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Dear PM, thanks for the welfare concessions, but I still won’t vote for your bill. Scrap the whole thing | Richard Burgon Your government is choosing to balance the books on the backs of disabled people. That’s not the country we are supposed to be building, says Labour MP Richard Burgon

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#TakingthePIP

Disabled Labour MP says welfare U-turn would create ‘unethical two-tier system’ Olivia Blake dismisses Starmer’s welfare bill changes as ‘plucked from the air’ and urges rebels to stand firm

Olivia Blake makes excellent points, if only the leadership were prepared to listen! It's fabulous to see an MP with relevant experience speaking out. It's brave, necessary and shows up the obduracy of the Labour cabinet.
#TakingThePIP #StopTheCuts

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The Labour welfare rebels are right. This hounding of disabled people will damage the party for years to come | Frances Ryan Opposition is mounting and No 10 is preparing a raft of concessions. But whatever happens nexts, the moral stain will remain, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

Frances Ryan hits the nail on the head today: "Severely disabled and ill people are going to be starved, isolated and degraded as a result of this policy. No Labour MP who backs it should be forgiven."

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#TakingThePip #StopTheCuts #WelfareNotWarfare

Welfare bill will protect the most vulnerable and help households with income boost Additional protections for millions of vulnerable people on benefits are set to be written into law, under new measures being introduced to Parliament today [18 June 2025].

#TakingthePip
This is the DWP news release about the changes to UC and PIP.

Abundantly clear that @uklabour have not spoken to one single person with a disability. I'm too ill to work. What would I use 13 weeks to plan for? How to eat air?

Nothing about us without us!
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And this one goes out to Kishwar Falkner and all at the EHRC
#EHRCistransphobic
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Decriminalise abortion and make it a protected human right. Women’s rights are under threat from the far right. Nigel Farage just called our current abortion provisions “utterly ludicrous” – and others in power are paying attention. A vote in Parliament could ...

Abortion is healthcare, and needs to be decriminalised. Please sign and share.
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YouTube video by Kate Nash Kate Nash - GERM (Official Lyric Video)

The anthem for cis allies has arrived! These things needed saying and loudly. Thank you Kate Nash!
#TransAlly 🏳️‍⚧️

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Awful thing for anyone to say but from EHRC commissioner it is unacceptable. Calling rights that have been exercised for decades "perceived rights" is designed to undermine any attempt to fight for those rights. If she has said this about any other minority group, she would be expected to resign.

#welfarenotwarfare
Stop the cuts before people die.

Say no to the cuts!

Some of the most harmful changes are not part of the consultation. That is why it is vital to take actions like signing petitions, or writing to your MP.

Scope's letter is a good place to start. You can add your name here: www.scope.org.uk/campaigns/op...

#welfarenotwarfare

Add your name 📢 Cuts to disability benefits would be catastrophic

Cuts to disability benefits would be catastrophic. Add your name to show the Government we will not tolerate further cuts. Save our lifeline 📢

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Kier Starmer is both economically short-sighted and living in a moral vacuum.

PIP is related to the costs of disability, not whether someone is able to work or not.

Honestly fuming about what he is reported as saying 😡

This is a great example of why we can't trust Google's AI results. The plot described is from a different story (Unworthy of the Angel) in the same collection, last published in 2011. Yeah, now imagine you are googling a historical event older than 15 years ago.

If only the weight of my utter disdain for the orange waste and his stupid lackey could crush from a distance.

What a pair of ignorant, goading bullies.

Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦

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Extremists would not need to create an authoritarian state in Britain: Starmer is doing that for them | George Monbiot The PM and his ministers are supporting illiberal laws that hard-right authoritarians could apply with zeal, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

We should all be really angry about the current protest laws. Here's why:
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It's weird how everyone in the world knows a Nazi salute when we see it, with the notable exception of journalists and their editors.

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Add your feedback. Don't let them erase trans people from history.

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Stand with us and demand MPs lift the ban on citizenship Take two minutes to email your local MP now and ask them to oppose the ban on granting British citizenship.

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I like Season 2, and don't fully understand the dislike
Even the James subplot - it's like a bad soap but Twin Peaks always made room for that type of absurdity. I'm currently doing a rewatch, so I'll see how I find it this time.

Signed

As Labour touts more brutal cuts to benefits, how is this different from life under the Tories? | Frances Ryan There may be no nasty impulse to punish ‘skivers’, but the end result – those who need help most hit hardest – is exactly the same, says columnist Frances Ryan

Labour's utterly crass take on social security for ill and disabled people will be causing untold worry even before any plan is set out. Pandering to the right wing press is irresponsible.
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Mandelson will have to work with the US administration, so I understand (but dislike) the backtracking of the "danger to the world" comments, but, @teamlabouruk.bsky.social can we cut spreading blatant lies about the type of person Trump clearly is? It just makes Mandelson appear inept.
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Donald Trump under fire for mocking disabled reporter Republican presidential contender Donald Trump is criticised for mocking a disabled New York Times reporter.

Does a fair minded person mock people with disabilities, as Trump did to Serge Kovaleski? www.bbc.com/news/world-u...

Trump verdict: Former president found guilty in hush-money case Mr Trump's lawyers will almost certainly appeal the verdict, which does not prevent him from running for president.

Does a nice and fair minded person get found guilty in a hush-money scandal?
www.bbc.co.uk/articles/cj7...

Donald Trump loses appeal against E Jean Carroll sexual abuse verdict Federal appeals court upholds $5m sexual assault and defamation verdict in setback for president-elect

This commentary is a slap in the face to so many, and is so blatantly false. Did E Jean Carroll find Trump to be a "nice person"?
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After answering a question about the appointment, Mandelson went on to call DT a "nice person" and a "fair minded person". Is this how anyone should describe a rapist, insurrectionist and convicted felon?

Peter Mandelson calls past remarks about Trump ‘ill-judged and wrong’ Labour peer says president has won ‘fresh respect’ ahead of expected confirmation as ambassador to the US

Annoyed 🧵
Okay, I very grudgingly understand why #Labour figures have backtracked on previous comments about Donald Trump, but Peter Mandelson's utter obsequiousness is disgusting. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...