Lydia Wilkins
@journo-lydia.bsky.social
Award-winning freelance journalist and editor, Disability Review Magazine. Rep’d by Artellus & WNF. https://lydiawilkins.substack.com/
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The trial is using the Taser 7 model, which the Scientific Advisory Committee have warned may induce more pain than previous models.
INQUEST’s casework has repeatedly highlighted how the use of Taser can contribute towards death, including in the deaths of Marc Cole and Andrew Pimlott.
INQUEST’s casework has repeatedly highlighted how the use of Taser can contribute towards death, including in the deaths of Marc Cole and Andrew Pimlott.
August 5, 2025 at 9:19 AM
The trial is using the Taser 7 model, which the Scientific Advisory Committee have warned may induce more pain than previous models.
INQUEST’s casework has repeatedly highlighted how the use of Taser can contribute towards death, including in the deaths of Marc Cole and Andrew Pimlott.
INQUEST’s casework has repeatedly highlighted how the use of Taser can contribute towards death, including in the deaths of Marc Cole and Andrew Pimlott.
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You're not entitled to touch disabled people or their mobility aids.
If you think someone needs assistance ask.
It is absolutely not acceptable to pet & distract a working assistance (service) dog. There are probably signs all over the dog explaining it. You have no excuse. /7
#JustAskDontGrab
If you think someone needs assistance ask.
It is absolutely not acceptable to pet & distract a working assistance (service) dog. There are probably signs all over the dog explaining it. You have no excuse. /7
#JustAskDontGrab
July 28, 2025 at 1:16 PM
You're not entitled to touch disabled people or their mobility aids.
If you think someone needs assistance ask.
It is absolutely not acceptable to pet & distract a working assistance (service) dog. There are probably signs all over the dog explaining it. You have no excuse. /7
#JustAskDontGrab
If you think someone needs assistance ask.
It is absolutely not acceptable to pet & distract a working assistance (service) dog. There are probably signs all over the dog explaining it. You have no excuse. /7
#JustAskDontGrab
And thank you for obliging me! This is probably my favourite spread to have edited this year
July 8, 2025 at 9:17 AM
And thank you for obliging me! This is probably my favourite spread to have edited this year
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“The removal of an entire clause of the bill means there will be no immediate changes to Pip. The Timms review will be “co-produced” with disabled people, leaving open the possibility that they will never happen,” reports @pippacrerar.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Keir Starmer forced into dramatic climbdown to pass welfare reform bill
Rebel Labour MP finally won over by late promise to shelve plans for deep cuts to personal independence payments
www.theguardian.com
July 1, 2025 at 8:10 PM
“The removal of an entire clause of the bill means there will be no immediate changes to Pip. The Timms review will be “co-produced” with disabled people, leaving open the possibility that they will never happen,” reports @pippacrerar.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Every time one of these case emerges from the #SingleJusticeProcedure, it gives opponents of the BBC a stick to beat it with
Yet, the Corporation is resisting a key reform to the system that may fix it
It's baffling to me
Yet, the Corporation is resisting a key reform to the system that may fix it
It's baffling to me
June 28, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Every time one of these case emerges from the #SingleJusticeProcedure, it gives opponents of the BBC a stick to beat it with
Yet, the Corporation is resisting a key reform to the system that may fix it
It's baffling to me
Yet, the Corporation is resisting a key reform to the system that may fix it
It's baffling to me
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June 26, 2025 at 5:30 PM