PJMardy
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Newly qualified speech and language therapist. Several chronic illnesses. Talk about grief too much if anything. Like lifting heavy stuff and dancing to heavier stuff.
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And the Universal Credit bill has passed. Some of the sickest people in the country will suffer needlessly more now. There is no justification, no excuse. Just ugly, cruel choices by ministers too cowardly to tax the wealthy rather than cut the poor. A shameful day for Starmer’s Labour.
July 9, 2025 at 7:20 PM
And the Universal Credit bill has passed. Some of the sickest people in the country will suffer needlessly more now. There is no justification, no excuse. Just ugly, cruel choices by ministers too cowardly to tax the wealthy rather than cut the poor. A shameful day for Starmer’s Labour.
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Ok I am quoted in this article so take my general praise with a pinch of salt, BUT! I have specific praise for how they specifically point out that there isn't a binary definition of sex, that medical transition changes sex and that none of this bullshit helps any women at all! MORE OF THIS
July 7, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Ok I am quoted in this article so take my general praise with a pinch of salt, BUT! I have specific praise for how they specifically point out that there isn't a binary definition of sex, that medical transition changes sex and that none of this bullshit helps any women at all! MORE OF THIS
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The ‘hard left’ want society to be kinder and take care of everyone in society.
Gosh so radical. So extreme.
To be honest I worry about anyone who doesn’t class themselves in that category.
Gosh so radical. So extreme.
To be honest I worry about anyone who doesn’t class themselves in that category.
July 5, 2025 at 5:42 PM
The ‘hard left’ want society to be kinder and take care of everyone in society.
Gosh so radical. So extreme.
To be honest I worry about anyone who doesn’t class themselves in that category.
Gosh so radical. So extreme.
To be honest I worry about anyone who doesn’t class themselves in that category.
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Imagine crying in parliament because you weren't able to be as cruel to disabled people as you wanted to be.
July 2, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Imagine crying in parliament because you weren't able to be as cruel to disabled people as you wanted to be.
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Today women MPs wore Suffragette sashes to celebrate Votes for Women–won by civil disobedience & celebrated in Parliament's gift shop.
And yet now the government is asking us to vote to proscribe Palestine Action–a modern civil disobedience group–as terrorists
And yet now the government is asking us to vote to proscribe Palestine Action–a modern civil disobedience group–as terrorists
July 2, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Today women MPs wore Suffragette sashes to celebrate Votes for Women–won by civil disobedience & celebrated in Parliament's gift shop.
And yet now the government is asking us to vote to proscribe Palestine Action–a modern civil disobedience group–as terrorists
And yet now the government is asking us to vote to proscribe Palestine Action–a modern civil disobedience group–as terrorists
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After around just 90 minutes of debate, the UK Parliament has voted to take the unprecedented step of proscribing Palestine Action, an anti-genocide protest group, as a terrorist organisation.
That is a stain that will never wash off the Labour party.
Ayes: 385
Nos: 26
That is a stain that will never wash off the Labour party.
Ayes: 385
Nos: 26
July 2, 2025 at 4:42 PM
After around just 90 minutes of debate, the UK Parliament has voted to take the unprecedented step of proscribing Palestine Action, an anti-genocide protest group, as a terrorist organisation.
That is a stain that will never wash off the Labour party.
Ayes: 385
Nos: 26
That is a stain that will never wash off the Labour party.
Ayes: 385
Nos: 26
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Just so everyone is on the same page: PIP is a top up benefit.
You can’t live on PIP, it’s there because being disabled is more expensive than not being disabled. PIP recipients *in work* may only be able to work because of PIP.
This government is just unnecessarily cruel.
You can’t live on PIP, it’s there because being disabled is more expensive than not being disabled. PIP recipients *in work* may only be able to work because of PIP.
This government is just unnecessarily cruel.
The government argues its PIP cuts won't hit as many people as feared because applicants will appeal against rejections
But DWP figures show a ten-month average wait for appeals. And that's before demand rises with the cuts
By me, for Big Issue:
www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
But DWP figures show a ten-month average wait for appeals. And that's before demand rises with the cuts
By me, for Big Issue:
www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
Majority of PIP claimants with heart disease, arthritis and Crohn's at risk of cuts
DWP data obtained by Big Issue shows that the majority of people with heart failure, HIV and arthritis are at risk of losing their benefits.
www.bigissue.com
July 1, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Just so everyone is on the same page: PIP is a top up benefit.
You can’t live on PIP, it’s there because being disabled is more expensive than not being disabled. PIP recipients *in work* may only be able to work because of PIP.
This government is just unnecessarily cruel.
You can’t live on PIP, it’s there because being disabled is more expensive than not being disabled. PIP recipients *in work* may only be able to work because of PIP.
This government is just unnecessarily cruel.
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The Daily Telegraph: here’s Britain’s answer to Rage Against The Machine
9 months later: We regret to inform you that Britain’s answer to Rage Against The Machine are political
9 months later: We regret to inform you that Britain’s answer to Rage Against The Machine are political
June 30, 2025 at 4:35 PM
The Daily Telegraph: here’s Britain’s answer to Rage Against The Machine
9 months later: We regret to inform you that Britain’s answer to Rage Against The Machine are political
9 months later: We regret to inform you that Britain’s answer to Rage Against The Machine are political
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Remember that Wi Spa fiasco a few years ago? The trans person at the center of it was found not guilty on all counts last month. Everyone seems to have forgotten all about it. For years, along with Karen White, that was the number one argument for preventing British trans people getting a GRC easier
July 1, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Remember that Wi Spa fiasco a few years ago? The trans person at the center of it was found not guilty on all counts last month. Everyone seems to have forgotten all about it. For years, along with Karen White, that was the number one argument for preventing British trans people getting a GRC easier
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I've signed a reasoned amendment, backed by 138 disabled people's organisations, to reject disability benefit cuts.
By failing to consult, the government excluded the voices of disabled people.
When organisations representing disabled people are speaking out, we must listen.
By failing to consult, the government excluded the voices of disabled people.
When organisations representing disabled people are speaking out, we must listen.
![That this House, whilst noting the need for the reform of the social security system, and agreeing with the Government’s principles for providing support to people into work and protecting people who cannot work, declines to give a Second Reading to the Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill because its provisions have not been subject to a formal consultation with disabled people, or co-produced with them, or their carers; because the Office for Budget Responsibility is not due to publish its analysis of the employment impact of these reforms until the autumn of 2025; because the majority of the additional employment support funding will not be in place until the end of the decade...
[Full text available here: https://commonsbusiness.parliament.uk/Document/96167]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eteutzzpvsznmuh2uirgi7c5/bafkreid3mzbljc555v3ihikhjch2t2dj3lg2yxkn2o3chvgkybgahpdaaq@jpeg)
July 1, 2025 at 11:13 AM
I've signed a reasoned amendment, backed by 138 disabled people's organisations, to reject disability benefit cuts.
By failing to consult, the government excluded the voices of disabled people.
When organisations representing disabled people are speaking out, we must listen.
By failing to consult, the government excluded the voices of disabled people.
When organisations representing disabled people are speaking out, we must listen.
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oh no someone done a political music call the police
June 30, 2025 at 4:40 PM
oh no someone done a political music call the police
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No amount of “concessions” on disability benefit cuts will make them more “palatable” to those who will still suffer as a result.
Balancing the books on the backs of disabled people is always inhumane and unjust. It costs lives.
MPs can't be expected to sit by and allow this to happen.
Balancing the books on the backs of disabled people is always inhumane and unjust. It costs lives.
MPs can't be expected to sit by and allow this to happen.
June 25, 2025 at 5:13 PM
No amount of “concessions” on disability benefit cuts will make them more “palatable” to those who will still suffer as a result.
Balancing the books on the backs of disabled people is always inhumane and unjust. It costs lives.
MPs can't be expected to sit by and allow this to happen.
Balancing the books on the backs of disabled people is always inhumane and unjust. It costs lives.
MPs can't be expected to sit by and allow this to happen.
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'Starmer denies being bad at politics' is a great headline ngl.
June 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
'Starmer denies being bad at politics' is a great headline ngl.
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By shifting to the right on disability support cuts, anti trans, anti-immigration policies, Labour doesn't draw those who support such policies away from Reform, they provide free advertising for Reform's arguments, while losing those who disagree with such hostile policies. 4/
June 24, 2025 at 5:10 PM
By shifting to the right on disability support cuts, anti trans, anti-immigration policies, Labour doesn't draw those who support such policies away from Reform, they provide free advertising for Reform's arguments, while losing those who disagree with such hostile policies. 4/
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im having some trouble with being alive in the world when things are so bad and i feel like an alien for noticing
June 24, 2025 at 1:45 PM
im having some trouble with being alive in the world when things are so bad and i feel like an alien for noticing
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We are all Palestine Action.
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June 24, 2025 at 10:11 AM
We are all Palestine Action.
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Labour MPs mount major bid to block benefit cuts.
Thank you to all those Labour MP’s who have shown the courage to step up and do the right thing 👏
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Thank you to all those Labour MP’s who have shown the courage to step up and do the right thing 👏
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Dozens of Labour MPs back bid to block benefits changes
MPs including senior Labour figures sign an amendment that could sink the welfare reform bill.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 23, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Labour MPs mount major bid to block benefit cuts.
Thank you to all those Labour MP’s who have shown the courage to step up and do the right thing 👏
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Thank you to all those Labour MP’s who have shown the courage to step up and do the right thing 👏
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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My statement on the government's absurd and authoritarian proposal to proscribe Palestine Action.
June 23, 2025 at 2:46 PM
My statement on the government's absurd and authoritarian proposal to proscribe Palestine Action.
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'trans ppl must listen to alternate viewpoints'
1: there are no alternate viewpoints. there's those of us who believe in science and then there's a bunch of bigots taken in by a well funded christian campaign of hatred.
2: all the news ever presents is the bigot's side. it's impossible to avoid.
1: there are no alternate viewpoints. there's those of us who believe in science and then there's a bunch of bigots taken in by a well funded christian campaign of hatred.
2: all the news ever presents is the bigot's side. it's impossible to avoid.
June 22, 2025 at 7:48 AM
'trans ppl must listen to alternate viewpoints'
1: there are no alternate viewpoints. there's those of us who believe in science and then there's a bunch of bigots taken in by a well funded christian campaign of hatred.
2: all the news ever presents is the bigot's side. it's impossible to avoid.
1: there are no alternate viewpoints. there's those of us who believe in science and then there's a bunch of bigots taken in by a well funded christian campaign of hatred.
2: all the news ever presents is the bigot's side. it's impossible to avoid.
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June 19, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Oof.
I need all of #lawsky to see this video from a Colorado appeals court livestream yesterday. I am in actual tears. Sound *incredibly* on, the subtitles will not help.
June 19, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Oof.
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People who don’t like AI aren’t in denial about how useful it is. People who like AI are in denial about how useful it is
June 17, 2025 at 5:26 PM
People who don’t like AI aren’t in denial about how useful it is. People who like AI are in denial about how useful it is
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Sorry to be Khamas but I don't want a nuclear war.
June 14, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Sorry to be Khamas but I don't want a nuclear war.
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If you're one of those trans inclusive small businesses which is getting attacked by transphobes, we've drafted this text for your website, or as a standard reply.
June 6, 2025 at 1:58 PM
If you're one of those trans inclusive small businesses which is getting attacked by transphobes, we've drafted this text for your website, or as a standard reply.
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No trans person, or any other person for that matter, is just going to "accept a reduction in their rights"
Absolutely get fucked you rancid cis supremacist
Absolutely get fucked you rancid cis supremacist
June 6, 2025 at 7:54 AM
No trans person, or any other person for that matter, is just going to "accept a reduction in their rights"
Absolutely get fucked you rancid cis supremacist
Absolutely get fucked you rancid cis supremacist