Philip (He/Him) ♿
@disabledphil.bsky.social
Disabled lefty shouting into the void.
We should resist this for immigration because it's the moral thing to do.
Also - where does this end? Will you have to give up your watch to the A&E nurse before you get treated? Will losing your job mean losing family heirlooms for support?
It's a dangerous step on a very slippery slope!
Also - where does this end? Will you have to give up your watch to the A&E nurse before you get treated? Will losing your job mean losing family heirlooms for support?
It's a dangerous step on a very slippery slope!
“They went for pensioners, they went for the disabled, and now they’re going for people fleeing war and conflict. I am furious — this government should hang their heads in shame.”
Zack Polanski on Labour’s new immigration reforms on Newsnight.
Zack Polanski on Labour’s new immigration reforms on Newsnight.
November 18, 2025 at 11:56 AM
We should resist this for immigration because it's the moral thing to do.
Also - where does this end? Will you have to give up your watch to the A&E nurse before you get treated? Will losing your job mean losing family heirlooms for support?
It's a dangerous step on a very slippery slope!
Also - where does this end? Will you have to give up your watch to the A&E nurse before you get treated? Will losing your job mean losing family heirlooms for support?
It's a dangerous step on a very slippery slope!
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“If Labour don’t do this, we’ll get a Reform government”
Trans people, disabled people, migrants, people of colour and people seeking asylum already have a Reform government.
You just want to feel superior to those who like the idea of Nigel Farage as PM.
Trans people, disabled people, migrants, people of colour and people seeking asylum already have a Reform government.
You just want to feel superior to those who like the idea of Nigel Farage as PM.
November 17, 2025 at 7:00 PM
“If Labour don’t do this, we’ll get a Reform government”
Trans people, disabled people, migrants, people of colour and people seeking asylum already have a Reform government.
You just want to feel superior to those who like the idea of Nigel Farage as PM.
Trans people, disabled people, migrants, people of colour and people seeking asylum already have a Reform government.
You just want to feel superior to those who like the idea of Nigel Farage as PM.
Just saw an advert for a candlelight concert of Vivaldi's four seasons...
Can't think of a posher way to experience a DWP trauma fever dream 💀😂
I know they've changed hold music now but the moment I hear four seasons I'm transported back to the body shaking anxiety of being on hold in the 2010s 🫠
Can't think of a posher way to experience a DWP trauma fever dream 💀😂
I know they've changed hold music now but the moment I hear four seasons I'm transported back to the body shaking anxiety of being on hold in the 2010s 🫠
November 12, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Just saw an advert for a candlelight concert of Vivaldi's four seasons...
Can't think of a posher way to experience a DWP trauma fever dream 💀😂
I know they've changed hold music now but the moment I hear four seasons I'm transported back to the body shaking anxiety of being on hold in the 2010s 🫠
Can't think of a posher way to experience a DWP trauma fever dream 💀😂
I know they've changed hold music now but the moment I hear four seasons I'm transported back to the body shaking anxiety of being on hold in the 2010s 🫠
Been waiting since Jan to hear about my PIP review. Just sat on the phone for an hour to confirm that it's not just the DWP causing delays but serco too! 🙃
Maybe they'll want an assessment. Maybe not 🤷🏻♂️ I might be waiting 2 more weeks to find out but idk if that was plucked out of thin air.
Maybe they'll want an assessment. Maybe not 🤷🏻♂️ I might be waiting 2 more weeks to find out but idk if that was plucked out of thin air.
October 22, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Been waiting since Jan to hear about my PIP review. Just sat on the phone for an hour to confirm that it's not just the DWP causing delays but serco too! 🙃
Maybe they'll want an assessment. Maybe not 🤷🏻♂️ I might be waiting 2 more weeks to find out but idk if that was plucked out of thin air.
Maybe they'll want an assessment. Maybe not 🤷🏻♂️ I might be waiting 2 more weeks to find out but idk if that was plucked out of thin air.
My oncologist brought forward my post scan appointment by nearly two weeks (just 1w post scan) and I immediately interpreted this urgency as "it's back!" and started planning my year around the inevitable surgery I'd need...
Turns out it just got reported early and they wanted to be efficient 😅
Turns out it just got reported early and they wanted to be efficient 😅
August 13, 2025 at 10:22 AM
My oncologist brought forward my post scan appointment by nearly two weeks (just 1w post scan) and I immediately interpreted this urgency as "it's back!" and started planning my year around the inevitable surgery I'd need...
Turns out it just got reported early and they wanted to be efficient 😅
Turns out it just got reported early and they wanted to be efficient 😅
There is not an issue I can think of where labour will do the right thing for citizens over lobbyists.
I don't understand the enthusiasm with which they throw themselves into the centre of situations and side with the people doing the shitty thing.
Never miss an opportunity for bad press.
I don't understand the enthusiasm with which they throw themselves into the centre of situations and side with the people doing the shitty thing.
Never miss an opportunity for bad press.
Rachel Reeves considers overruling supreme court in £44bn car finance scandal
Exclusive: Chancellor could step in if justices uphold entirety of ruling over commission paid to brokers
share.google
July 25, 2025 at 10:06 AM
There is not an issue I can think of where labour will do the right thing for citizens over lobbyists.
I don't understand the enthusiasm with which they throw themselves into the centre of situations and side with the people doing the shitty thing.
Never miss an opportunity for bad press.
I don't understand the enthusiasm with which they throw themselves into the centre of situations and side with the people doing the shitty thing.
Never miss an opportunity for bad press.
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How I hot foil stamped the cover for my rebind of Disability Visibility using a foilquill in my cricut.
#BookBinding #BookSky #DisabilityPride #DisabilityVisibility #ReBind #Books
#BookBinding #BookSky #DisabilityPride #DisabilityVisibility #ReBind #Books
July 19, 2025 at 6:19 PM
How I hot foil stamped the cover for my rebind of Disability Visibility using a foilquill in my cricut.
#BookBinding #BookSky #DisabilityPride #DisabilityVisibility #ReBind #Books
#BookBinding #BookSky #DisabilityPride #DisabilityVisibility #ReBind #Books
Sooo.... I did a thing 🫣
Just shared my first bookbinding project: a custom hardcover for Disability Visibility. This book shaped how I see myself as a disabled person — so it felt right to begin here. Full video + reflection on YouTube, linked below.
#bookbinding #disabledcreator #DisabilityVisibility #BookSky
#bookbinding #disabledcreator #DisabilityVisibility #BookSky
July 19, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Sooo.... I did a thing 🫣
£650 could do so much good if focused in the right place. Cars for the wealthy ain't it.
If it went on insulation or heating upgrades for the poor it would play a dual role in reducing the poorest's energy bills whilst also reducing emissions - likely by more than this car scheme.
If it went on insulation or heating upgrades for the poor it would play a dual role in reducing the poorest's energy bills whilst also reducing emissions - likely by more than this car scheme.
Transport secretary Heidi Alexander has announced a new £650m Electric Car Grant (ECG) to help reduce the cost of EVs, with up to £3,750 available on some cars under £37,000
www.independent.co.uk/cars/electri...
www.independent.co.uk/cars/electri...
Government offers up to £3,750 off an electric car as EV grants return
The grant comes into effect on 16 July, but car makers still don’t know which bands their cars sit in and what grants will be offered on them
www.independent.co.uk
July 15, 2025 at 6:37 AM
£650 could do so much good if focused in the right place. Cars for the wealthy ain't it.
If it went on insulation or heating upgrades for the poor it would play a dual role in reducing the poorest's energy bills whilst also reducing emissions - likely by more than this car scheme.
If it went on insulation or heating upgrades for the poor it would play a dual role in reducing the poorest's energy bills whilst also reducing emissions - likely by more than this car scheme.
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Temperatures in the UK are reaching life-threatening levels more often. We do not have a culture which can handle that - hydration, sunscreen, shelter, rest - and our infrastructure is built to retain heat. People are dying. Add your name. www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/we...
We need a maximum working temperature
Every summer, temperatures are rising and working in prolonged heat and sun can be dangerous. It can cause a number of health concerns, from dehydration and dizziness to the most serious of illnesses....
www.megaphone.org.uk
July 11, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Temperatures in the UK are reaching life-threatening levels more often. We do not have a culture which can handle that - hydration, sunscreen, shelter, rest - and our infrastructure is built to retain heat. People are dying. Add your name. www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/we...
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the only stat that anyone should be talking about.
Compared to Europe, the UK is not a high spender on welfare
July 2, 2025 at 3:16 PM
the only stat that anyone should be talking about.
Tears at the thought of having to go back to a cushy finance salaried job but not for the hundreds of thousands people they've condemned to poverty.
Self-interested and devoid of morality. Everyone who has an opportunity to remove these people from power and isn't taking it is a coward.
Self-interested and devoid of morality. Everyone who has an opportunity to remove these people from power and isn't taking it is a coward.
July 2, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Tears at the thought of having to go back to a cushy finance salaried job but not for the hundreds of thousands people they've condemned to poverty.
Self-interested and devoid of morality. Everyone who has an opportunity to remove these people from power and isn't taking it is a coward.
Self-interested and devoid of morality. Everyone who has an opportunity to remove these people from power and isn't taking it is a coward.
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We are such a nasty, cheap, little island.
How much does the UK spend on welfare?
🇪🇺 Relatively little compared to Europe: just 10.8% of GDP in 2023 (including sickness & disability benefits, pensions, etc.).
Meanwhile, 🇫🇮Finland spends 25.7% of GDP & 🇫🇷France 23.8%.
#ChartOfTheDay #Welfare
🇪🇺 Relatively little compared to Europe: just 10.8% of GDP in 2023 (including sickness & disability benefits, pensions, etc.).
Meanwhile, 🇫🇮Finland spends 25.7% of GDP & 🇫🇷France 23.8%.
#ChartOfTheDay #Welfare
July 2, 2025 at 7:22 AM
We are such a nasty, cheap, little island.
Disappointed that @zackpolanski.bsky.social hasn't mentioned the welfare bill on here at all this week.
The UK left seems hell bent on ignoring disabled ppl.
The bill will only cement labour's betrayal for all impacted & the "eco-populist" movement should offer them a home.
Instead it's silent
The UK left seems hell bent on ignoring disabled ppl.
The bill will only cement labour's betrayal for all impacted & the "eco-populist" movement should offer them a home.
Instead it's silent
July 2, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Disappointed that @zackpolanski.bsky.social hasn't mentioned the welfare bill on here at all this week.
The UK left seems hell bent on ignoring disabled ppl.
The bill will only cement labour's betrayal for all impacted & the "eco-populist" movement should offer them a home.
Instead it's silent
The UK left seems hell bent on ignoring disabled ppl.
The bill will only cement labour's betrayal for all impacted & the "eco-populist" movement should offer them a home.
Instead it's silent
Call me naive but I think we should maybe have rules that say the substance of a bill should be in place *before* it's allowed to get voted on.
The UK's constitutionless vibes based management of our legislative process is shit and should be replaced. Don't care about this history/tradition.
The UK's constitutionless vibes based management of our legislative process is shit and should be replaced. Don't care about this history/tradition.
🚨BREAKING: MPs have just voted for cuts to social security - with unwritten promises from the UK Government
This is reckless.
Disability rights aren’t optional. Poverty is a political choice. This Govt chose it tonight.
We'll keep fighting until this cruel Bill is rejected completely.
This is reckless.
Disability rights aren’t optional. Poverty is a political choice. This Govt chose it tonight.
We'll keep fighting until this cruel Bill is rejected completely.
July 2, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Call me naive but I think we should maybe have rules that say the substance of a bill should be in place *before* it's allowed to get voted on.
The UK's constitutionless vibes based management of our legislative process is shit and should be replaced. Don't care about this history/tradition.
The UK's constitutionless vibes based management of our legislative process is shit and should be replaced. Don't care about this history/tradition.
Of course this vote would happen during a heat wave and whilst I'm very busy with other critical things in my personal life.
No capacity to engage with it.
Fuck labour. I'll forever have disdain for anyone who attached their name to this bill.
No capacity to engage with it.
Fuck labour. I'll forever have disdain for anyone who attached their name to this bill.
July 1, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Of course this vote would happen during a heat wave and whilst I'm very busy with other critical things in my personal life.
No capacity to engage with it.
Fuck labour. I'll forever have disdain for anyone who attached their name to this bill.
No capacity to engage with it.
Fuck labour. I'll forever have disdain for anyone who attached their name to this bill.
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"Particularly for those who are unable to work" i.e. the most vulnerable disabled and long term sick folks, who are on ESA and the Universal Credit heath element / LCWRA
Most Britons are opposed to cuts in disability benefits, particularly for those who are unable to work
For those in work
Support: 33%
Oppose: 53%
For those unable to work
Support: 13%
Oppose: 74%
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
For those in work
Support: 33%
Oppose: 53%
For those unable to work
Support: 13%
Oppose: 74%
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
July 1, 2025 at 12:12 PM
"Particularly for those who are unable to work" i.e. the most vulnerable disabled and long term sick folks, who are on ESA and the Universal Credit heath element / LCWRA
This is actually really important but will be missed because of the government's welfare bill.
If we installed air to air heat pumps in public buildings as a green heating drive then we could also use them as "cold banks" during heatwaves to protect the vulnerable.
This is climate justice.
If we installed air to air heat pumps in public buildings as a green heating drive then we could also use them as "cold banks" during heatwaves to protect the vulnerable.
This is climate justice.
The elderly and vulnerable, the safety of children in our schools, and our NHS services are all at risk during periods of extreme weather.
That's why the government must hold an urgent COBRA meeting - coodination is vital for ensuring that lives and services are protected during high temperatures.
That's why the government must hold an urgent COBRA meeting - coodination is vital for ensuring that lives and services are protected during high temperatures.
Lib Dems call for COBRA meeting as Britain braces for second heatwave
The Liberal Democrats are calling on the Government to hold an urgent COBRA meeting on this week's soaring temperatures.
www.libdems.org.uk
July 1, 2025 at 12:32 PM
This is actually really important but will be missed because of the government's welfare bill.
If we installed air to air heat pumps in public buildings as a green heating drive then we could also use them as "cold banks" during heatwaves to protect the vulnerable.
This is climate justice.
If we installed air to air heat pumps in public buildings as a green heating drive then we could also use them as "cold banks" during heatwaves to protect the vulnerable.
This is climate justice.
Hearing someone mention ableism on the news and applying the concept critically to government policy feels so...
...Validating?
The state and media have been undermining our humanity for so long that I assumed outsiders just couldn't contemplate this obvious discrimination as wrong.
...Validating?
The state and media have been undermining our humanity for so long that I assumed outsiders just couldn't contemplate this obvious discrimination as wrong.
'This is about dignity for disabled people which is why so many of us feel so strongly about this'
Labour MP Rachael Maskell tells #BBCBreakfast 'loads more' MPs have told her they will support her amendment to block the government's welfare reforms
Labour MP Rachael Maskell tells #BBCBreakfast 'loads more' MPs have told her they will support her amendment to block the government's welfare reforms
July 1, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Hearing someone mention ableism on the news and applying the concept critically to government policy feels so...
...Validating?
The state and media have been undermining our humanity for so long that I assumed outsiders just couldn't contemplate this obvious discrimination as wrong.
...Validating?
The state and media have been undermining our humanity for so long that I assumed outsiders just couldn't contemplate this obvious discrimination as wrong.
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Keir Starmer is racist, transphobic. Islamophobic and ableist. It’s okay to say it. He is the Prime Minister for bigots. No one else matters.
June 30, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Keir Starmer is racist, transphobic. Islamophobic and ableist. It’s okay to say it. He is the Prime Minister for bigots. No one else matters.
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"NEW BLOG: The failed advocacy for Universal Credit (LCWRA)
This is an opportunity for reflection for those who may not be aware of the stigma they may be perpetuating regarding Universal Credit e.g. #TakingThePIP. (and some of you just suck!)" by @/AnushaLDN on twitter ko-fi.com/Post/The-fai...
This is an opportunity for reflection for those who may not be aware of the stigma they may be perpetuating regarding Universal Credit e.g. #TakingThePIP. (and some of you just suck!)" by @/AnushaLDN on twitter ko-fi.com/Post/The-fai...
NEW BLOG: The failed advocacy for Universal Credit (LCWRA)
Anusha published a post on Ko-fi
ko-fi.com
June 30, 2025 at 5:03 PM
"NEW BLOG: The failed advocacy for Universal Credit (LCWRA)
This is an opportunity for reflection for those who may not be aware of the stigma they may be perpetuating regarding Universal Credit e.g. #TakingThePIP. (and some of you just suck!)" by @/AnushaLDN on twitter ko-fi.com/Post/The-fai...
This is an opportunity for reflection for those who may not be aware of the stigma they may be perpetuating regarding Universal Credit e.g. #TakingThePIP. (and some of you just suck!)" by @/AnushaLDN on twitter ko-fi.com/Post/The-fai...
More evidence that the vote should at least be postponed. How are MPs supposed to vote on a piece of legislation so large that it's impossible to digest in a day when they are still making such massive changes the day before the vote?!
#PIP #TakingThePIP
#PIP #TakingThePIP
IMPORTANT ADD ON: I will warn that - due to the chaos - the government are adding new information by the day and some of it is already falling under inspection. The above is what it appears so far but until the bill is passed and more details come to light, every fact is…moving.
June 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
More evidence that the vote should at least be postponed. How are MPs supposed to vote on a piece of legislation so large that it's impossible to digest in a day when they are still making such massive changes the day before the vote?!
#PIP #TakingThePIP
#PIP #TakingThePIP
My pet peeve is when programmes don't have the update installer inside their application.
*I'm looking at you blackmagic* 😒
I shouldn't have to go into a web browser to download a zip file and then extract it and run the executable file for an update you're bugging me to install!! 😤
*I'm looking at you blackmagic* 😒
I shouldn't have to go into a web browser to download a zip file and then extract it and run the executable file for an update you're bugging me to install!! 😤
June 30, 2025 at 10:27 AM
My pet peeve is when programmes don't have the update installer inside their application.
*I'm looking at you blackmagic* 😒
I shouldn't have to go into a web browser to download a zip file and then extract it and run the executable file for an update you're bugging me to install!! 😤
*I'm looking at you blackmagic* 😒
I shouldn't have to go into a web browser to download a zip file and then extract it and run the executable file for an update you're bugging me to install!! 😤
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"The NHS is estimated to be spending £50bn a year on the effects of deprivation. One senior figure said there are 'medieval' levels of untreated illness in the poorest communities, including people attending A&E 'with cancerous lumps bursting through their skin'"" www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Britain’s ‘medieval’ health inequality is devastating NHS, experts say
Exclusive: Health service estimated to be spending £50bn a year on effects of deprivation and child poverty
www.theguardian.com
June 29, 2025 at 6:49 PM
"The NHS is estimated to be spending £50bn a year on the effects of deprivation. One senior figure said there are 'medieval' levels of untreated illness in the poorest communities, including people attending A&E 'with cancerous lumps bursting through their skin'"" www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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The government isn't – creating – a two-tier benefits system, sadly this is how the system has always worked against the most vulnerable disabled folks. e.g. removing payments only from new claimants in the means-tested ESA and UC work-preparation group in 2017 💀
June 29, 2025 at 11:05 AM
The government isn't – creating – a two-tier benefits system, sadly this is how the system has always worked against the most vulnerable disabled folks. e.g. removing payments only from new claimants in the means-tested ESA and UC work-preparation group in 2017 💀