existentialist
Tired and unemotional
If it tells us one thing, though, it's that DWP knows it has something to hide. For all the good that'll do...
campaign against welfare cuts and poverty
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Chilli.s
mingling jets and statuettes
Doesnt that open them up to some sort of liability?If it tells us one thing, though, it's that DWP knows it has something to hide. For all the good that'll do...
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
There has to be accountability for that. We've seen, repeatedly, over the years that the Government is not interested in holding DWP accountable for anything. And why would they? It's achieving exactly what they want - scaring people off from claiming what is theirs by right.
Dystopiary
putting up a hook to hang my hopes upon
Jeremy Vine has decided to home in on some of the most vulnerable people in society with this gem:
Jeremy Vine on 5 on twitter
I can't fully express how disgusting this is - it's full on far-right rhetoric. People have literally starved to death after having their benefits cut; others have taken their own lives due to fear for the future and/or the stress caused by the DWP and their contractors. "Cut off their lifeline" about sick and disabled people is proper nazi shit imo. And it's not just some rando on twitter, this is someone with a large audience.
Jeremy Vine on 5 on twitter
I can't fully express how disgusting this is - it's full on far-right rhetoric. People have literally starved to death after having their benefits cut; others have taken their own lives due to fear for the future and/or the stress caused by the DWP and their contractors. "Cut off their lifeline" about sick and disabled people is proper nazi shit imo. And it's not just some rando on twitter, this is someone with a large audience.
Dystopiary
putting up a hook to hang my hopes upon
I did find it heartening how many people in the replies weren't having it, especially considering what twitter can be like.
savoloysam
Ready to move into the light
I'm one of those on 'sickness benefit' and the way my last employer treated me played a massive part which caused the pre tribunal pay out I was talking about on the other thread.
I've worked for over 30 years though and plan to get back on it as soon as I can.
Sorry for falling on hard times Jeremy.
P.S I have a 55inch OLED (which I bought with my hard earned pennies) Should I give it away now? I heard that dolies aren't supposed to "sit at home with them"
I've worked for over 30 years though and plan to get back on it as soon as I can.
Sorry for falling on hard times Jeremy.
P.S I have a 55inch OLED (which I bought with my hard earned pennies) Should I give it away now? I heard that dolies aren't supposed to "sit at home with them"
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
I only saw a couple of shitty responses. I was pleasantly surprised
And this made me laugh:
I knew the economic crisis would turn out to be our fault.
So with previous crackdowns having presumably unaccountably failed to tackle the supposed hordes of idle scroungers, will there be any reflection on this? No, and round we go again.
Dystopiary
putting up a hook to hang my hopes upon
Yeah, it's really shit.
And the horrible person Vine received a five-figure sum for giving a speech to arms dealers in 2015.
Dystopiary
putting up a hook to hang my hopes upon
Scope have published an open letter in response to recent media coverage and "debate" around disability benefits.
extract:
They go on to talk about systematic issues with the welfare system, and also how the media can change the narrative.
Scope publishes open letter in response to destructive disability narrative | Disability charity Scope UK
Scope on twitter
FYI:
Ofcom complaints form
ipso complaints form
extract:
They go on to talk about systematic issues with the welfare system, and also how the media can change the narrative.
Scope publishes open letter in response to destructive disability narrative | Disability charity Scope UK
Scope on twitter
FYI:
Ofcom complaints form
ipso complaints form
krtek a houby
Anger is Hi-NRG
Surprisingly scathing Guardian piece
www.theguardian.com
Britons have become so mean that many of us think poor people don’t deserve leisure time | Frances Ryan
This is the Victorian workhouse mentality repackaged for the iPhone era, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
Shechemite
Be the sun and all will see you
Frances Ryan has been writing in the guardian (and, generally speaking, writing excellent and scathing articles on welfare/disability) for some time Krtek.
Karl Masks
Birds Angel Delight
Apparently Hunt is dreaming up ideas on how to increase benefit sanctions including losing free health care.
www.politicshome.com
Fuck every tory. Fuck every tory voter. These people need shooting
New Universal Credit Sanctions Could Include Losing Free NHS Prescriptions And Dental Care
Exclusive: Jeremy Hunt’s plans to toughen the rules around sanctions for Universal Credit claimants may lead to people losing their free NHS prescr...
www.politicshome.com
Fuck every tory. Fuck every tory voter. These people need shooting
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
Classic "if it doesn't work, use a bigger hammer" approachApparently Hunt is dreaming up ideas on how to increase benefit sanctions including losing free health care.
New Universal Credit Sanctions Could Include Losing Free NHS Prescriptions And Dental Care
Exclusive: Jeremy Hunt’s plans to toughen the rules around sanctions for Universal Credit claimants may lead to people losing their free NHS prescr...
Fuck every tory. Fuck every tory voter. These people need shooting
Karl Masks
Birds Angel Delight
It's not meant to work. It's meant to win votes, at the expense of peoples lives and more public money, pissed away by people who should be in prisonClassic "if it doesn't work, use a bigger hammer" approach
HazeyCosmicJive
Member
Just to point out the obvious, you need a lot of the people who voted tory last time (13.97 million) to vote labour at the next election. You are giving them a reason not to.Apparently Hunt is dreaming up ideas on how to increase benefit sanctions including losing free health care.
New Universal Credit Sanctions Could Include Losing Free NHS Prescriptions And Dental Care
Exclusive: Jeremy Hunt’s plans to toughen the rules around sanctions for Universal Credit claimants may lead to people losing their free NHS prescr...
Fuck every tory. Fuck every tory voter. These people need shooting
Unless you are serious about shooting them?
Karl Masks
Birds Angel Delight
How am i doing that?
HazeyCosmicJive
Member
To quote you "Fuck every tory. Fuck every tory voter. These people need shooting" would not encourage me to vote for any party you want me to. It would do the opposite. But if you think spitting hate-filled bile at people is an effective way to persuade them to your way of thinking then please carry on.
Karl Masks
Birds Angel Delight
Are tory voters likely to come here and read that comment do you think?
HazeyCosmicJive
Member
It only takes one, and then they can repost it anywhere on the internet.
Karl Masks
Birds Angel Delight
It's the Times, so I'm sure they will not want to misrepresent the depths of Tory cruelty
This seems horrific:
This seems horrific:
Not entirely sure whether this will all kick in before the GE. WIth Liz Kendall in charge there isn't much hope of real change, but this seems beyond horrific.
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
It's the Times, so I'm sure they will not want to misrepresent the depths of Tory cruelty
This seems horrific:
Not entirely sure whether this will all kick in before the GE. WIth Liz Kendall in charge there isn't much hope of real change, but this seems beyond horrific.
I thought we'd been around this particular block years ago, and had fondly imagined it had sunk without trace.
As a "mental health counsellor" myself, I am chilled to the bone by the idea that therapists would, effectively, be working to a DWP agenda. I am gratified that, last time something like this came up, most therapists, and all professional bodies, explicitly went on the record to say that it was inappropriate and unethical.
Although, with this festering government's record on attempting to shoehorn their nasty shit through, regardless, I have no doubt that they will attempt to do it, and find such therapists as are unencumbered by such moral considerations to do the work. Which will almost inevitably mean that they will be third-rate professionals, and liable to do more harm than good.
This really is beginning to enter the realms of "thoughtcrime". I would certainly have no part of it.
Karl Masks
Birds Angel Delight
Does anyone know when these horrific changes come into force?
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
The
The internet does
Dystopiary
putting up a hook to hang my hopes upon
Dystopiary
putting up a hook to hang my hopes upon
This is not helpful.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
It is to a certain extent if especially if you can’t be arsed to read the news.
Dystopiary
putting up a hook to hang my hopes upon
I've not seen a date in the news.
People affected by this are going to be worried.
Probably not the best thread for smart-arsery.
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