Hi remain and leave folks,
Pull up a coffee and sit yourself down. I need your help.
Actually, @JHayestetra needs your help. So, first, please follow him.
As we all know, Brexit has had an infinite number of unforeseen consequences. Jonathan told me one.
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Pull up a coffee and sit yourself down. I need your help.
Actually, @JHayestetra needs your help. So, first, please follow him.
As we all know, Brexit has had an infinite number of unforeseen consequences. Jonathan told me one.
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Let me tell you about Jonathan.
Jonathan is paralysed and for 31 years he has recruited the live-in carers he depends on from Denmark.
The Danes get easier access to University if they do this work in their GAP year. Which is a great idea!
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Jonathan is paralysed and for 31 years he has recruited the live-in carers he depends on from Denmark.
The Danes get easier access to University if they do this work in their GAP year. Which is a great idea!
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Except, of course, Brexit has stopped it because the government was keen to stop foreign workers going to the UK.
Which is fine.
If there are enough local workers to do the job. Which there aren't.
Meanwhile, every day, people needing care are suffering.
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Which is fine.
If there are enough local workers to do the job. Which there aren't.
Meanwhile, every day, people needing care are suffering.
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Now, I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that I don't think that any leavers or remainers wanted anyone in @JHayestetra's position, disabled, paralysed and needing care, to suffer. We all wanted our different futures but nobody wanted people to be denied care.
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But that's literally what's happening.
And it doesn't need to.
And that's where you come in.
Over months, both leavers and remainers have shown their ability to campaign. How about we all try to campaign for something together? Show the government where the real power is?
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And it doesn't need to.
And that's where you come in.
Over months, both leavers and remainers have shown their ability to campaign. How about we all try to campaign for something together? Show the government where the real power is?
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The carer shortage is only going to get worse unless we work together for people like Jonathan.
In order for that to happen, we need to persuade the government to allow young people to work across Europe and to allow disabled people to recruit live-in carers from Europe.
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In order for that to happen, we need to persuade the government to allow young people to work across Europe and to allow disabled people to recruit live-in carers from Europe.
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This isn't something that can wait. Carers are need NOW.
So let's put politics aside and make that happen.
There are 2 petitions to stop the suffering. Please sign and share BOTH!
Negotiate reciprocal Youth Mobility Visas with European countries
7/n petition.parliament.uk/petitions/5941…
So let's put politics aside and make that happen.
There are 2 petitions to stop the suffering. Please sign and share BOTH!
Negotiate reciprocal Youth Mobility Visas with European countries
7/n petition.parliament.uk/petitions/5941…
The second is to allow disabled people to recruit live-in carers via Health and Care Worker visas.
These petitions work together to resolve this problem and allow disabled people to have the care they need to live with dignity.
8/n petition.parliament.uk/petitions/5947…
These petitions work together to resolve this problem and allow disabled people to have the care they need to live with dignity.
8/n petition.parliament.uk/petitions/5947…
There has to be an issue around which leave and remain unite. Something we can all agree on.
Let it be this.
Nobody voted to make disabled people's lives harder. It's time to make the government do something about it.
Thanks!
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Let it be this.
Nobody voted to make disabled people's lives harder. It's time to make the government do something about it.
Thanks!
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Please try to get some support for this @TomTugendhat @jessphillips @Tanni_GT @SirRogerGale @CarolineLucas @Ianblackford_MP @MarshadeCordova @HannahB4LiviMP @JustinTomlinson @halfon4harlowMP @CharlesTannock @DamianGreen @SarahGreenLD
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