Originally posted on Kay Green:
As the UK pulls into position as a world-leader in COVID deaths, as the NHS, the legal system and the economy fall into chaos, as the Home Office scrabbles around trying to retrieve the latest batch of lost files, our PR-dependent government works day and night to keep all media…
Category: politics
Poverty is unrelieved violence that only serves the powerful.
Originally posted on The poor side of life:
I believe that our very being is political. Before and when we are born we are thrust into the world of politics without our knowledge. Our future is dependent upon the opportunities that are given to you from this moment onwards. We are political pawns and are…
Slaves of money
No greater insult or contempt has ever been visited on ordinary working people than the advent of waged work and stealing the fruits of the bulk of our labour and calling it profit. Organised labour has gained us many hard won concessions and protections, but even today a wage does not in any way represent […]
No Going Back,The New Normal Is Coming
Originally posted on blueannoyed:
? ? ? ? ? ? This month we have seen the stark reality of future issues which has been exacerbated by Covid -19 crisis. This blog is going to be a long non sugar coated one. We have seen both of main parties reject a citizens income a version of…
Thousands of people that lost their jobs due to Covid 19 refused Universal Credit and any other help.
Originally posted on The poor side of life:
Dear readers its Thursday and I’ve just returned home from the hospital. I managed to get a cancellation appointment for a CT scan for my lungs. Anyway you can imagine my disgust when I saw this article in The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/30/hundreds-of-thousands-who-lost-jobs-in-pandemic-denied-universal-credit I don’t need to tell you…
The chances of living longer are getting shorter – new Office of National Statistics figures show only small rise in longevity
Originally posted on Westminster Confidential:
Is the DWP not telling the truth over the rise in people living longer? One of the biggest issues about funding future state pensions and the incessant demands for raising the pension age is the fact that we are all going to live longer. This ministers argue is going to…
Lets talk about food poverty.
Originally posted on The poor side of life:
Dear readers its Thursday again, alas the days appear to be merging into one for me as I’m sure that they are for many of you. Today finds me exhausted, Long Covid does this to you so I’m trying to pace myself, giving myself little goals to…
50s women pension judgement: How the Court of Appeal rejected their case
Originally posted on Westminster Confidential:
Sir Terence Etherton, Master of the Rolls I have spent this morning reading the 21,000 word judgement of the Court of Appeal led by the Master of the Rolls, Sir Terence Etherton. For the faint hearted I warn you this will make grim reading. But I think the women who…
DWP increases its spending on fighting PIP and ESA appeals.
Originally posted on The poor side of life:
Dear readers I hope you are OK and keeping safe. Let’s talk about my week. It’s been a tough week for me but it is what it is. I’ve finally finished my latest lot of antibiotics and at the time of writing this blog I am feeling…
Happy Teachers’ Day – my 1st ever blog is dedicated to the world’s Teachers and Educators
Originally posted on Scribblings of a Petal Rebel:
Today is celebrated as Teachers’ Day in India. It is one of the many ‘Teachers’ Days’ celebrated on various days, all over the world, all of them in celebration, acknowledgement and deep appreciation of the many Teachers in our lives. Seeing as one of my earliest informal…
