tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34940564.post6929435076615129877..comments2023-11-25T01:12:34.326+00:00Comments on Benefit Scrounging Scum: New report from We Are Spartacus - Emergency Stop #pipemergencyBenefitScroungingScumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08939136229593231935noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34940564.post-37433820034458931312013-01-15T16:30:15.465+00:002013-01-15T16:30:15.465+00:00Have also sent it to my MP, Chris Williamson, Labo...Have also sent it to my MP, Chris Williamson, Labour. So far media coverage has been good, and it's a great report, well done Spartaci!misspiggynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34940564.post-61242990680660118562013-01-15T13:57:47.554+00:002013-01-15T13:57:47.554+00:001. Judicial review of WCA 15 & 16 jan
2. Atos...1. Judicial review of WCA 15 & 16 jan<br /><br />2. Atos debate in HoC<br /><br />The debate in atmosphere and outcome will tell if there's any chance of making any difference to PiP<br /><br />I personalli don't think it willAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34940564.post-9189217281408775572013-01-15T08:33:55.243+00:002013-01-15T08:33:55.243+00:00I wonder which organisation felt it should be lowe...I wonder which organisation felt it should be lowered?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34940564.post-25558549812545324392013-01-14T21:24:35.760+00:002013-01-14T21:24:35.760+00:00This is the letter I've just sent my MP :
De...This is the letter I've just sent my MP :<br /><br /><br />Dear David Mowat,<br /><br />David I'm praying that you will be opposing the appalling treatment of disabled people as part of this over menus plans for DLA changes, soon becoming PIP, and featuring an unbelievable attack on those in receipt of Mobility Allowance. The recent unannounced move to change the "how far can you walk test" by reducing it from 50m to 20m is beyond reason. It will destroy lives. Please ignore the party line from DWP. This will not result in a "largely neutral" change. It will result in the removal of Motability cars from severely disabled people. These are not scroungers David. They are decent people, many like myself have worked every day of our adult lives, paid taxes and NI and haven't had 24 hours unemployment. Why does this Government gate disabled people so much ? Why are we being demonised and portrayed as cheats ? <br /><br />The new PIP plans win some support in Daily Mail sound bytes but this isn't about politics David it's genuinely a life or death situation. These changes will condemn some of the most vulnerable people in our society to a life home bound, and see the destruction of their independence, their dignity, their pride.<br /><br /> Please take a close look at this David, it isn't as it appears in the DWP statements. We need our MPs to get below the surface of these PIP plans and understand the huge personal impact. Yes there is emotion, yes there is anger, but at the heart of this issue is the terrible fear that the new PIP will do more than reduce current DLA numbers and save some money. It will destroy lives in a way that is hard for many to understand because naturally they tend to see mobility and independence as a "given", a normal part of life and indeed, a "right". Please will you ask the questions that need asking and challenge the line being taken by DWP and get under the skin of these changes. We need a champion for those in your constituency who seem more and more at risk from a whole rash of benefit changes. They are not cheats, nor scroungers and in fact many are true strivers who before they start striving have to start living and just to do that takes an effort that would amaze most people. <br /><br />Hoping you will act for those who need that champion.<br /><br />Yours sincerely,<br /><br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34940564.post-31386423870696016272013-01-14T13:34:41.126+00:002013-01-14T13:34:41.126+00:00Yes - where IS Labor in all of this? It's one...Yes - where IS Labor in all of this? It's one thing to have Conservatives throwing any and everyone under the bus, it's quite another to have Labor, the Party which SHOULD represent those who believe in caring for one another, stand by in silence while the least capable are cast farther adrift in a sea of "Fend for Yourself".Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13024392628362568010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34940564.post-48095771517129571812013-01-14T13:10:40.124+00:002013-01-14T13:10:40.124+00:00Then you should be OK, because you will state that...Then you should be OK, because you will state that you cannot walk 20 mtrs and need your husabd to move you everywhere, I could of course say the same, but for me I should not need to tell lies, I cannot walk 50mtrs in one go, but 20 mtrs is nothing is it.Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05186557603493331701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34940564.post-84956785032443013122013-01-14T11:35:18.435+00:002013-01-14T11:35:18.435+00:0020 metres doesn't make any sense. I can walk f...20 metres doesn't make any sense. I can walk farther, but i still can't walk to where i wan't to go. I wouldn't be able to go anywhere if it wasn't for my husband.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34940564.post-44269112680615126102013-01-14T08:47:21.785+00:002013-01-14T08:47:21.785+00:00Would Motability keep going with the loss of custo...Would Motability keep going with the loss of customers not to sure...<br /><br />I can walk 20 mtrs with crutches I cannot walk 50 I can use my wheelchair for twenty metres I cannot push myself 50 without stopping, what this new rule is about is those with an electric wheelchair will be OK those with manual have had it.<br /><br />Labour's not said very much have they<br /><br />Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05186557603493331701noreply@blogger.com