Mike Smith

Today they have crossed a deep red line.

We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.

We need your help to stop disabled people being coerced into assisted suicide in the UK Can you imagine dying by suicide, just because you weren’t receiving the support and services you needed to make life work well for you? Can...

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And the kind of harm we are normally talking about is on the street without witnesses. Yet this is blatant homophobia on national television. You have both a moral as well as a regulatory responsibility to take action

As a former Commissioner of the Equality and Human Rights Commission it's incredibly important that we reinforce the equality laws of our country. The whole point of having "protected characteristics" is because these groups of people have historically experienced harm at the hands of others.

Ofcom, stop GB News broadcasting hate *CW: Homophobia, hate speech GB News is no stranger to spouting hatred and toxic lies. They take pride in it, and pretend the rules don’t matter. But they do. And they must be enforced. On 22 January,...

On 22 January, GB News presenter Josh Howie repeated a homophobic slur linking the LGBTQ+ community to paedophilia. This is offensive, wrong and unlawful. Join me and @GoodLawProject to file a complaint to Ofcom :point_down: action.goodlawproject.org/ofcom-stop-g...

Open letter to Tower Hamlets Mayor Lutfur Rahman: Buy Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club! In response to an application from Equity, the Principal Planning Officer for Tower Hamlets has confirmed the position of the Local Authority, saying "any proposed development which would not retain t...

Please sign to save Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club! www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/op...

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The eloquence of this man is unparalleled, and a good narrative on the negative impact of charity (if done badly)
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It's a shame they didn't also question the sources of the huge amounts of money being used by the pro lobby all over our public transport system and elsewhere with tacky sound bites and saccharine imagery

Revealed: ‘Grassroots’ campaigns opposed to assisted dying financed by conservative Christian pressure groups Religious lobbyists are secretly coordinating and funding bodies that claim to be led by disabled people and health workers

Which was in response to.
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We want to live with dignity first and foremost, not be encouraged to end our lives to end our "suffering". I, like many other disabled people, want to know that my doctor is gunning for me, not gunning me.
Mike Smith
Former Disability Commissioner at the Equality and Human Rights Commission

The large number of DNR notices put on disabled people's medical records during the Covid pandemic, without their consent, shows not everyone values disabled people's lives as equal. /…

As a member of the grassroots organisation Not Dead Yet I know of the deep fear many disabled people have for their lives should assisted suicide be legalised. /…

We are disabled not by our medical conditions but by others’ responses to us. To undermine the genuine concerns of disabled people by claiming that others speak on our behalf or manipulate us is disingenuous at best./…

Shanti Das said they "Revealed: ‘Grassroots’ campaigns opposed to assisted dying financed by conservative Christian pressure groups". Instead the article revealed their, and society's, assumptions that disabled people can't speak up for ourselves or have a mind of our own. /…

@theguardian.com /Observer published an offensive article saying that #disabled people can't think or speak up for themselves on #assisteddying, and then chose not to publish my letter to the editor challenging their position, so here it is in the comments

Well thought through and really clear about how protecting the rights of a potentially vulnerable minority more than outweigh the wishes and choices of an able majority

Fantastic response from Jess to one of her constituents. Well thought through and really clear about how protecting the rights of a potentially vulnerable minority more than outweigh the wishes and choices of an able majority…

Brilliant explanation of why the #assisteddying bill is not safe for #disabled people, or vulnerable older people, especially with the lack of decent #socialcare and #palliativecare

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Naturally, all those people who screwed farms with Brexit, not replacing EU subsidies, letting climate change wreck the countryside, and doing terrible deals that put farms at a competitive disadvantage, are today on the front of their picket line, all bad blood forgotten. ~AA

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The details coming out of @shippersunbound.bsky.social new book OUT are jaw dropping in @thetimes.com . These are the Truss years. ( days ).

Warning for MPs set to vote on assisted suicide: ‘Please do not sleepwalk into something you will regret’ A string of disabled people’s organisations and disabled activists have delivered powerful statements opposing a bill that would legalise assisted suicide, just two weeks before it is due to be deb…

A string of disabled people’s organisations and disabled activists have delivered powerful statements opposing a bill that would legalise assisted suicide, just two weeks before it is due to be debated and voted on by MPs.

Hoping to see more of you on here Stephen. I left Twitter/X months ago and miss you!