Amanda Devaure-Croft
@amandadvc.bsky.social
Changing the world one wardrobe relationship at a time.
@mindfulstylecoach
Please send photos of cats.
@mindfulstylecoach
Please send photos of cats.
Reposted by Amanda Devaure-Croft
This is not policing.
This is state repression, in support of a genocidal rogue apartheid state.
Starmer's regime brings shame on the UK, they have to go.
This is state repression, in support of a genocidal rogue apartheid state.
Starmer's regime brings shame on the UK, they have to go.
Watch as an activist is arrested in Glasgow for displaying a sign reading 'genocide in Palestine, time to take action'
'We're not terrorists', he said as he was taken away by police
'We're not terrorists', he said as he was taken away by police
July 18, 2025 at 11:40 AM
This is not policing.
This is state repression, in support of a genocidal rogue apartheid state.
Starmer's regime brings shame on the UK, they have to go.
This is state repression, in support of a genocidal rogue apartheid state.
Starmer's regime brings shame on the UK, they have to go.
@quietriotpod.bsky.social Have you seen this video of Kent police misusing the proscription legislation to threaten an anti-genocide demonstrator because it gives them 'grounds to suspect' they support PA? Inevitable & needs urgent clarification by Home Secretary.
www.instagram.com/reel/DMJJ1GF...
www.instagram.com/reel/DMJJ1GF...
Login • Instagram
Welcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world.
www.instagram.com
July 16, 2025 at 7:46 PM
@quietriotpod.bsky.social Have you seen this video of Kent police misusing the proscription legislation to threaten an anti-genocide demonstrator because it gives them 'grounds to suspect' they support PA? Inevitable & needs urgent clarification by Home Secretary.
www.instagram.com/reel/DMJJ1GF...
www.instagram.com/reel/DMJJ1GF...
@adamwagner1.bsky.social Have you seen this video of Kent police misusing the proscription legislation to threaten an anti-genocide demonstrator because it gives them 'grounds to suspect' they support PA? Inevitable & needs urgent clarification by Home Secretary.
www.instagram.com/reel/DMJJ1GF...
www.instagram.com/reel/DMJJ1GF...
Login • Instagram
Welcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world.
www.instagram.com
July 16, 2025 at 7:45 PM
@adamwagner1.bsky.social Have you seen this video of Kent police misusing the proscription legislation to threaten an anti-genocide demonstrator because it gives them 'grounds to suspect' they support PA? Inevitable & needs urgent clarification by Home Secretary.
www.instagram.com/reel/DMJJ1GF...
www.instagram.com/reel/DMJJ1GF...
@stevepeers.bsky.social Have you seen this video of Kent police misusing the proscription legislation to threaten an anti-genocide demonstrator because it gives them 'grounds to suspect' they support PA? Inevitable & needs urgent clarification by Home Secretary.
www.instagram.com/reel/DMJJ1GF...
www.instagram.com/reel/DMJJ1GF...
Login • Instagram
Welcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world.
www.instagram.com
July 16, 2025 at 7:44 PM
@stevepeers.bsky.social Have you seen this video of Kent police misusing the proscription legislation to threaten an anti-genocide demonstrator because it gives them 'grounds to suspect' they support PA? Inevitable & needs urgent clarification by Home Secretary.
www.instagram.com/reel/DMJJ1GF...
www.instagram.com/reel/DMJJ1GF...
Reposted by Amanda Devaure-Croft
Welfare bill climbdown will have ‘a cost’ at budget, says UK minister.
Another tactic for driving down people's aspirations.
UK can bail out banks, subsidise corporations, fund wars but somehow thecan't tackle poverty.
Last yr HMRC didn't collect £46.8bn of taxes; over £500bn since 2020.
Another tactic for driving down people's aspirations.
UK can bail out banks, subsidise corporations, fund wars but somehow thecan't tackle poverty.
Last yr HMRC didn't collect £46.8bn of taxes; over £500bn since 2020.
Welfare bill climbdown will have ‘a cost’ at budget, says senior minister
Pat McFadden says U-turn will change calculations, as IFS says tax rises in autumn look increasingly likely
www.theguardian.com
July 2, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Welfare bill climbdown will have ‘a cost’ at budget, says UK minister.
Another tactic for driving down people's aspirations.
UK can bail out banks, subsidise corporations, fund wars but somehow thecan't tackle poverty.
Last yr HMRC didn't collect £46.8bn of taxes; over £500bn since 2020.
Another tactic for driving down people's aspirations.
UK can bail out banks, subsidise corporations, fund wars but somehow thecan't tackle poverty.
Last yr HMRC didn't collect £46.8bn of taxes; over £500bn since 2020.
Getting really sick of MPs and journalists trotting out the line about people with "serious lifelong conditions" no longer being reassessed. Have these people read the severe conditions criteria? Hardly anyone will qualify. You pretty much need to be quadriplegic.
#politicslive #pip #welfarebill
#politicslive #pip #welfarebill
July 2, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Getting really sick of MPs and journalists trotting out the line about people with "serious lifelong conditions" no longer being reassessed. Have these people read the severe conditions criteria? Hardly anyone will qualify. You pretty much need to be quadriplegic.
#politicslive #pip #welfarebill
#politicslive #pip #welfarebill
PM asked at #pmqs if he realises this has eroded trust; gives snippy response.
Meanwhile
As he heads home, Boxall is “drained” and “resentful” of the months of stress he and other disabled and sick people have faced. “As a community, we’ve been put through a mental and physical wringer,” he says.
Meanwhile
As he heads home, Boxall is “drained” and “resentful” of the months of stress he and other disabled and sick people have faced. “As a community, we’ve been put through a mental and physical wringer,” he says.
“It’ll take days bedbound to recover, but if we don’t fight our own corner, who will?”
I spoke to disabled people fighting the welfare bill - and got their reaction on last night’s chaotic vote. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
I spoke to disabled people fighting the welfare bill - and got their reaction on last night’s chaotic vote. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘This isn’t a U-turn’: disabled people react to passing of watered-down welfare bill
Campaigners call government’s climbdown on personal independence payments ‘desperate’ and vow to fight on
www.theguardian.com
July 2, 2025 at 11:43 AM
PM asked at #pmqs if he realises this has eroded trust; gives snippy response.
Meanwhile
As he heads home, Boxall is “drained” and “resentful” of the months of stress he and other disabled and sick people have faced. “As a community, we’ve been put through a mental and physical wringer,” he says.
Meanwhile
As he heads home, Boxall is “drained” and “resentful” of the months of stress he and other disabled and sick people have faced. “As a community, we’ve been put through a mental and physical wringer,” he says.
No #lizkendall at #pmqs today, I see..
July 2, 2025 at 11:26 AM
No #lizkendall at #pmqs today, I see..
The sheer callousness and ableism by this woman on #politicslive is breathtaking.
July 2, 2025 at 11:01 AM
The sheer callousness and ableism by this woman on #politicslive is breathtaking.
How dare anyone say we should 'absolutely' second guess medical specialists who have treated me for years? The woman in the floral dress has never seen a PIp application form. It is incredibly difficult to receive. And it's not 40k a year! She needs to inform herself.
#politicslive #bbc
#politicslive #bbc
July 2, 2025 at 10:59 AM
How dare anyone say we should 'absolutely' second guess medical specialists who have treated me for years? The woman in the floral dress has never seen a PIp application form. It is incredibly difficult to receive. And it's not 40k a year! She needs to inform herself.
#politicslive #bbc
#politicslive #bbc
An excellent summary of why the 4-point criteria suggestion was so pernicious.
NEW FROM ME -
Britain is abandoning international medical consensus on disability.
Every other developed nation recognizes cumulative impairment as genuine severity.
We're about to become an anomaly—and the logic of 4+ suggests it was deliberate.
tinyurl.com/mwwb5xv4
Britain is abandoning international medical consensus on disability.
Every other developed nation recognizes cumulative impairment as genuine severity.
We're about to become an anomaly—and the logic of 4+ suggests it was deliberate.
tinyurl.com/mwwb5xv4
Who Will Count as Disabled Tomorrow?
The dangerous redefinition of welfare disguised as Labour's compassionate reform.
tinyurl.com
July 1, 2025 at 5:53 PM
An excellent summary of why the 4-point criteria suggestion was so pernicious.
Some powerful speeches in parliament today, including that by @laverymp.bsky.social acknowledging people who voted for Labour had faith, but it's dwindling, and the party needs to restore it by taking actions that show compassion and care.
#takingthepip
#takingthepip
July 1, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Some powerful speeches in parliament today, including that by @laverymp.bsky.social acknowledging people who voted for Labour had faith, but it's dwindling, and the party needs to restore it by taking actions that show compassion and care.
#takingthepip
#takingthepip
Thank you @chrismcdonaldmp.bsky.social for saying so clearly that people's lives are just as valuable whether they are in work or not. The value-loaded rhetoric around this bill has directly attacked that principle, causing significant distress. Dignity, unconditional support & trust. Thank you.
July 1, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Thank you @chrismcdonaldmp.bsky.social for saying so clearly that people's lives are just as valuable whether they are in work or not. The value-loaded rhetoric around this bill has directly attacked that principle, causing significant distress. Dignity, unconditional support & trust. Thank you.
Ayoub Khan saying it exactly as it is in the House of Commons.
"Morally indefensible."
"Offensive."
"Punishing."
"Shameful"
"This bill tramples the values of solidarity and dignity the welfare state was built upon."
#takingthepip
"Morally indefensible."
"Offensive."
"Punishing."
"Shameful"
"This bill tramples the values of solidarity and dignity the welfare state was built upon."
#takingthepip
July 1, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Ayoub Khan saying it exactly as it is in the House of Commons.
"Morally indefensible."
"Offensive."
"Punishing."
"Shameful"
"This bill tramples the values of solidarity and dignity the welfare state was built upon."
#takingthepip
"Morally indefensible."
"Offensive."
"Punishing."
"Shameful"
"This bill tramples the values of solidarity and dignity the welfare state was built upon."
#takingthepip
Two-thirds of the UK think the PIP and UC cuts are cruel.
Every MP should take note. Labour MPs like mine (@alistrathern.bsky.social) should consider whether they can afford to turn two-thirds of their constituents off voting for them again.
Every MP should take note. Labour MPs like mine (@alistrathern.bsky.social) should consider whether they can afford to turn two-thirds of their constituents off voting for them again.
Labour’s planned PIP disability cuts are cruel, say two-thirds of UK
Most people are against planned changes to disability benefit assessments as MPs prepare to vote on controversial welfare bill
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Most people are against planned changes to disability benefit assessments as MPs prepare to vote on controversial welfare bill
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Labour’s planned PIP disability cuts are cruel, say two-thirds of UK
Most people are against planned changes to disability benefit assessments as MPs prepare to vote on controversial welfare bill
www.independent.co.uk
July 1, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Two-thirds of the UK think the PIP and UC cuts are cruel.
Every MP should take note. Labour MPs like mine (@alistrathern.bsky.social) should consider whether they can afford to turn two-thirds of their constituents off voting for them again.
Every MP should take note. Labour MPs like mine (@alistrathern.bsky.social) should consider whether they can afford to turn two-thirds of their constituents off voting for them again.
Reposted by Amanda Devaure-Croft
Labour’s planned PIP disability cuts are cruel, say two-thirds of UK
Most people are against planned changes to disability benefit assessments as MPs prepare to vote on controversial welfare bill
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Most people are against planned changes to disability benefit assessments as MPs prepare to vote on controversial welfare bill
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Labour’s planned PIP disability cuts are cruel, say two-thirds of UK
Most people are against planned changes to disability benefit assessments as MPs prepare to vote on controversial welfare bill
www.independent.co.uk
June 30, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Labour’s planned PIP disability cuts are cruel, say two-thirds of UK
Most people are against planned changes to disability benefit assessments as MPs prepare to vote on controversial welfare bill
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Most people are against planned changes to disability benefit assessments as MPs prepare to vote on controversial welfare bill
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Reposted by Amanda Devaure-Croft
A former minister told the BBC it is easy to ‘game’ the PIP form based on knowing what to fill in
This is untrue.
PIP forms are not only notoriously difficult to fill in but require huge swaths of evidence - and even then many people don’t get what they are due until tribunal.
This is untrue.
PIP forms are not only notoriously difficult to fill in but require huge swaths of evidence - and even then many people don’t get what they are due until tribunal.
June 30, 2025 at 12:07 PM
A former minister told the BBC it is easy to ‘game’ the PIP form based on knowing what to fill in
This is untrue.
PIP forms are not only notoriously difficult to fill in but require huge swaths of evidence - and even then many people don’t get what they are due until tribunal.
This is untrue.
PIP forms are not only notoriously difficult to fill in but require huge swaths of evidence - and even then many people don’t get what they are due until tribunal.
Reposted by Amanda Devaure-Croft
Labour have decided to put 800,000 disabled kids at risk.
They receive DLA instead of adult PIP. But Labour's guarantee to protect PIP recipients only protects people on PIP now.
So when the kids have to migrate to PIP, they'll face the new much harsher assessment regime.
Many will lose out.
They receive DLA instead of adult PIP. But Labour's guarantee to protect PIP recipients only protects people on PIP now.
So when the kids have to migrate to PIP, they'll face the new much harsher assessment regime.
Many will lose out.
June 30, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Labour have decided to put 800,000 disabled kids at risk.
They receive DLA instead of adult PIP. But Labour's guarantee to protect PIP recipients only protects people on PIP now.
So when the kids have to migrate to PIP, they'll face the new much harsher assessment regime.
Many will lose out.
They receive DLA instead of adult PIP. But Labour's guarantee to protect PIP recipients only protects people on PIP now.
So when the kids have to migrate to PIP, they'll face the new much harsher assessment regime.
Many will lose out.
"If it is legal to arm a state that's in the process of committing the world-historic evil we're witnessing in Gaza then plainly the law needs to change."
And just because it's legal, it doesn't mean we have to do it. It's lawful, not compulsory.
And just because it's legal, it doesn't mean we have to do it. It's lawful, not compulsory.
Groups like @caatuk.bsky.social have long argued that UK arms controls are inadequate. Grim as this verdict is, it's also a vindication of that view
If it's legal to arm a state that's in the process of committing the world-historic evil we're witnessing in Gaza then plainly the law needs to change
If it's legal to arm a state that's in the process of committing the world-historic evil we're witnessing in Gaza then plainly the law needs to change
UK’s sale of F-35 fighter jet parts to Israel is lawful, high court rules
July 1, 2025 at 10:16 AM
"If it is legal to arm a state that's in the process of committing the world-historic evil we're witnessing in Gaza then plainly the law needs to change."
And just because it's legal, it doesn't mean we have to do it. It's lawful, not compulsory.
And just because it's legal, it doesn't mean we have to do it. It's lawful, not compulsory.
"Instead of addressing the causes, the government is punishing the consequences." 👋👋👋
And they are doing it to 'save' the welfare system so it can be there in future for those who 'really need it'.
Why don't they see they are gaslighting current claimants about the level of our needs?
#pip #dwp
And they are doing it to 'save' the welfare system so it can be there in future for those who 'really need it'.
Why don't they see they are gaslighting current claimants about the level of our needs?
#pip #dwp
✍️Our statement on Labour's benefit concessions - which are not fit for purpose.
You can tag your MP in the comments for impact 🌟
MP letter template from @trusselluk.bsky.social 👇
🖇️ tinyurl.com/374uea2w
#disabilitycuts
You can tag your MP in the comments for impact 🌟
MP letter template from @trusselluk.bsky.social 👇
🖇️ tinyurl.com/374uea2w
#disabilitycuts
July 1, 2025 at 10:07 AM
"This review was going to have a novel twist. It wasn’t actually going to listen to anyone or accept any recommendations because the changes to Pip were going to come into force regardless.. But people with disabilities would feel they had been included. Which was nice."
#pip
tinyurl.run/b9gC69
#pip
tinyurl.run/b9gC69
Liz Kendall is a listening kind of woman but can’t seem to hear Labour discontent on welfare bill | John Crace
Not one member of the work and pensions secretary’s party came to her rescue as she laid out the government’s concessions – sorry, measures
www.theguardian.com
June 30, 2025 at 11:32 PM
"This review was going to have a novel twist. It wasn’t actually going to listen to anyone or accept any recommendations because the changes to Pip were going to come into force regardless.. But people with disabilities would feel they had been included. Which was nice."
#pip
tinyurl.run/b9gC69
#pip
tinyurl.run/b9gC69
Thank you, @richardburgon.bsky.social for continuing to fight this pretense of 'reform'. It's so insulting to be told these cost-cutting measures are designed to improve my life, as they were sold. Nothing here will enable me to work, let alone be 'better off'.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Dear PM, thanks for the welfare concessions, but I still won’t vote for your bill. Scrap the whole thing | Richard Burgon
Your government is choosing to balance the books on the backs of disabled people. That’s not the country we are supposed to be building, says Labour MP Richard Burgon
www.theguardian.com
June 30, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Thank you, @richardburgon.bsky.social for continuing to fight this pretense of 'reform'. It's so insulting to be told these cost-cutting measures are designed to improve my life, as they were sold. Nothing here will enable me to work, let alone be 'better off'.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
@alistrathern.bsky.social I don't see how the concessions address the concerns we discussed, that you said would make this bill very hard for you to support. Please support this amendment tomorrow. #takingthepip #welfarebill
BREAKING: Labour MP Rachel Maskell has tabled a new reasoned amendment, designed to defeat the welfare bill at tomorrow’s second reading vote 👏
So far it has the backing of 35 Labour MPs, with organisers suggesting more could add their names
So far it has the backing of 35 Labour MPs, with organisers suggesting more could add their names
June 30, 2025 at 11:09 PM
@alistrathern.bsky.social I don't see how the concessions address the concerns we discussed, that you said would make this bill very hard for you to support. Please support this amendment tomorrow. #takingthepip #welfarebill
Reposted by Amanda Devaure-Croft
Jen Clark, Amnesty International UK’s economic, social and cultural rights lead, on disability benefit cuts:
“These proposals are not human rights compliant. They are being rushed through without proper scrutiny, transparency or engagement with those who stand to lose the most.”
#takingthePIP
“These proposals are not human rights compliant. They are being rushed through without proper scrutiny, transparency or engagement with those who stand to lose the most.”
#takingthePIP
Disability benefit cuts violate human rights even with concessions, MPs warned
MPs are being urged to reject the government's disability benefit cuts ahead of a vote on Tuesday (1 July).
share.google
June 30, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Jen Clark, Amnesty International UK’s economic, social and cultural rights lead, on disability benefit cuts:
“These proposals are not human rights compliant. They are being rushed through without proper scrutiny, transparency or engagement with those who stand to lose the most.”
#takingthePIP
“These proposals are not human rights compliant. They are being rushed through without proper scrutiny, transparency or engagement with those who stand to lose the most.”
#takingthePIP
Reposted by Amanda Devaure-Croft
June 30, 2025 at 7:56 PM