16 Million Votes
@16millionvotes.bsky.social
Reminding people of the power of SIXTEEN MILLION disabled people in the UK.
We were taken out by Twitter (X) ONE DAY before the UK election, along with multiple other disability campaign accounts.
Musk cannot control our content here.
We were taken out by Twitter (X) ONE DAY before the UK election, along with multiple other disability campaign accounts.
Musk cannot control our content here.
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The day before the UK election.
X permanently suspended our disability awareness account.
Alongside multiple OTHER disability awareness accounts.
Our accounts were attacked by bots & cloned.
Instead of protecting us - they shut our accounts DOWN! 😡
He cannot control the narrative here.
X permanently suspended our disability awareness account.
Alongside multiple OTHER disability awareness accounts.
Our accounts were attacked by bots & cloned.
Instead of protecting us - they shut our accounts DOWN! 😡
He cannot control the narrative here.
We are back on X for those who are still over there.
Though other disability accounts are being taken out, which is not the first time...
Though other disability accounts are being taken out, which is not the first time...
June 30, 2025 at 3:27 PM
We are back on X for those who are still over there.
Though other disability accounts are being taken out, which is not the first time...
Though other disability accounts are being taken out, which is not the first time...
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Getting closer! 😍
Come on, let's smash it to 100k and then use the spare time to push it as far as possible!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Come on, let's smash it to 100k and then use the spare time to push it as far as possible!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Petition: Apply for the UK to join the European Union as a full member as soon as possible
I believe joining the EU would boost the economy, increase global influence, improve collaboration and provide stability & freedom. I believe that Brexit hasn't brought any tangible benefit and there ...
petition.parliament.uk
February 3, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Getting closer! 😍
Come on, let's smash it to 100k and then use the spare time to push it as far as possible!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Come on, let's smash it to 100k and then use the spare time to push it as far as possible!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
People want to nose and poke around disabled people's business a lot.
Feels like a damn goldfish bowl nowadays.
Politicians are at fault for this. 100%
Feels like a damn goldfish bowl nowadays.
Politicians are at fault for this. 100%
how do you know if someone is disabled or not? you don't! being disabled does not define me, it is a condition of my body. it's not something I want to put in my bio. not everyone wants to disclose out the gate that they are disabled or how they are disabled, and they are entitled to that agency.
February 2, 2025 at 5:36 PM
People want to nose and poke around disabled people's business a lot.
Feels like a damn goldfish bowl nowadays.
Politicians are at fault for this. 100%
Feels like a damn goldfish bowl nowadays.
Politicians are at fault for this. 100%
Labour continuing the OBSCENE Tory approach to disability.
The wealth gap has massively increased.
NHS is screwed due to the last Government.
Brexit wrecked our economy.
A PANDEMIC HAPPENED.
But sure, it's disabled people.
@torstenbell.bsky.social - please pass that message on to your boss.
The wealth gap has massively increased.
NHS is screwed due to the last Government.
Brexit wrecked our economy.
A PANDEMIC HAPPENED.
But sure, it's disabled people.
@torstenbell.bsky.social - please pass that message on to your boss.
rachel reeves isn’t stupid. she *knows* a huge number of people are either too physically or mentally ill to meet the demands of work. she *knows* disability benefit fraud is a minuscule sum, effectively 0%. she’s just a scapegoat-seeking sadist happy to kill off disabled people
February 2, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Labour continuing the OBSCENE Tory approach to disability.
The wealth gap has massively increased.
NHS is screwed due to the last Government.
Brexit wrecked our economy.
A PANDEMIC HAPPENED.
But sure, it's disabled people.
@torstenbell.bsky.social - please pass that message on to your boss.
The wealth gap has massively increased.
NHS is screwed due to the last Government.
Brexit wrecked our economy.
A PANDEMIC HAPPENED.
But sure, it's disabled people.
@torstenbell.bsky.social - please pass that message on to your boss.
Politics and media has to stop pandering to the reich wing.
Sorry, right wing.
Sorry, right wing.
February 2, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Politics and media has to stop pandering to the reich wing.
Sorry, right wing.
Sorry, right wing.
No, instead they will empower the far right further and continue their attacks on vulnerable people in society - like the disabled - whilst giving a free pass to REFORM because they won't correct a poor economic decision which their leader was a key architect of!
TAKE BACK CONTROL FROM FARAGE FGS.
TAKE BACK CONTROL FROM FARAGE FGS.
“No return to the customs union, to the single market or to free movement and that remains the case” says Home Secretary Yvette Cooper
It’s simply impossible to reconcile the governments stubborn & entrenched position on Brexit with its policy of “growth, growth, growth”
It’s simply impossible to reconcile the governments stubborn & entrenched position on Brexit with its policy of “growth, growth, growth”
February 2, 2025 at 2:28 PM
No, instead they will empower the far right further and continue their attacks on vulnerable people in society - like the disabled - whilst giving a free pass to REFORM because they won't correct a poor economic decision which their leader was a key architect of!
TAKE BACK CONTROL FROM FARAGE FGS.
TAKE BACK CONTROL FROM FARAGE FGS.
The media generally only care about selling newspapers, getting clicks, and advertising revenues.
It doesn't matter who is fodder on their quest.
It's disabled people - again.
Which Reform also love to hate of course.
It doesn't matter who is fodder on their quest.
It's disabled people - again.
Which Reform also love to hate of course.
This Green Party surge is pretty amazing, I guess it’s because the media won’t stop putting them on TV and quoting them on front pages.
February 2, 2025 at 2:26 PM
The media generally only care about selling newspapers, getting clicks, and advertising revenues.
It doesn't matter who is fodder on their quest.
It's disabled people - again.
Which Reform also love to hate of course.
It doesn't matter who is fodder on their quest.
It's disabled people - again.
Which Reform also love to hate of course.
Anyone else fed up of hearing about Reform's clown show?
@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social @skynewss.bsky.social et all.
UK Labour appear to be on the warpath against disabled people - you were tactically voted in. There are millions of us.
@torstenbell.bsky.social your party don't have an account here.
@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social @skynewss.bsky.social et all.
UK Labour appear to be on the warpath against disabled people - you were tactically voted in. There are millions of us.
@torstenbell.bsky.social your party don't have an account here.
February 2, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Anyone else fed up of hearing about Reform's clown show?
@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social @skynewss.bsky.social et all.
UK Labour appear to be on the warpath against disabled people - you were tactically voted in. There are millions of us.
@torstenbell.bsky.social your party don't have an account here.
@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social @skynewss.bsky.social et all.
UK Labour appear to be on the warpath against disabled people - you were tactically voted in. There are millions of us.
@torstenbell.bsky.social your party don't have an account here.
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My girlfriend is about to beat me at Jenga but I remain a much better person.
January 18, 2025 at 5:28 PM
My girlfriend is about to beat me at Jenga but I remain a much better person.
Sure there was a name for this?
Watch this.
A MAGA-aligned school board in North Texas has a plan to split the district in two. The whiter, wealthier half would remain in Keller ISD; the side with more apartments and families of color would be spun off into its own, separate district
A MAGA-aligned school board in North Texas has a plan to split the district in two. The whiter, wealthier half would remain in Keller ISD; the side with more apartments and families of color would be spun off into its own, separate district
January 17, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Sure there was a name for this?
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A victory for patient safety: our case against the GMC over their failure to properly regulate Associates is now heading straight to the High Court!
The Court ruled it raises serious issues of importance for patients & professionals, and he granted permission and expedition.
bit.ly/AUgoahead
The Court ruled it raises serious issues of importance for patients & professionals, and he granted permission and expedition.
bit.ly/AUgoahead
Court gives us the go-ahead - Anaesthetists United
Court gives us the go-ahead
anaesthetistsunited.com
January 15, 2025 at 9:54 PM
A victory for patient safety: our case against the GMC over their failure to properly regulate Associates is now heading straight to the High Court!
The Court ruled it raises serious issues of importance for patients & professionals, and he granted permission and expedition.
bit.ly/AUgoahead
The Court ruled it raises serious issues of importance for patients & professionals, and he granted permission and expedition.
bit.ly/AUgoahead
Disabled people continue to be, along with other marginalised groups, a scapegoat for the disaster that Brexit has become.
This topic must come back into the public discussion.
#Brexit
This topic must come back into the public discussion.
#Brexit
January 16, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Disabled people continue to be, along with other marginalised groups, a scapegoat for the disaster that Brexit has become.
This topic must come back into the public discussion.
#Brexit
This topic must come back into the public discussion.
#Brexit
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After 14 yrs of Tory neglect patients in England hospitals dying in corridors, pregnant women miscarrying in side rooms.
Cupboards, car parks, bathrooms used as makeshift areas for patients
All to fund tax cuts for corporations & the rich and facilitate privatisation.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Cupboards, car parks, bathrooms used as makeshift areas for patients
All to fund tax cuts for corporations & the rich and facilitate privatisation.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Patients dying in hospital corridors, say nurses
The Royal College of Nursing details harrowing cases from more than 5,000 nurses across the UK.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 16, 2025 at 7:04 AM
After 14 yrs of Tory neglect patients in England hospitals dying in corridors, pregnant women miscarrying in side rooms.
Cupboards, car parks, bathrooms used as makeshift areas for patients
All to fund tax cuts for corporations & the rich and facilitate privatisation.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Cupboards, car parks, bathrooms used as makeshift areas for patients
All to fund tax cuts for corporations & the rich and facilitate privatisation.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Goldman Sachs quarterly profits double to $4.11bn, biggest quarterly profit in three years.
Profits made from speculation on price of food and commodities.
Their profits are our inflation and poverty.
Must levy windfall taxes. But govts in cahoots with banks.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Profits made from speculation on price of food and commodities.
Their profits are our inflation and poverty.
Must levy windfall taxes. But govts in cahoots with banks.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Goldman Sachs reports biggest quarterly profit in three years
Investment bank beats Wall Street expectations as it reports earning $11.95 per share in fourth quarter
www.theguardian.com
January 15, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Goldman Sachs quarterly profits double to $4.11bn, biggest quarterly profit in three years.
Profits made from speculation on price of food and commodities.
Their profits are our inflation and poverty.
Must levy windfall taxes. But govts in cahoots with banks.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Profits made from speculation on price of food and commodities.
Their profits are our inflation and poverty.
Must levy windfall taxes. But govts in cahoots with banks.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Come on Mars, just because Musk wants to visit you, doesn't mean even you need to lurch to the right.
Mind you, he does talk a load of Pollux.
Mind you, he does talk a load of Pollux.
January 15, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Come on Mars, just because Musk wants to visit you, doesn't mean even you need to lurch to the right.
Mind you, he does talk a load of Pollux.
Mind you, he does talk a load of Pollux.
@asifkapadia.bsky.social Just watched you on the zoom - mad what you've been through!
January 15, 2025 at 6:04 PM
@asifkapadia.bsky.social Just watched you on the zoom - mad what you've been through!
"If you don't want fascism, just stop it".
This is what happens when Rigby is not in a toxic echo chamber.
She has been told, repeatedly, and in no uncertain terms, what is happening.
I wonder - will it make her take stock of what's going on?
Probs not, but the thread is entertaining anyway.
This is what happens when Rigby is not in a toxic echo chamber.
She has been told, repeatedly, and in no uncertain terms, what is happening.
I wonder - will it make her take stock of what's going on?
Probs not, but the thread is entertaining anyway.
January 15, 2025 at 12:31 AM
"If you don't want fascism, just stop it".
This is what happens when Rigby is not in a toxic echo chamber.
She has been told, repeatedly, and in no uncertain terms, what is happening.
I wonder - will it make her take stock of what's going on?
Probs not, but the thread is entertaining anyway.
This is what happens when Rigby is not in a toxic echo chamber.
She has been told, repeatedly, and in no uncertain terms, what is happening.
I wonder - will it make her take stock of what's going on?
Probs not, but the thread is entertaining anyway.
Yes, because you are giving Reform too much coverage and have chased around after them like hyperactive children smashed out of their skulls on 1980s E number laden sweets.
And the rest of us are sick to death of it.
You are most welcome.
And the rest of us are sick to death of it.
You are most welcome.
Have had a bit of criticism here from those who say me/broadcasters giving Reform too much coverage. Read the article I wrote. The point is, Reform is challenging Tories & becoming the (bigger) vessel compared to other parties w voters disillusioned in politics. How this plays out critical 2 next GE
Reform just 1pp behind Lab, acc to YouGov poll for @SkyNews & pushed Tories into 3rd place
- Lab 26% (35% in GE)
- Reform UK 25% (15%)
- Cons 22% (24%)
- Lib Dem 14% (13%)
- Greens 8% (7%)
Column below looking at Reform & its threat to Tories/Lab in 2025> www.standard.co.uk/comment/nige...
- Lab 26% (35% in GE)
- Reform UK 25% (15%)
- Cons 22% (24%)
- Lib Dem 14% (13%)
- Greens 8% (7%)
Column below looking at Reform & its threat to Tories/Lab in 2025> www.standard.co.uk/comment/nige...
January 15, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Yes, because you are giving Reform too much coverage and have chased around after them like hyperactive children smashed out of their skulls on 1980s E number laden sweets.
And the rest of us are sick to death of it.
You are most welcome.
And the rest of us are sick to death of it.
You are most welcome.
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Whose idea was it to wheel out a Labour ex-PM for a Reform-style rant about folk allegedly claiming benefits for "self-diagnosing" with depression in a country starting 2025 with overwhelmed A&E and "ruthless public sector cuts" while being told there's £2bn for having "AI mainlined into its veins"?
January 14, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Whose idea was it to wheel out a Labour ex-PM for a Reform-style rant about folk allegedly claiming benefits for "self-diagnosing" with depression in a country starting 2025 with overwhelmed A&E and "ruthless public sector cuts" while being told there's £2bn for having "AI mainlined into its veins"?
An excellent, if depressing, synopsis of where we are.
We have to stop seeing news broadcasting as a traditional format for providing information. It's now just Reality TV based around trending topics: "Nigel is in the kitchen, slagging off Keir to Beth. ... Laura's in the bedroom, bitching about Rachel to Kemi." Understand that, and it all makes sense.
January 14, 2025 at 10:04 PM
An excellent, if depressing, synopsis of where we are.
January 14, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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Great job Carla! Really important step forward 🙂
Really pleased the minister agreed to meet me to discuss my #RentersRightsBill amendment to give disabled people the right to adapt their home to meet their needs. Not counting chickens yet but potential big win for all who campaigned on this. I'll continue to push this forward.
January 14, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Great job Carla! Really important step forward 🙂
@supertanskiiii.bsky.social
We are back. X took us out the day before the election, multiple other disabled awareness accounts got taken out.
Some managed to fight back, others didn't.
So many lost contacts and resources. Was mortifying.
We came under mass bot attacks & had the accounts cloned
We are back. X took us out the day before the election, multiple other disabled awareness accounts got taken out.
Some managed to fight back, others didn't.
So many lost contacts and resources. Was mortifying.
We came under mass bot attacks & had the accounts cloned
January 14, 2025 at 4:36 PM
@supertanskiiii.bsky.social
We are back. X took us out the day before the election, multiple other disabled awareness accounts got taken out.
Some managed to fight back, others didn't.
So many lost contacts and resources. Was mortifying.
We came under mass bot attacks & had the accounts cloned
We are back. X took us out the day before the election, multiple other disabled awareness accounts got taken out.
Some managed to fight back, others didn't.
So many lost contacts and resources. Was mortifying.
We came under mass bot attacks & had the accounts cloned