Mandy Colleran
@disabilitydiva.bsky.social
Disabled woman. Feminist. Socialist. Scouser. Bibliophile. Short of stature but never opinion!
This. Gracious and full of humanity.
(Via Suzanne Moore)
(Via Suzanne Moore)
August 15, 2025 at 12:58 PM
This. Gracious and full of humanity.
(Via Suzanne Moore)
(Via Suzanne Moore)
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July 2, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
And I'll put them in cages surrounded
By alligator-infested swamps.
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
And I'll put them in cages surrounded
By alligator-infested swamps.
July 2, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
And I'll put them in cages surrounded
By alligator-infested swamps.
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
And I'll put them in cages surrounded
By alligator-infested swamps.
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Israel Slaughters Dozens in Attack on Popular #Gaza Cafe as Trump Claims a Ceasefire Deal is Moving Forward
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Israel Slaughters Dozens in Attack on Popular Gaza Cafe as Trump Claims a Ceasefire Deal is Moving Forward
Israel is intensifying its mass-killing operations in Gaza as Netanyahu plans White House visit. Hamas says no real progress on a deal
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July 1, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Israel Slaughters Dozens in Attack on Popular #Gaza Cafe as Trump Claims a Ceasefire Deal is Moving Forward
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he's right and he's right to say it
June 25, 2025 at 1:14 PM
he's right and he's right to say it
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“The Starmer-Reeves-Kendall axis behind this Bill are exposed as uncaring, unthoughtful, ill-prepared & dogmatically driven by this amendment.” #DisabilityBenefits #PIP
Keir Starmer is in a spot of bother
www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/06...
Keir Starmer is in a spot of bother
www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/06...
Keir Starmer is in a spot of bother
To suggest that Keir Starmer is in a spot of bother with his Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill.
This lot have, so far, opposed his Bill by tabling an amendment that effectively ...
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June 25, 2025 at 12:18 PM
“The Starmer-Reeves-Kendall axis behind this Bill are exposed as uncaring, unthoughtful, ill-prepared & dogmatically driven by this amendment.” #DisabilityBenefits #PIP
Keir Starmer is in a spot of bother
www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/06...
Keir Starmer is in a spot of bother
www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/06...
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Surprise surprise – the myth of the “millionaire exodus” has been conclusively debunked as misinformation spread by those who don’t want to see wealth taxed fairly (because they’ve got a lot of it!)
Time for the govt to stop hiding behind this excuse and bring in a wealth tax
Time for the govt to stop hiding behind this excuse and bring in a wealth tax
June 10, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Surprise surprise – the myth of the “millionaire exodus” has been conclusively debunked as misinformation spread by those who don’t want to see wealth taxed fairly (because they’ve got a lot of it!)
Time for the govt to stop hiding behind this excuse and bring in a wealth tax
Time for the govt to stop hiding behind this excuse and bring in a wealth tax
Absolutely. This is one of the main reasons why the proposed Assisted Death Bill is so dangerous in the long term.
The report finds that access to high-quality palliative care is unevenly provided across the UK, and makes the case that everyone who has palliative care needs should be able to access well-resourced community services.
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June 11, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Absolutely. This is one of the main reasons why the proposed Assisted Death Bill is so dangerous in the long term.
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June 4, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Sending warmth and strength to every disabled person on here. It seems that with our awareness of how society is once again pushing us further out, we are all feeling higher levels of anxiety than our 'normal'. But the harder they push, the louder our voices. Solidarity.
June 4, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Sending warmth and strength to every disabled person on here. It seems that with our awareness of how society is once again pushing us further out, we are all feeling higher levels of anxiety than our 'normal'. But the harder they push, the louder our voices. Solidarity.
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'The Government wants to cut PIP to "help" disabled people work but the Access to Work system meant to support that is broken
• 6+ month delays
• 20,000 people on wait list
Cutting PIP won't help. Fixing the system will.
Tell the Government to STOP'
#TakingThePIP
via @disabilityrebel.bsky.social
• 6+ month delays
• 20,000 people on wait list
Cutting PIP won't help. Fixing the system will.
Tell the Government to STOP'
#TakingThePIP
via @disabilityrebel.bsky.social
June 4, 2025 at 8:55 AM
'The Government wants to cut PIP to "help" disabled people work but the Access to Work system meant to support that is broken
• 6+ month delays
• 20,000 people on wait list
Cutting PIP won't help. Fixing the system will.
Tell the Government to STOP'
#TakingThePIP
via @disabilityrebel.bsky.social
• 6+ month delays
• 20,000 people on wait list
Cutting PIP won't help. Fixing the system will.
Tell the Government to STOP'
#TakingThePIP
via @disabilityrebel.bsky.social
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"Britain still has significant diplomatic weight."
"Well it ain’t working. Because the kids are still starving."
@lewisgoodall.com asks Nick Thomas-Symonds what the government is actually *doing* to end the blockade in Gaza.
"Well it ain’t working. Because the kids are still starving."
@lewisgoodall.com asks Nick Thomas-Symonds what the government is actually *doing* to end the blockade in Gaza.
May 18, 2025 at 11:15 AM
"Britain still has significant diplomatic weight."
"Well it ain’t working. Because the kids are still starving."
@lewisgoodall.com asks Nick Thomas-Symonds what the government is actually *doing* to end the blockade in Gaza.
"Well it ain’t working. Because the kids are still starving."
@lewisgoodall.com asks Nick Thomas-Symonds what the government is actually *doing* to end the blockade in Gaza.
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'Criminal': Elton John condemns UK's AI copyright plans reut.rs/4md6c62
'Criminal': Elton John condemns UK's AI copyright plans
Elton John on Sunday accused the British government of "committing theft" by proposing that tech firms could train artificial intelligence models on the UK's music and creative output without guaranteeing proper recompense.
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May 18, 2025 at 11:25 AM
'Criminal': Elton John condemns UK's AI copyright plans reut.rs/4md6c62
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Naz Shah: “The assisted dying bill is not fit for purpose”
The Labour MP and scrutiny committee member on why she fears the consequences if end-of-life proposals become law.
The Labour MP and scrutiny committee member on why she fears the consequences if end-of-life proposals become law.
Naz Shah: “The assisted dying bill is not fit for purpose”
The Labour MP and scrutiny committee member on why she fears the consequences if end-of-life proposals become law.
www.newstatesman.com
May 16, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Naz Shah: “The assisted dying bill is not fit for purpose”
The Labour MP and scrutiny committee member on why she fears the consequences if end-of-life proposals become law.
The Labour MP and scrutiny committee member on why she fears the consequences if end-of-life proposals become law.
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Hard to say how disappointing this morning‘s speech really was. Morally AND intellectually.
Agree with every line here by @iandunt.bsky.social 👇
Agree with every line here by @iandunt.bsky.social 👇
Starmer is as bad as those who came before him. What a bitter disappointment
Echoing the far right on immigration, his moral and intellectual stature has fallen away
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May 12, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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everyone's said pretty much all there is to be said on the 'island of strangers'/'incalculable damage' stuff, so just sharing this by a migrant care worker on how it feels to hear yourself discussed like this while looking after people's loved ones www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
Opinion: Migrant workers prop up the UK’s social care system. Now…
Labour’s crackdown will break a promise made to workers like me – and leave the system in disrepair
www.thebureauinvestigates.com
May 12, 2025 at 4:02 PM
everyone's said pretty much all there is to be said on the 'island of strangers'/'incalculable damage' stuff, so just sharing this by a migrant care worker on how it feels to hear yourself discussed like this while looking after people's loved ones www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
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Do Not Leave Anyone Behind | Atlanta Rey
Disability Rebellion is primarily an online movement, for a good reason. Many Disabled people are housebound and cannot make it to IRL protests and we want every Disabled person to be represented.
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Disability Rebellion is primarily an online movement, for a good reason. Many Disabled people are housebound and cannot make it to IRL protests and we want every Disabled person to be represented.
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Do Not Leave Anyone Behind
Disability Rebellion is primarily an online movement, for a good reason. Many Disabled people are housebound and cannot make it to IRL protests and we want every Disabled person to be represented.
open.substack.com
May 12, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Do Not Leave Anyone Behind | Atlanta Rey
Disability Rebellion is primarily an online movement, for a good reason. Many Disabled people are housebound and cannot make it to IRL protests and we want every Disabled person to be represented.
open.substack.com/pub/disabili...
Disability Rebellion is primarily an online movement, for a good reason. Many Disabled people are housebound and cannot make it to IRL protests and we want every Disabled person to be represented.
open.substack.com/pub/disabili...
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Whilst grown adults in Reform come after Send pupils as “victims”, here’s 16 year old Niamdh Braid winning her right to a British Sign Language interpreter at school. Guess who the real losers are? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘The only thing we can’t do is hear’: the deaf pupil who beat Fife council in court
Niamdh Braid, 16, demanded her right to full education – and now hopes her success will inspire more deaf children to aim high
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May 4, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Whilst grown adults in Reform come after Send pupils as “victims”, here’s 16 year old Niamdh Braid winning her right to a British Sign Language interpreter at school. Guess who the real losers are? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...