#Thread The new right wing argument appears to be that 'People just don't want to work anymore'. That's total bollocks! Loads of people love their jobs, but the pay and working conditions are so poor that they get burnt out and still don't have enough money to pay the bills.
There is no way that this should be acceptable in 21st-century Britain. Why are we standing for this? The people paid to spew bile on the telly, on radio, in the papers, and on social media earn a hell of a lot more than nurses, ambulance workers and firefighters 2
And yet, I'm pretty sure I know which of these groups the country would be more reliant on in the crisis, and it ain't the shock jocks and Tory press barons! We need to pay workers fairly so they don't have to EVER worry about not being able to eat or heat their homes,3
But instead, the Tories are planning new 'harsh anti-strike laws' in an effort to force people to be happy with their poverty wages and 'work till you drop' conditions. This is not acceptable! A broke and knackered workforce does not improve productivity, in fact it...4
does the opposite. It leads to a lack of productivity, with many so physically and mentally tired but they simply can't function any more. Is this really the state we want our public sector to be in? If you don't think so, then support unions and striking workers in...5
Any way you can. After all, they are fighting for our rights, because don't think for one minute that if Tories win this battle, they won't find another target to start blaming for shit going on in this country!. We cannot let the government and their mates win this one! 6
#Thread . My lovely night owls! In light of tweet sent to me by @KizzyDaze I am particularly worried that the government may be planning to expand benefits means testing in order to reduce eligibility. This would hit working disabled people particularly hard. 1
And would also impact those who only receive benefits that are not currently means tested and live with a partner. It means testing is expanded, their partners income will be taken into account, meaning that even more people will be 2
Subject to the issues, raised in may #RightToLove campaign. This would be completely intolerable. I’m not saying that any of this will happen but due to repeated government refusals to rule it out, we can’t say for sure that it won’t. 3
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With Hunt seemingly pushing for a return to austerity in order to balance the books which only need balancing urgently because Truss totally destroyed them, I'm worried that there will be yet more misery for ill and disabled people to come. 1
Assessments for disability benefit eligibility, such as PIP and the limited capability for work and work-related activity element of UC have been widely reported as being not fit for purpose and designed to make sure that people do not get the support they need. 2
Indeed, I remember describing them as 'like witch trials without the drowning'. But then they don't need to drown literally drown us, they just need to wait for the stress, anxiety and total lack of finances to kick in instead. I'm fortunate in that my lovely parents..3
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I'm feeling weirdly emotional for whatever reason, I literally haven't got a clue why. It might just be that the political situation is wearing me down. But when I get like this the best thing for me to do is to remind myself what a wonderful community of awesomeness..1
We have and to take strength from your love and positivity. So that's what I'm doing. First of all I wanted to thank you because today I noticed I hit 43K which is a monumental number of people to follow me for whatever reason. It's not like I'm a major celebrity or well-known 2
Personality, I'm just a bloke who rants about politics, talks about cats and makes daft videos. And yet so many people love what I do and that is my only motivation. I am so appreciative of you all, you give me loads of positive interaction I otherwise wouldn't get. 3
Here we go lovely people! It's my favourite event of the week. The #BCLI, where I shout out loads of accounts just for being awesome. If you're not on the list, it doesn't mean I don't think you're awesome, in all honesty I've probably forgotten your handle! 1
#Thread It's a measure of the fact that the demonisation of disabled people has been ramped up recently, particularly in the last few weeks that I even feel the need to say this, but I'm gonna say it anyway: 1
I am proud of who I am, my disability is not my fault and I wouldn't change any part of it for anything. Yes, it frustrates me, yes I laugh about it, but it is part of who I am and without it I would be a completely different person. In fact I can't think of one aspect 2
Of my life that hasn't been impacted by, from the houses we've lived in to where I went to uni. That does not mean that I am my disability, but it does mean that I will fight ableism until I die, whether that be random twunts on social media or toxic government rhetoric. 2
My lovely night owls, this is a #Thread I really didn’t want to have to write. It seems the takeover is going through after all and if everything goes to shit as a result of we will probably all end up leaving this place which has fostered our Community for quite awhile 1
If the worst does happen and this place deteriorates even further, we will have to find a new home. To this end, I am now on Mastodon (I have been since this all kicked off originally) and would help to be able to keep as many of our community together as possible 2
You lot have really helped me through some incredibly difficult times and I would absolutely hate to permanently lose contact with you all just because our platform of choice went downhill. Seriously, although many of us have never met, I feel like I’ve known some of you for ..3