Lucy Webster

If I made a very successful podcast that relies on my expertise I simply would not advertise generative AI

Starmer really does do everything possible to back away from a popular position

Starmer's ability to find the exact sweetspot which pisses off everyone is extraordinary. He's a savant.

Keir Starmer is going to end up with his trademark u-turn here – where it becomes obvious to those paying attention it was entirely forced by backbenchers. So he gets no credit for the u-turn by people who wanted it, and attacked for dropping the policy by others.

As I scroll through triumphal pro-war tweets, thinking about this image a lot today:

Lucy Webster’s book spotted on the shelves in paperback in the disability politics section at Bookhaus in Bristol

@lucywebster.bsky.social Spotted in the wild @bookhaus.bsky.social

I love that this section exists!!

obviously today is a huge embarrassment for Matt Goodwin and for Reform, which is something that we absolutely ought to celebrate, but we must also remember it's a huge embarrassment for Morgan McSweeney and Maurice Glasman and all the Blue Labour weirdos, and that's important to celebrate too :)

highly recommend expecting the absolute worst and being absolutely thrilled when it doesn't happen

saaame

well this is bad

I'm old enough to remember when Labour was to the left of the Tories

Two years ago

Reform UK plans to scrap Renters' Rights Act spark fury

Reform UK has pledged to scrap the Renters' Rights Act if the party secures power. It has angered renters waiting for no-fault eviction ban.

THEY TURNED OFF HER WHEELCHAIR AND PUSHED HER AGAINST HER WILL

That's the equivalent of someone just picking you up and carrying you off

A complete denial of bodily autonomy/consent that if it wasn't for ableism would be seen as assault

Disabled woman put in nursing home against her will says she feels 'betrayed' Lucinda Ritchie, who has full mental capacity, was transferred from a hospital bed despite her refusal.

Imagine being in your 30s, going into hospital and then being denied the right to go home again

The state of disability rights in the UK in 2026
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Horrifying

But we need to talk about how this has been enabled by Farage and the Tories

Worth noting his objection to no fault divorce. I worked a bit on the campaign for that, and one of the striking things with the scholarship was the evidence that demonstrated allowing it led to a drop in suicides of married women.

Reform UK Accused Of 'Declaring War On Workers' Over Plan To Scrap Employment Rights Deputy leader Richard Tice said the move would help tackle the cost of living.

Declaring that a Reform government would scrap new employment rights for workers and scrap reforms which benefit renters feels like a helluva gamble two days before a huge by-election.

We'll find out in the early hours of Friday morning, I guess.

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/reform...

These people are poison. They will unleash racist thugs on the streets of this country and call it security. They will subjugate us to the US and call it patriotism. They must be stopped. There is no more important task in politics.

A very good thread

Children with additional needs don't necessarily need a new system

They need more money, more teachers, and more belief that they can achieve

would love to see disabled people of colour given the mic on this

Baftas 2026: BBC apologises for not editing out racial slur shouted by guest with Tourette's Actors Michael B Jordan and Delroy Lindo were on stage at the time during the award ceremony in London.

It's both true that John Davidson should not be blamed or shamed for his tics *and* the BBC should have edited out a racial slur

It's mind boggling that this isn't obvious
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

agh this brings me rage

(I was also a kid who did this and the LA didn't want me to go to a mainstream school because they didn't want to fund a 1-1)

indeed. I was one of them

We should probs also talk about the parents of nondisabled kids who don't want disabled kids learning with theirs

yes, I see this story time and time again

Let's be honest though, it's about money

It'll be unpopular but the government is right that kids do better at mainstream schools. We should do as much as possible to avoid segregating disabled kids

Obviously the SEND system needs reform but I'm not sure changing paperwork is it

Thinking of the four yo I met recently who shows clear signs he can read but is only getting a 'sensory curriculum' because he's nonverbal

It's about not writing kids off because they're different. It's attitudinal