Robbie Thomson
@robthomson2.bsky.social
Disabled. Wheelchair User.Passionate about social justice, open government and disability rights. Trollope, Georgian style and Cloudwatching. Tranquillement autiste.
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Woman at the window of a bare, clean house. Who is outside? Child, ghost, spirit? Friendly, frightening? You say. By Jacob Vrel, whose day is today.
March 17, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Woman at the window of a bare, clean house. Who is outside? Child, ghost, spirit? Friendly, frightening? You say. By Jacob Vrel, whose day is today.
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So small, so fluffy, so perfect.
📸 tcgnaturephotography
📸 tcgnaturephotography
March 17, 2025 at 9:56 PM
So small, so fluffy, so perfect.
📸 tcgnaturephotography
📸 tcgnaturephotography
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Wishing a very happy St Patrick’s Day to all of my friends celebrating in Ireland and around the world, especially O’Larry who’s the guard cat at Jameson:
March 17, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Wishing a very happy St Patrick’s Day to all of my friends celebrating in Ireland and around the world, especially O’Larry who’s the guard cat at Jameson:
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PCS has vowed to campaign with allies to oppose the cruel welfare cuts announced by work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall today, a blatant attack on the most vulnerable in our society.
www.pcs.org.uk/news-events/...
www.pcs.org.uk/news-events/...
March 18, 2025 at 4:41 PM
PCS has vowed to campaign with allies to oppose the cruel welfare cuts announced by work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall today, a blatant attack on the most vulnerable in our society.
www.pcs.org.uk/news-events/...
www.pcs.org.uk/news-events/...
Question:
Why is the NHS sacred to politicians when the welfare system is openly denigrated. It's the same humans using these systems?
Why is the NHS sacred to politicians when the welfare system is openly denigrated. It's the same humans using these systems?
March 18, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Question:
Why is the NHS sacred to politicians when the welfare system is openly denigrated. It's the same humans using these systems?
Why is the NHS sacred to politicians when the welfare system is openly denigrated. It's the same humans using these systems?
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The big controversy is PIP changes - could mean significant numbers of people with quite severe challenges no longer qualify. eg needing help with some forms of washing and dressing
In some Labour constituencies, 1 in 5 people are on PIP. There will be more analysis of impact over the coming days
In some Labour constituencies, 1 in 5 people are on PIP. There will be more analysis of impact over the coming days
March 18, 2025 at 2:59 PM
The big controversy is PIP changes - could mean significant numbers of people with quite severe challenges no longer qualify. eg needing help with some forms of washing and dressing
In some Labour constituencies, 1 in 5 people are on PIP. There will be more analysis of impact over the coming days
In some Labour constituencies, 1 in 5 people are on PIP. There will be more analysis of impact over the coming days
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It's electoral suicide Jessica. Unlike the Winter Fuel Debacle the demography and psephology is very different. Labour wont when the next Gen Election. This betrayal and loss of trust will be a key factor @teamlabouruk.bsky.social
March 18, 2025 at 3:19 PM
It's electoral suicide Jessica. Unlike the Winter Fuel Debacle the demography and psephology is very different. Labour wont when the next Gen Election. This betrayal and loss of trust will be a key factor @teamlabouruk.bsky.social
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We are working through the Green Paper, but the change to eligibility for PIP Daily Living alone will have a huge huge impact. We think millions of disabled people will not get or lose help with the extra costs of their disability. Detailed analysis to follow soon.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
At-a-glance: Key changes to benefits in welfare shake-up
How Personal Independence Payments (Pip) and other health-related benefits could change under government plans.
www.bbc.com
March 18, 2025 at 3:04 PM
We are working through the Green Paper, but the change to eligibility for PIP Daily Living alone will have a huge huge impact. We think millions of disabled people will not get or lose help with the extra costs of their disability. Detailed analysis to follow soon.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Kendall hints she can see argument for Pip claimants whose condition will never improve not facing reassessment - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
March 17, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Kendall hints she can see argument for Pip claimants whose condition will never improve not facing reassessment - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
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Andrew-my condition is irreversible, all medical science says that, but DWP insist on reviews every 5 years I wait 6-9 months each time waiting for the Brown Envelope.
March 18, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Andrew-my condition is irreversible, all medical science says that, but DWP insist on reviews every 5 years I wait 6-9 months each time waiting for the Brown Envelope.
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Last night on the Moral Maze, our Miro Griffiths contested the claim there is a moral case to cut welfare, arguing the focus should be on addressing strutural inequalities and disabling barriers.
The programme is available on BBC Sounds:
bbc.in/3XStUKj
The programme is available on BBC Sounds:
bbc.in/3XStUKj
Moral Maze - Is there a moral case for cutting welfare? - BBC Sounds
Live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories.
bbc.in
March 13, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Last night on the Moral Maze, our Miro Griffiths contested the claim there is a moral case to cut welfare, arguing the focus should be on addressing strutural inequalities and disabling barriers.
The programme is available on BBC Sounds:
bbc.in/3XStUKj
The programme is available on BBC Sounds:
bbc.in/3XStUKj
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Sadly, the UK govt havent listened to Centre's like this. I cannot really see any impact of such centres across the UK on disability/work/welfare.
March 18, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Sadly, the UK govt havent listened to Centre's like this. I cannot really see any impact of such centres across the UK on disability/work/welfare.
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We're seen as 'useless eaters'. If you cant work you have NO place in Labour's brave new world. #pip #welfarereform
March 18, 2025 at 9:49 AM
We're seen as 'useless eaters'. If you cant work you have NO place in Labour's brave new world. #pip #welfarereform
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maybe people on PIP should have a whip round to buy Keir Starmer a nice hat or something
A reminder that Labour's Manifesto made two promises to tax the super rich and in Government it broke them both. Indeed, it actually cut taxes for some in private equity. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Keir Starmer to unveil drastic disability benefit cuts despite opposition
Changes could deny benefits to people who need help to wash or to remember to go to the toilet
www.theguardian.com
March 18, 2025 at 8:35 AM
maybe people on PIP should have a whip round to buy Keir Starmer a nice hat or something
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Indeed. Which other equality strand would be treated thus? Disabled today, not disabled tomorrow. How bad is this for a disabled identity? It's a form of trauma.
March 18, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Indeed. Which other equality strand would be treated thus? Disabled today, not disabled tomorrow. How bad is this for a disabled identity? It's a form of trauma.
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“One part of the world does not know what the other suffers. Many of them do not know, because they do not care to know: they keep out of the way of knowing it”. John Wesley quoted in this post speaking out against disability welfare cuts by Joint Public Issues Team (churches’ social justice org)
March 18, 2025 at 8:31 AM
“One part of the world does not know what the other suffers. Many of them do not know, because they do not care to know: they keep out of the way of knowing it”. John Wesley quoted in this post speaking out against disability welfare cuts by Joint Public Issues Team (churches’ social justice org)
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That's why the government's proposed cuts to disability support would be so devastating.
It could leave people struggling to afford the very things they need to manage their disability.
❗ But there's still time to stop this. Email your MP now bit.ly/4kFR5Bj
It could leave people struggling to afford the very things they need to manage their disability.
❗ But there's still time to stop this. Email your MP now bit.ly/4kFR5Bj
Cruel cuts to disability support: the Prime Minister needs to hear from your MP
Our social security system should be there for us all, especially when we need it most. But the UK government is talking about making huge cuts to disabled people’s support when they’re already three ...
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March 18, 2025 at 8:35 AM
That's why the government's proposed cuts to disability support would be so devastating.
It could leave people struggling to afford the very things they need to manage their disability.
❗ But there's still time to stop this. Email your MP now bit.ly/4kFR5Bj
It could leave people struggling to afford the very things they need to manage their disability.
❗ But there's still time to stop this. Email your MP now bit.ly/4kFR5Bj
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Behind the headlines and the stigmatising language about disability benefits are real people - millions of them. People who are scared about what this news might mean for their day-to-day lives. 1/2
March 18, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Behind the headlines and the stigmatising language about disability benefits are real people - millions of them. People who are scared about what this news might mean for their day-to-day lives. 1/2
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Tanni Grey-Thompson has summed up the horror of the Labour government's attitude to disabled people
If you are disabled and your DWP benefits are cut, making life intolerable, then these people may feel forced down the assisted dying route said Grey-Thompson
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
If you are disabled and your DWP benefits are cut, making life intolerable, then these people may feel forced down the assisted dying route said Grey-Thompson
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
Tanni Grey-Thompson has summed up the horror of the Labour government's attitude to disabled people
If you are disabled and your DWP benefits are cut, making life intolerable, then these people may feel forced down the assisted dying route
www.thecanary.co
March 17, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Tanni Grey-Thompson has summed up the horror of the Labour government's attitude to disabled people
If you are disabled and your DWP benefits are cut, making life intolerable, then these people may feel forced down the assisted dying route said Grey-Thompson
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
If you are disabled and your DWP benefits are cut, making life intolerable, then these people may feel forced down the assisted dying route said Grey-Thompson
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
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There is no reason to cut benefits for those with disabilities. There are many alternatives, even if balancing the books is necessary - which it isn't. But Starmer is choosing to hit the weakest, hardest. It takes a very warped mind to make that choice. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/03...
With power comes the opportunity to be abusive, and that is the option Starmer has chosen
The Guardian reports this morning that Starmer is determined to keep up his assault on people with disabilities in the UK. Like Wes Streeting, who yesterday declared himself to know better than doctor...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
March 17, 2025 at 8:17 AM
There is no reason to cut benefits for those with disabilities. There are many alternatives, even if balancing the books is necessary - which it isn't. But Starmer is choosing to hit the weakest, hardest. It takes a very warped mind to make that choice. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/03...
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Making it clear, this time from someone who knows what they are talking about. www.rcpsych.ac.uk/news-and-fea...
“Rise in people with mental illness being driven by real societal challenges and lack of available treatment” says RCPsych President
RCPsych President Dr Lade Smith CBE responds to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care's comments about the overdiagnosis of mental health conditions.
www.rcpsych.ac.uk
March 17, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Making it clear, this time from someone who knows what they are talking about. www.rcpsych.ac.uk/news-and-fea...
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Appalling, cheap, tacky, stigmatising, based on fictions. Labour-how could you do this to sick/disabled ppl? Hang uour heads in shame @teamlabouruk.bsky.social
March 18, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Appalling, cheap, tacky, stigmatising, based on fictions. Labour-how could you do this to sick/disabled ppl? Hang uour heads in shame @teamlabouruk.bsky.social