You're absolutely right of course.
I'm feeling particularly powerless lately, so merely raged to myself "WHAT IS SHE ON?" Knowing fine well exactly what's going on... then #Starmer topped things off by withdrawing the whip from people of conscience.
Mine is (Sir) Alan Campbell who is Chief Whip. Needless to say he voted 'Aye'.
I could not possibly hold my nose and vote Labour this last time, under #StarmerIsATory
I felt it was pointless writing to him to express my opinion considering his position. Perhaps wrong of me and I still should.
Watching 'Newsnight'... might have to turn it off... not sure my blood pressure can bear it...
Ian Byrne 👏🏻
#StarmerIsATory , he is totally inept, has no principles. It is long past time he was gone.
Change? What change? He's dishing up more of the same and not even in a competent fashion!
He looks like a fool and is making other people make idiots of themselves.
I know I'm not coherent! So angry!
... I didn't complete it, due to the concerns of my person on how the information might be used and whether it would genuinely be anonymous.
The fact that they knew I hadn't completed it doesn't preclude anonymity, but it doesn't provide confidence either.
In a very strange state of mind today and have very little motivation (hence mindless scrolling...)
Wonder if it's just my body trying to recover from yesterday's heat?
The 10 degrees lower is very welcome, but since my thyroid was removed I struggle with temperature regulation.
Mind you, the anxiety over the #WelfareReform bill is not helping. I know the person for whom I care is in a state of terror, and I'm not far behind for their sake.
I absolutely detest #StarmerIsATory
You're articulating my thoughts folks.
He's pulled the wool over some people's eyes, but there are plenty of us who see straight through him.
Vile creature and politically inept.
Can't wait to be rid of him, but who will take his place is the question...
'On top of that, it owes them better services, so that those who want to work can do so; it owes them better services anyway, if it wants to count itself modern and humane; and it owes them the basic decency of recognition.'
'Carers UK estimated last year that if every unpaid carer in the country decided to cease caring tomorrow and joined the “productive” economy instead, that would cost the state £184bn a year. In other words, the cost of disability is already being shouldered mainly by disabled people and their loved ones. The state owes these families an enormous debt of gratitude as a baseline.'
'According to the 2021 census, there are 5.8 million unpaid carers in the UK, 1.2 million of those living in poverty, 400,000 in deep poverty. A report by the Social Metrics Commission found that, of the 14.9 million people living in poverty in the UK in 2021-22, 8.6 million were in families that included a disabled person.'
'As of last October, there were 3.6 million personal independence payment (Pip) claimants. Eligibility is stringent. The idea – last floated by Tony Blair, whose transformation into know-nothing golf-club pontificator is still startling after all this time – that we are “medicalising the ups and downs of life”, handing out diagnoses and sickness benefits to people who just feel a bit sad, is fanciful.'
Beverley