Hannah

Always amused (not amused) at how regularly the idea that there is a 'right' amount of mental ill-health in British society and that we must somehow return there. Declaring the correct amount of mental ill-health based on what you are prepared to pay to mitigate its effects isn't how reduction works

My mother said it's very important to tell your children you don't want the rubbish they give you or they'll carry on giving rubbish. She is bewildered when her children say they don't want her pottery offerings. When reminded of what she said, she says,'But the things I make are good.'

Women’s Institute will no longer accept trans women as members from April Exclusive: CEO says decision taken with ‘utmost regret and sadness’ after supreme court ruling on definition of a woman

Trans women has been welcomed at the Women's Institute since the 1970s and one member is in her 80's and has been a member for decades. This is pure bigotry pushed by legal threats backed monetarily by JK Rowling.

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Research shows unequivocally what the benefit limit means: kids go without food, clothes, and heating. You can think it’s unfair some parents get cash you don’t or made poor choices you didn’t. But if you think that resentment is more important than a child, I’d suggest you might reflect on that.

Mainstream media rags pit working people against benefit claimants after budget Reeves' budget might have thrown benefit claimants under the bus, but newspapers are making sure to reverse over them too

"Reeves might’ve thrown benefits claimants under the bus with the budget, but the corporate media rags are backing up to make sure they get dragged under the tyres"

I wrote about how the media are pitting benefits claimants against "Working people" (again) post budget for @thecanaryuk.bsky.social

The 'Avoiding Avoidance' Trap How Britain's Welfare Policy Weaponizes Therapy.

Incredible article, dissembling the Governments floored Welfare plans by leading Psychotherapist and Activist @shrinkatlarge.bsky.social substack.com/inbox/post/1...

I would love one.

The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP.

Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.

The people who need help are not the problem.

It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.

Chancellor says she ‘can’t leave welfare untouched’ this parliament as budget looms Rachel Reeves understood to be eyeing cuts to Motability scheme as she tries to plug hole in country’s finances

Two features of fascism are persecuting LGBTQ ppl & ppl with disabilities [PWD]. The UK govt is erasing trans ppl & hellbent on making PWD suffer. Some 30% of UK PWD live in poverty already. The difference between Labour & the far right Reform & Torys is cosmetic:

Politicians on mental health awareness days: mental health matters! It’s ok not to be ok!

Politicians every other day: all these lazy scroungers are going to the Drs, saying they’re depressed and being handed thousands in benefits THIS MUST STOP

A man in a suit stands at a microphone which has been mounted on the roof of a van. There are loudspeakers at his feet, and a building behind him. He has an arm raised, and is flinching as projectiles are hurled at him, because he's a fucking Nazi

Ah, happy 88th anniversary of the day Oswald Mosley tried to sell fascism to Liverpudlians – and someone concussed him with a brick

17-year-old trans girl's suicide over NHS wait times was preventable says coroner A 17-year-old trans girl's death by suicide over NHS wait times could have been prevented with swift intervention, a coroner has ruled.

Wes Streeting extended the puberty-blocker ban on 6 November 2024.

Leia died by suicide on 11 November 2024.

Yet again, Tory pseudoscience. Anxiety is a serious life-limiting medical condition. It can kill - the Torys’ cruelty would certainly do so. Medical diagnosis to avail of welfare is challenging & the payments derisory. What nasty people.

Labour is trying to prove mental health is over-diagnosed so it can cut DWP benefits further Wes Streeting's new review into mental health and neurodivergency will be vice chaired by “the most hated doctor in Britain”, Simon Wessely

Labour is trying to prove mental health and neurodivergent conditions are over-diagnosed so it can cut DWP benefits further- and they’ve hired the dr who ruined people with ME's lives to do it. Me for @thecanaryuk.bsky.social www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

They’ll adore you when you turn up and wake them up at midnight with a packet of crisps for them to share.

Trans Jews Belong Here - keshetonline.org

As we head into Shabbat, we want to specifically wish comfort and care to our fellow trans community members: you are not alone. Trans Jews and our loved ones have always been and will continue to be an intrinsic part of our Keshet and broader Jewish community. As we watch hateful ideas spread, at all levels of government and in the media, that dangerously and inaccurately paint trans people as the problem, know that we will continue to fight.

We will continue to educate our Jewish community about dangerous anti-trans rhetoric and misinformation, and organize and train allies to show up for trans safety, dignity, and rights — until all trans Jews can live authentically and safely, with belonging, dignity, and equality.

If you are looking for resources related to crisis support, community groups, healthcare access, legal support, mutual aid, and more, we invite you to check out this list of resources: keshetonline.org/trans-services-resources

As we head into Shabbat, we want to specifically wish comfort and care to our fellow trans community members: you are not alone. Trans Jews and our loved ones have always been and will continue to be an intrinsic part of our Keshet and broader Jewish community.

Cancel culture = asking people to use correct pronouns.

Not cancel culture = getting people fired coz they weren’t sufficiently sad about a dead Nazi YouTuber.

every time there's political violence discourse i think about how jo cox was assassinated in broad daylight by a fascist who shouted "britain first" as he shot her, and now nine years later her party is dedicating every moment in power to placating the ideology of her murderer

At school I’d finish everything quickly and be told to read a book. I assumed it was the same in the workplace then, in the first job, when I finished everything and got out my book, learned you have to pretend to look occupied.

Got the latest Jacqueline Wilson book but the cat thinks it's a foot rest.

Opining about the male loneliness crisis while women are losing access to reproductive rights, the maternal mortality rate is rising, and women are being forced out of the workforce is a real choice. It is a choice to ignore the deaths of women to promote the perceived victimhood of men.

Charging for GP appointments will fill waiting rooms with wealthy "worried well" at the expense of the cash strapped ill. It certainly won't reduce demand.

One of the go to positions for right wing & far right politicians is to call those who qualify for social security ‘scroungers’.

This is data from 2019. That a UK govt tried to cut it back further is beyond words [especially as it plans to spend £80+ billion on 2 nuclear power plants].

Someone just tweeted me and said we can’t afford to have 20–25% of the population on PIP.

So, as a PSA: 20–25% of the population AREN’T on PIP.

20–25% of the disabled population are on PIP.

The percentage of the whole population is 5.5%.

#TakingThePIP

The Labour front bench calculated if it moved to the far right on welfare payments & persecuting trans ppl it would get Daily Mail voters. It assumed with no one else to vote for its core would still support them. Now the core is walking & the far right wants the real thing in Reform.

If only there were some way for UK Labour MPs to gauge how unpopular their attacks on ppl with disabilities [PWD], & the trans community, are! For some reason ppl who voted for a left wing party seem very unhappy about getting a far right one, instead. But it’s only Queer ppl & PWD impacted, so far…

MPs and much of the media have spun a false narrative about tonight’s Universal Credit vote. The PIP pause has created the myth the government has fully u-turned on its disability cuts. But £2 billion is about to be pulled from the sickest and poorest people in the country.

MPs, how you vote both on the universal credit bill and the amendments both individually and as a party will be remembered forever. Even when a new welfare bill eventually comes, the ghosts of lives ruined and lost will live forever in the space between you and your constituents.