Equal opportunity (in a pigs ear), the eradication of the poor and cold blooded vengeance

I have to declare an interest here, I have no idea what equal opportunity is meant to mean in Britain, in fact it irritates me to my bones because the government is hell bent on driving the poorest people in Britain into early graves. As a Community and Youth Worker I’ve heard it and discussed […]

Let’s kill this talk about more tax for the NHS right now

How ridiculous that we’re being told everybody will have to pay more taxes to fund the NHS when the Tories have been easing taxes on the rich for the last eight years. That’s why I tend to agree with Peter Stefanovic, who tweeted: “Or alternatively the Government could tax those earning over £80,000 a little […]

The country I grew up in is dying

Theresa May struts around as if she owns Britain and yet domestically and globally she is Britain’s worst enemy. Nearly a year has passed since the catastrophe of Grenfell Tower. Even at the time it was played down by Theresa May and it quickly became clear that it was a political football, a battle of […]

Why do we hide from ourselves?

I have lived with the violence of depression all my life. At 67 I can state categorically that my depression has always been about my occluded self, hidden or buried many many years ago, as far back as my childhood. What was depression but my hidden self screaming to get out? I had no idea […]

Tories to RETRY bill to make you pay for your NHS Fri 15 June

As the SKWAWKBOX covered on Friday, Tory MPs made an attempt to pass a bill yesterday to allow NHS patients to be charged for their treatment – a move described by senior medics as “a nail in the coffin” of the NHS and ‘catastrophic‘ for patients. Read More: Tories to RETRY bill to make you […]

Disabled people facing government hostility in the UK – Mo Stewart

Last year I wrote an article about how the social security system in the UK has been re-structured around “ordeals”, which were introduced by the Conservative government in order to discipline and “disincentivise” citizens from claiming welfare support, by undermining any sense of security people may have of fulfiling their most basic needs.  Welfare support […]

Millions saved by preventing claimants getting legal help

Figures released by the government last week show just how much money has been saved by stopping legal help for most benefits issues. Last month we revealed that legal aid for disability benefits cases has plummeted by 99% since George Osborne imposed massive cuts on the legal aid system in 2013. The number of cases […]

I am an enemy of the state, because the state is my enemy

I am about to be charged for an alleged Pension Credits overpayment of £8365.30 by the DWP for the second time, covering the exact same period as last time in 2014, based on false figures which were proved false by the very information that the DWP provided when I first claimed Pension Credits. In their […]

The government’s eugenic policy is forcing some women to abort wanted pregnancies

Originally posted on Politics and Insights:
The prejudice and stereotypes that fuelled eugenic thinking during the last century. In the UK, the Conservatives’ policies reflect this regressive and authoritarian approach to a class-based ‘population control’.  In 2015 I wrote an article that expressed my grave concerns about the Conservatives’ welfare cuts. I discussed the Conservatives’ announced…

The time for obedience is over

An official at a Home Office Reporting Centre told ‘a man facing deportation that his job is to “piss him off” as part of the government’s challenging environment’ I am very grateful to him for his candour, he’s got the message across loud and clear. Everything that people are experiencing with the DWP, bullshit jobs […]