France has rated the UK as one of the worse places in Europe to be trans - marginally above Russia, Hungary and Bulgaria.

We do not accept the targeting of disabled people to pay for an economic crisis they did not cause. And we will not sit quietly while the basic right to live with dignity is eroded for the sake of arbitrary fiscal rules designed to protect the interests of the wealthy.

This is a brilliantly articulated explanation of something I have long felt. That last line is powerful!

And it's not beyond the pale to consider that a government that bangs on about the welfare 'bill' being too high sees this as a positive thing. It just feels like AD would be seen as a sinister solution to the 'problem' of disabled people existing in a neoliberal society.

Oh wow this is how I described my cat to the vet (not the trans bit obviously). Cursed indeed.

I'll admit I don't know much about Oregon - but I have seen lots of concerning things coming out of Canada

"Balance the books" is a complete fiction.

Hilarious if it wasn't used as the justification for which people living in poverty who are dying.

His entire premise for everything he's doing in government is built on an entire fiction. A fiction utilised around the world to push private capital.

I would argue we unequivocally did not get rid of thieving Tories tbh