March 26th and Green Paper Mega Discussion (ITV leaks, etc)
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What did Ellen Clifford have to say today on these cuts, wasn't she on Zoom or something earlier today? I'm sick of all the media slagging us off, never a nice word, empathy, or saying isn't it wrong your picking on defenceless sick/disabled people? When are these so called charities that are supposed to be on our side going to be on tv, radio, social media expressing their disgust at these horrific changes. By mistake this morning I turned my tv on not realising it was on BBC1 on that politics show with Laura Kuensberg, what a vile person she is, kept asking over and over again to defence minister Pat Mcfadden if he thinks it's right someone on sickness benefits can claim £400 a month more than someone looking for work!! Her tone was disgusting like we're dog poo on bottom of her shoes, the only poo I saw was coming out her gob.
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I Really think your Assessment will be complete Long before any proposed changes :-),
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I think they’ll oust starmer. They must know their gravy train over at next election with him . I listened to Angela Rayner ages ago on bbc talking about disabled and she seemed sympathetic.
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I’ve been looking online and couldn’t find anything. I’d love to know too
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Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell are two MP's I respect, they have principles whether people agree with them or not, I'm not really political but recently this conservative aligned agenda painting disabled as benefit scroungers really got under my skin, there are people in society who need our support, there are people who need that safety net of welfare due to being incapacitated with a view to recovery (This is me basically), then there are permanently disabled people who should always receive help, the cost is irrelevant as a human life is worth more than money to me.
What I see is an agenda, a narrative to paint the truly vulnerable as flotsam and that's my line in the sand and it won't stop at disabled people, it will be the elderly hit harder next if Starmer gets his way.
Starmer doesn't have any principles and his politics changes dependent on what day it is.
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Jeremy is my MP . I wrote to him , reeves , Kendall , Timms and Starmer . Starmer replied the generic helping ppl into work etc , when I replied asking about us that can’t work he ignored it . I told them all they are losing a lot of votes if they continue with the planned cuts. The other 3 ignored me . Jeremy replied offering his full backing to us as expected of Jeremy who as you said does stand by his principles.
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she mentioned being her mums carer and also having a disabled son. If they got rid of Starmer and replaced him with Rayner we may stand a chance . She was talking on bbc radio with a disabled lady and came across very well. She made it clear that when they talk about getting pol into work they mean those who can . And the ones who can’t should have a good standard of living.
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Except Liebour have denied people from certain areas where they know they will get ousted, the democratic right to vote.
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Unfortunately i feel the old saying has never been truer -
How can you tell a politcian is lying?
Their lips are moving
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Yet Rayner is acting like a little lap dog to Starzy and nodding in agreement with everything he has to say at PMQT.
She cannot be trusted one bit.
She is as self serving as the rest of the Liebour cabinet and none of them a stuff about us mere mortals.
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Where is your source of evidence for that please?
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I have been struggling for years with my MH, I have PTSD, Anxiety, depression and emotional dysregulation and panic due to various traumas throughout my life! I have worked until 3yrs ago due to working in a large organisation and what I felt was bullied and traumatic events within my family, as a family member made 2 attempt to end there life. I feel bullied and hated by this goverment and feel your a lesser person due to MH , I didn't ask for the things that happened. I struggle to leave my house, I'm really hoping someone will stand up for people like us. the goverment are belittling MH, I thought there were laws in place to protect all people with disabilities , I will never vote Labour again!! I'm horrified , surely we are being victimised and bullied?
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thank you for posting that information. All I’ve heard in msm is labour fiddling elections because of reform. It makes me think ( or just hope) that the benefits reforms are also not as bad as being portrayed. I watched the video as suggested on here on YouTube, the different bias , and he said all savings were from stopping fraud and its in black and white. This was before the leak though . But I’d never heard of the information that he showed .
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did you watch the Ellen Clifford zoom ? I didn’t but would like to know what was said .
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Just looking at the front pages & the telegraph say at least 80 labour mps looking to revolt about welfare cuts & that response from goverment it was a moral case to lower benefit bill.
Glad to see labour mps not happy but as if labour knows about morals, if they did they wouldn't do it
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I read they’re going after invisible conditions such as fibromyalgia too . I have that and ME. Kendall has no idea how it feels to wake up in pain and exhausted before you’ve even got out of bed.
In regards to MH I think they’ll try with ppl who they consider “ mild “ depression. I get depressed as secondary to my conditions so I know it’s not just “ mild” to us. I don’t think they’re meaning ppl that are more severe then that who have times of being hospitalised etc. I think they’re have this idea that ppl go to their GP , ask for anti depressants and can easily claim PIP , they really don’t have a clue how difficult it is to claim. what Dr or specialist would allow a patient to suffer because of being forced into work . I hope that makes sense and doesn’t offend anyone.
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They probably think you can treat fibro with pain killers as they don't understand chronic pain & like @secretsquirrel1 said no idea what its like to start your day at less then zero before you get out of bed.
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That is for starters. The thing is Starmer was a carer himself as he looked after his now late mum.and brother. You wonder **** why he wants to punished other disabled people. If you want further information google it as it is not as common as Starmer tried to keep it secret.
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First assesment i had in person at home said i couldn't do more then 50m, next assessment over the phone said i could do more. I soon rang and wrote asking them how that could be possible. Dont know for definate it worked but got my award the same as the in person. Do another assessment next year filled with dread now
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when I first applied for pip my assessor also lied , ignored my GP letter and misquoted my specialist letter. Zero points . Tribunal bullied me , worst was the disabled member of panel . All to look good for the dwp represensitive . They even tried removing points I got at MR. I went to upper tribunal and won . Took two years and left me bed bound but I fought for everyone not just me .
Glad you won in the end , good for you
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