¡No Pasarán!

I am changing how and in what way I engage with politics. Politics have become as psychologically toxic to life and living as food poisoning is to our physical well being and, like rotten food, modern politics stinks to high heaven and I have no desire to eat the daily crud which oozes from Westminster […]

You’ve got to wait a month for another food parcel. Universal Credit is literally starving people.

Originally posted on The poor side of life:
Dear readers, it’s freezing cold out there and the wind chill certainly isn’t helping. Today I woke up to snow but it quickly melted and at the moment the sun is shining. We’ve had endless rain so it’s so good to see it. As usual we handed…

Transitional Payment -Mobility Loan Sharks

Originally posted on blueannoyed:
? ? ? ? ? In 2012  The government announced it was scrapping DLA and replacing it with PIP.  It sent shock waves around disabled peoples movement at yet another change after the move to ESA and all the problems that caused. So the Government and Motability Scheme released a  joint…

Another Brick in the Wall

Originally posted on Postcards from the Hedge:
Let’s be honest – school is shite. Can anyone here say that they enjoyed the experience? I loved primary school, land of dressing up and paints and stories and fun assemblies and putting on little plays. But secondary. Jesus. What a nightmare. I remember standing in the biology…

The Tories are conducting a war on consent and our right to choose

We are living in very dark times in which our right to be informed and to choose how we want to live and be, as human beings, is being repressed and stolen from us by those who believe they have the right to impose their will on us without our permission. This is a crime […]

Call for research evidence: would UBI mitigate the social & economic disadvantages experienced by disabled people?

Originally posted on Politics and Insights:
Jane Mathieson is conducting research for her dissertation, which aims at reflecting on current experiences of those of us with invisible disabilities claiming disability benefits. She is exploring how Universal Basic Income (UBI) may improve our quality of life, potentially addressing social and political prejudice, removing barriers from disabled…