

    www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgkje8vj84ro

    Does this mean that the welfare changes Reeves is planning are going to be opposed by Labour ministers because when they hear of people struggling it doesn't sit well with them? I've seen it in other places too. I don't know why the link I put doesn't embed so will have to copy and paste to see it.

  • stressed76
    stressed76 Online Community Member Posts: 25 Connected

    Ive reported the talktv video to youtube too i flagged it as misleading

  • stressed76
    stressed76 Online Community Member Posts: 25 Connected

    Also thanks to nightcity & everyone else who commented on (looks ike closed as i messed up my log in information) question about the daily record article

  • Ranald
    Ranald Online Community Member Posts: 529 Empowering

    For any government minister to vote against, they would have to resign; collective responsibility you see. Think Michael Heseltine resigning from Thatcher's cabinet over the Westland affair.

  • Andi66
    Andi66 Online Community Member Posts: 612 Pioneering

    So the government want to offer up to 18 billion pounds for the chago Islands. Thought we had no money ridiculous

  • Nightcity
    Nightcity Online Community Member, Scope Member Posts: 3,221 Championing
  • Ranald
    Ranald Online Community Member Posts: 529 Empowering

    Cutting back in one department doesn't mean more will go to Social Security. The treasury doesn't run like a household budget.budget.

    Btw, we have one or two historical wrongs to answer for in the Chagos archipelago.

  • Andi66
    Andi66 Online Community Member Posts: 612 Pioneering

    It's disgusting, I despair with this, and the government. With the island they want to remain in British hands. Not Mauritius. Which is never been part of them and are a great distance from it. Mauritius is in cohoots with China, and labour are cosing up to them. The islands have a American airbase on. So also it risks all that. Saying also about starmer having his voice coach during 2020 on xmas eve. Didn't work lol , remember his count down to his xmas tree lights.

  • Tumilty
    Tumilty Online Community Member Posts: 159 Empowering

    Yes I recall that however I've seen on many programs that a lot do feel uncomfortable about is as said in the link, something to do with politically and morally, being seen to be on the side of the people etc. Has anyone seen this.

  • Jimm_Scope
    Jimm_Scope Posts: 5,717 Scope Online Community Specialist
    edited February 5

    Just to clarify, the reason an international court found that the Chagos should be a part of Mauritius is due to the way decolonisation was supposed to happen. The Chagos islands were administrated from Mauritius when both were a part of the British Empire. Just before independence of Mauritius the Chagos islands were separated from Mauritius, which goes against the UN statute of decolonisation.

    I am not trying to suggest what is right or wrong, just why there is a justification for the Chagos being a part of Mauritius.

    Regardless, this does not have much to do with benefits.