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Ryders House - 1933
https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/3103976
https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/3103976
November 11, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Ryders House - 1933
https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/3103976
https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/3103976
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We haven't heard a peep from the Government RE: the letter they received from the UN, and the response was due on Monday.⏰
Disabled voices have been brushed off for months; welcome to the club, UN! Fancy a cuppa?☕
Disabled voices have been brushed off for months; welcome to the club, UN! Fancy a cuppa?☕
The UK Government from time to time finds itself in trouble with the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
The present Government, in keeping with tradition, has just been written to by the UN, expressing concern at the cuts to #DisabilityBenefits.
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The present Government, in keeping with tradition, has just been written to by the UN, expressing concern at the cuts to #DisabilityBenefits.
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August 14, 2025 at 2:21 PM
We haven't heard a peep from the Government RE: the letter they received from the UN, and the response was due on Monday.⏰
Disabled voices have been brushed off for months; welcome to the club, UN! Fancy a cuppa?☕
Disabled voices have been brushed off for months; welcome to the club, UN! Fancy a cuppa?☕
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Murray "We need to be doing everything we possibly can [to get aid in]"
So you'll summon the Israeli Ambassador & demand that if unlimited aid isnt trucked in within 24hrs then all economic & military ties will be suspended, sanctions will be imposed & she'll be expelled
Right?
So you'll summon the Israeli Ambassador & demand that if unlimited aid isnt trucked in within 24hrs then all economic & military ties will be suspended, sanctions will be imposed & she'll be expelled
Right?
July 27, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Murray "We need to be doing everything we possibly can [to get aid in]"
So you'll summon the Israeli Ambassador & demand that if unlimited aid isnt trucked in within 24hrs then all economic & military ties will be suspended, sanctions will be imposed & she'll be expelled
Right?
So you'll summon the Israeli Ambassador & demand that if unlimited aid isnt trucked in within 24hrs then all economic & military ties will be suspended, sanctions will be imposed & she'll be expelled
Right?
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Politics is not a game. It's people's lives.
The Government's welfare cuts will have a catastrophic impact on the sick & disabled, and plunge hundreds of thousands of people into poverty.
It's simple: show some humanity and drop this Bill, now.
The Government's welfare cuts will have a catastrophic impact on the sick & disabled, and plunge hundreds of thousands of people into poverty.
It's simple: show some humanity and drop this Bill, now.
June 26, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Politics is not a game. It's people's lives.
The Government's welfare cuts will have a catastrophic impact on the sick & disabled, and plunge hundreds of thousands of people into poverty.
It's simple: show some humanity and drop this Bill, now.
The Government's welfare cuts will have a catastrophic impact on the sick & disabled, and plunge hundreds of thousands of people into poverty.
It's simple: show some humanity and drop this Bill, now.
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Starmer's changed Labour Party have revealed their true colours. What a vile bunch of bloodthirsty neoliberal charlatans they turned out to be, absolute betrayal of everything the party was founded on.
June 26, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Starmer's changed Labour Party have revealed their true colours. What a vile bunch of bloodthirsty neoliberal charlatans they turned out to be, absolute betrayal of everything the party was founded on.
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Petty middle management bullying is all they know
June 25, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Petty middle management bullying is all they know
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I am one of the 108 signatories on the Reasoned Amendment to the Universal Credit & Personal Independence Payment Bill.
June 24, 2025 at 7:50 AM
I am one of the 108 signatories on the Reasoned Amendment to the Universal Credit & Personal Independence Payment Bill.
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Burly Cobb's House, South Truro - 1930
https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/3103977
https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/3103977
June 3, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Burly Cobb's House, South Truro - 1930
https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/3103977
https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/3103977
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Labour MPs are rebelling against the government's plans for disability benefit cuts. The Big Issue got in touch to ask them why.
Disability benefit cuts 'impossible to support', Starmer told by his own MPs
www.bigissue.com
May 8, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Labour MPs are rebelling against the government's plans for disability benefit cuts. The Big Issue got in touch to ask them why.
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The UNCRPD has called for Canada to cease what it describes as the assisted suicide of patients based on “negative, ableist perceptions” because of “systemic failures” in essential services such as accessible housing, healthcare & employment support.
Sound familiar?
www.thecanary.co/global/world...
Sound familiar?
www.thecanary.co/global/world...
The UN just slammed Canada's assisted suicide laws - yet Labour wants the UK to be next?
The UNCRPD has called for Canada to cease what it describes as the assisted suicide of patients based on “negative, ableist perceptions”
www.thecanary.co
April 24, 2025 at 11:42 AM
The UNCRPD has called for Canada to cease what it describes as the assisted suicide of patients based on “negative, ableist perceptions” because of “systemic failures” in essential services such as accessible housing, healthcare & employment support.
Sound familiar?
www.thecanary.co/global/world...
Sound familiar?
www.thecanary.co/global/world...
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I was wondering if this might happen.
Hungary didn't apply to withdraw from the ICC until after Netanyahu visited.
Besides, they remain signatories for a year after their application to leave, if indeed it has been formally made at all.
Hungary didn't apply to withdraw from the ICC until after Netanyahu visited.
Besides, they remain signatories for a year after their application to leave, if indeed it has been formally made at all.
Wow. The International Criminal Court has opened proceedings against Hungary for failing to comply with the Court's request to arrest Benjamin Netanyahu and surrender him to the Court, and invited Hungary to provide submissions by 23 May 2025.
April 18, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I was wondering if this might happen.
Hungary didn't apply to withdraw from the ICC until after Netanyahu visited.
Besides, they remain signatories for a year after their application to leave, if indeed it has been formally made at all.
Hungary didn't apply to withdraw from the ICC until after Netanyahu visited.
Besides, they remain signatories for a year after their application to leave, if indeed it has been formally made at all.
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🚨 Clinicians:
The government plans to cut billions from disability benefits.
We’re already seeing the consequences — patients in anguish, carers pushed to the edge.
Please sign + share this open letter. Our voices carry real weight — let’s use them.
tinyurl.com/4vav3vnv
#WelfareNotWarfare
The government plans to cut billions from disability benefits.
We’re already seeing the consequences — patients in anguish, carers pushed to the edge.
Please sign + share this open letter. Our voices carry real weight — let’s use them.
tinyurl.com/4vav3vnv
#WelfareNotWarfare
Disability Benefits Cuts
Open Letter: Disability Benefits Cuts Are Creating a Public Health Emergency
To: Chancellor Rachel Reeves, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Liz Kendall, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, and Me...
tinyurl.com
April 18, 2025 at 2:55 PM
🚨 Clinicians:
The government plans to cut billions from disability benefits.
We’re already seeing the consequences — patients in anguish, carers pushed to the edge.
Please sign + share this open letter. Our voices carry real weight — let’s use them.
tinyurl.com/4vav3vnv
#WelfareNotWarfare
The government plans to cut billions from disability benefits.
We’re already seeing the consequences — patients in anguish, carers pushed to the edge.
Please sign + share this open letter. Our voices carry real weight — let’s use them.
tinyurl.com/4vav3vnv
#WelfareNotWarfare
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Fun fact: there was no debate either in the press nor parliament giving any reasons whatsoever for weed to be made illegal
It was just on a list of drugs the US had already made illegal & we followed suit because we're a vassal state
It was made illegal in the US mainly due to a racist moral panic
It was just on a list of drugs the US had already made illegal & we followed suit because we're a vassal state
It was made illegal in the US mainly due to a racist moral panic
This Sunday is the annual "420 Day" in Hyde Park in London to protest against cannabis remaining illegal. The Metropolitan Police has made it clear that it plans a "strong and visible police presence" and is likely to make arrests.
So Londoners, you can all sleep safely in our beds...
So Londoners, you can all sleep safely in our beds...
April 17, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Fun fact: there was no debate either in the press nor parliament giving any reasons whatsoever for weed to be made illegal
It was just on a list of drugs the US had already made illegal & we followed suit because we're a vassal state
It was made illegal in the US mainly due to a racist moral panic
It was just on a list of drugs the US had already made illegal & we followed suit because we're a vassal state
It was made illegal in the US mainly due to a racist moral panic
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Labour's rebrand, using Parliamentary colours and emblems, is taking on a pace.
I'm confused, though. Do I need to vote any longer, now that Parliament has representatives in our constituencies, rather than constituencies having representatives in Parliament?
I'm confused, though. Do I need to vote any longer, now that Parliament has representatives in our constituencies, rather than constituencies having representatives in Parliament?
April 14, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Labour's rebrand, using Parliamentary colours and emblems, is taking on a pace.
I'm confused, though. Do I need to vote any longer, now that Parliament has representatives in our constituencies, rather than constituencies having representatives in Parliament?
I'm confused, though. Do I need to vote any longer, now that Parliament has representatives in our constituencies, rather than constituencies having representatives in Parliament?
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Nice people made the best Nazis.
April 12, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Nice people made the best Nazis.
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Amazing—the arrogance of Labour MPs, especially the frontbench, in thinking they understand mental and physical health, behavioural science, risk, and what it would take to rebuild trust in the DWP better than ALL disabled people, health organisations, and researchers combined.
March 28, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Amazing—the arrogance of Labour MPs, especially the frontbench, in thinking they understand mental and physical health, behavioural science, risk, and what it would take to rebuild trust in the DWP better than ALL disabled people, health organisations, and researchers combined.
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Waves and Rocky Shore - 1916
March 28, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Waves and Rocky Shore - 1916
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Oregon Coast - 1941
March 27, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Oregon Coast - 1941
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What’s announced is appalling—and we’ll fight it with every spoon we’ve got.
But the biggest threats (like PIP 4+ & LCWRA changes) are far off for existing claimants and there is transitional protection .
We have time.
We have each other.
Please don’t do anything rash x
#WelfareNotWarfare
But the biggest threats (like PIP 4+ & LCWRA changes) are far off for existing claimants and there is transitional protection .
We have time.
We have each other.
Please don’t do anything rash x
#WelfareNotWarfare
March 26, 2025 at 6:27 PM
What’s announced is appalling—and we’ll fight it with every spoon we’ve got.
But the biggest threats (like PIP 4+ & LCWRA changes) are far off for existing claimants and there is transitional protection .
We have time.
We have each other.
Please don’t do anything rash x
#WelfareNotWarfare
But the biggest threats (like PIP 4+ & LCWRA changes) are far off for existing claimants and there is transitional protection .
We have time.
We have each other.
Please don’t do anything rash x
#WelfareNotWarfare
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The independent regulator has announced a £2,500 pay rise for MPs.
At a time when disabled people are facing the biggest cuts to disability benefits on record, this is simply wrong.
I’ll be donating mine to charities supporting disabled people in Coventry & across the country.
At a time when disabled people are facing the biggest cuts to disability benefits on record, this is simply wrong.
I’ll be donating mine to charities supporting disabled people in Coventry & across the country.
March 24, 2025 at 9:06 PM
The independent regulator has announced a £2,500 pay rise for MPs.
At a time when disabled people are facing the biggest cuts to disability benefits on record, this is simply wrong.
I’ll be donating mine to charities supporting disabled people in Coventry & across the country.
At a time when disabled people are facing the biggest cuts to disability benefits on record, this is simply wrong.
I’ll be donating mine to charities supporting disabled people in Coventry & across the country.
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@francesryan.bsky.social reports on the "domino effect" of Disability benefit cuts.
Making people poorer will do nothing but harm.
Tell your MP - NO to cuts.
buff.ly/hTMuIjl
Making people poorer will do nothing but harm.
Tell your MP - NO to cuts.
buff.ly/hTMuIjl
“I can’t sleep, I’m so scared.”
My report in tomorrow’s Guardian on the disability benefit cuts “domino effect”: losing PIP will see unpaid carers lose their benefits too - pulling away two main strands of a family’s income at once. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
My report in tomorrow’s Guardian on the disability benefit cuts “domino effect”: losing PIP will see unpaid carers lose their benefits too - pulling away two main strands of a family’s income at once. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
‘I can’t sleep, I’m so scared’: disabled people face benefit cuts domino effect
Three people tell how knock-on impact of losing Pip on carer’s allowance and other benefits will affect their families
www.theguardian.com
March 25, 2025 at 10:59 AM
@francesryan.bsky.social reports on the "domino effect" of Disability benefit cuts.
Making people poorer will do nothing but harm.
Tell your MP - NO to cuts.
buff.ly/hTMuIjl
Making people poorer will do nothing but harm.
Tell your MP - NO to cuts.
buff.ly/hTMuIjl
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No Other Land depicts the horrifying violence Palestinians in the West Bank endure under apartheid.
Yesterday, its co-director Hamdan Ballal was beaten in his home by settlers before being detained by Israeli forces.
People applauded Hamdan. Now they are silent. Free Hamdan.
Yesterday, its co-director Hamdan Ballal was beaten in his home by settlers before being detained by Israeli forces.
People applauded Hamdan. Now they are silent. Free Hamdan.
March 25, 2025 at 11:15 AM
No Other Land depicts the horrifying violence Palestinians in the West Bank endure under apartheid.
Yesterday, its co-director Hamdan Ballal was beaten in his home by settlers before being detained by Israeli forces.
People applauded Hamdan. Now they are silent. Free Hamdan.
Yesterday, its co-director Hamdan Ballal was beaten in his home by settlers before being detained by Israeli forces.
People applauded Hamdan. Now they are silent. Free Hamdan.