tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post3688814862842645878..comments2024-03-28T09:16:33.241+00:00Comments on Diary of a Benefit Scrounger: Nowhere to Turn for VulnerableSue Marshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14849801822216267250noreply@blogger.comBlogger69125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-71147573863191079532015-06-01T12:11:55.065+01:002015-06-01T12:11:55.065+01:00I am so glad to have found this site after reading...I am so glad to have found this site after reading Community Care in the library.Avoiding residential care costshttp://www.howtokeepitinthefamily.co.uk/common-mistakes.aspxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-17796475547848898852012-07-01T17:30:47.292+01:002012-07-01T17:30:47.292+01:00Thank you for this great blog.
I am disabled and a...Thank you for this great blog.<br />I am disabled and a benefit scrounger, as I have no choice because i am disabled.<br />This goverment really do not understand that not only is it hard to work when disabled but also disability does cost more than being able bodied.<br />The housing costs more, adaptations, transport the list goes on.<br />If i were to loose my mobility allowence well I cannot see what i am going to do. Yes there is taxis but no mobility allowence i could not afford this.<br />There is buses but I can't use buses as they are difficult for me to use.<br />I work as self employed from home on a part time basis with this new universal credit this will not be an option for me.<br />Being a single mum as well i cannot leave my two children to their own devices while I have to work 35 hours per week.<br />The gov really do not care.Louisehttp://diaryoflymegirl.blogspot.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-50848092924270292462012-05-07T05:57:03.043+01:002012-05-07T05:57:03.043+01:00What I mean by that little lot is? We fought two W...What I mean by that little lot is? We fought two World Wars to get the system those inhumane W*nkers now describe as an extra cost or unnecessary expenditure to HELP Our disabled & old/young live in comfort as well as treat our ill people in hospital Properly unlike the US where people die for want of medical bills being paid; If it takes ANOTHER war & I Do mean WAR - against Our Own government to FORCE them to remember that & uphold what we elected them to defend rather than doing what they have NO mandate for? So be it - They allow us words, protests & petitions? Because they Don't work or aren't allowed to; Thus allowing the government to stand & laugh at us as Labour once did in an election for their & thus our ineffectiveness. <br /><br />The One thing they ARE afraid of though? Is main force & When the government breaks their own contract with the people to govern properly & care for all as this lot have done? There is NO contract between them & the people or Any obligation to obey them anymore & thus the people are FREE to take Direct Action in response up to & including removing said government with Full justification for their actions - Which are no longer revolutionary? But instead necessary. In view of that little lot? I think you all Know what we should do or try to bring about because one way or another? It WILL soon happen - Mark my words................<br /><br />OK Peace People & Take Care.<br /><br />Will Try & get some insomniac's sleep now in my own strange little world.<br /><br />Night.<br /><br />SimonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-23663820457867472202012-05-07T05:45:04.123+01:002012-05-07T05:45:04.123+01:00NB If you're Against the Disability Tests &...NB If you're Against the Disability Tests & the NHS changes etc & don't know HOW to attack the Scum at ATOS? Why not do what the fans of my favourite football side Liverpool did to remove Their hated co-owners George Gillet & Tom Hicks by FORCE a couple of years ago? Go after their Financial Backers & Supporting Companies/organisations via the Internet & a Unified attack by as Many disabled people & organisations for those affected by the cuts as possible. Attack, bombard & Massively Email them about What is happening & Why you are going after them. Block & jam their mailboxes day in, day out en masse Until They are FORCED to stop dealing with ATOS - Trust me in the end? It WILL have an effect - If ATOS gets twitchy about online blogs attacking them & shuts down disabled forums via lawyers for criticism? What do you think a Direct assault like That will do to them but in truth? ATOS is only the start & That IMO? Is prob' The best way to get at them right now. <br /><br />Anyway re' Atos? Get RID of them or at least FORCE them to act responsibly? & You will remove a Keystone in the Government's policy on DLA & IB & ESA & IS benefits. They will be FORCED to back down then as IF people PASS tests en masse or ATOS quit the country? They'll be Right back in the position they were before when people were treated humanely & further? We will Know We can Force change from the government then by going After their favourite pet company or organisation. Why not try this? You've nothing to lose..........<br /><br />NBB And if you can affect ATOS as I suggest? And in the end - You CAN? Then why not the OTHER shadowy companies with a stake in the government privatising & Wrecking what's left of our economy so they can hoover up the proceeds & enslaw us? If you can GET one? Why not the others? Fact is we CAN - We just have to be creative with half our numbers ill or disabled like you Sue (& the other half demonised for not working often not through their own choice.) And I admire you BTW Miss - Very much. <br /><br />Fight BACK - SHOW them we're not lying down & remember? Not ALL revolutions Have to be physical (rioting, blood on the streets etc) You can affect things JUST as much if not More IF you know What buttons to press - It's just a matter of Finding the right ones; That's all..........<br /><br />Peace & keep well people. <br /><br />Bye for now.<br /><br />SimonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-29632068028259005382012-05-07T05:44:33.578+01:002012-05-07T05:44:33.578+01:00The government are out to kill us are they Sslaxx?...The government are out to kill us are they Sslaxx? Then I say KILL Them first mate - FORCE strikes, mass demonstrations/walkouts, riots even a revolution - Shouldn't be hard in This environment anyway & WHEN (not if) the able-bodied working relatives of our disabled find out just What is being done to them - A fact the government has been Very careful to either hide or make So embarrassing via the tests? The disabled Don't tell people through shame & the government Know that & rely on it thus far. But When able bodied relatives Know What's going on & the disabled have Had enough as well? The match that the government have put to a bomb by doing this? Will explode & then some. That's not to say it Can't be sped up in this process mind & if the Condem Coalition & it's Nazi Police/Stormtrooper 'shoot to kill' allies could Not handle a few thousand angry youths last summer? What do you think will happen WHEN the country turns on them en masse? They won't last Five f*cking minutes & they Know it.............<br /><br />Anyway, Sslaxx, Sue Etc? - I am in the position of many here - fogged & 'hazed' out by painkillers & spending days in a mess due to a long ago operation that nearly killed me & wrecked my life leaving my work future (then) in a mess (now). But I worked out WHAT the politicians want? LONG ago & ever since when I've been given their odious reviews & pathetic little application forms? I've gone through them, told the truth of HOW difficult it is for me & even when PUSHED On to their pathetic 'work experience & Jobhunt' schemes? I Tell The (would-be) employers what I'm like & why; They All without fail are Soon scared off - tell the DWP/Jobcentre Why & eventually? Said DWP has given up in exasperation Every time & returned me to my Income support. <br /><br />Now? I find I'm going on the equally ridiculous ESA but with No other income & a young son to care for some of the time as well as his home due to his B*tch of a mother leaving me? I'll FIND a way somehow to endure & as to Lain Duncan Smith or Chris Grayling Never MIND Andrew Lansley whose pretty much wrecked HALF our healthcare to now? IF I Ever see them in person? I'll Kill Them before they do me via their so-called 'reforms'. And I Mean That - never mind suicide - I'll use Homicide (bullet, bat, bare hands? Don't care) on one of those ghouls to Make Them All listen as in truth? It's only When something Like that (i.e. one of them Finally gets Physically Attacked as they damn well deserve) happens? That they Will listen. And as to what Else is coming? Clearly When the food cuts for families Due to ever rising prices & ever lessening money come to Bite & more & more end up unemployed in this hellish system Due To cuts Forcing their redundancy or sacking? There Will be riots on a scale not Seen here since 1990's Poll Tax riots & this time? <br /><br />This time around? They'll be Far worse than even that back in 1990 - They'll make Last summers affair? Look like the trial run it Was & in the end? They WILL bring down this so-called government by Force as we Should have bloody done long ago (neither tories Nor Labour would do Any of this were they as afraid as the French governments always are of being overthrown by Force). Anyway? This will happen in the end; You can see it coming? A Mile off, Mark my words.........<br /><br />SimonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-12477516583948691502012-05-01T11:23:29.098+01:002012-05-01T11:23:29.098+01:00Social cleansing and social Darwinism are the orde...Social cleansing and social Darwinism are the order of the day for the Government (and for the last one). They want us DEAD, never mind being just unemployed or homeless or what have you. People like IDS and Cameron (or Balls or Milliband, or Clegg, or...) may very well publicly state they don't understand why people are so unhappy, killing themselves etc. in such numbers or guff like that, but I bet you that privately they are celebrating it, and will encourage the circle of hate and blame and death to continue. Politicians of any and every colour are just sociopaths in suits.<br /><br />I'm going to agree very much with the anon poster up above - reap what ye sow, and I very much hope the British public have a bitter, bitter harvest.Sslaxxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08534797438968206490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-33835490583411044472012-03-24T12:08:12.984+00:002012-03-24T12:08:12.984+00:00Ohh its really cool to have such amazing post Than...Ohh its really cool to have such amazing post Thanks and regards...Indian News Paperhttp://www.thepunjab.com.aunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-9459062426036720632011-12-07T12:21:20.879+00:002011-12-07T12:21:20.879+00:00I'm in process of appealing ESA decision. Am a...I'm in process of appealing ESA decision. Am at the point where nothing left but to stand up and fight. At a time when I have little strength to do so. Sound familiar? I'm finding that DWP are more than usual putting obstacles in my way eg. even after two weeks of phone calls to ask if they've received my GL24 Appeal form and yesterday physically going to local JC for them to scan and email copy they say they have not received it. Meanwhile they have stopped money forcing me to cancel all DD's and go for Crisis Loan for food. I was informed a maximum of 3 in any 12 month period was allowed. This week I shall be forced to apply for the second as they will not be able to reinstate my benefits (for the time being) until receipt of said GL24! <br /><br />I am currently losing the will to live as not only am I prone to severe depression but following an accident 4 years ago I have a lame arm and severe arthritis in my knees not to mention diabetes, sleep apnoea, hyper tension and high colesterol.<br /><br />I am so glad to have found this site after reading Community Care in the library yesterday so that I can add my voice to the millions. It is such a relief to communicate with others. I have heard of 4 suicides this year. One was a neighbour and one the daughter of a lifelong friend and I was seriously beginning to feel I was headed that way. Now I just feel angry and powerless. But if there is anything I can do. I will.<br /><br />MartiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-32518699527207320932011-12-06T20:54:36.674+00:002011-12-06T20:54:36.674+00:00When my DLA is taken away, I WILL be made homeless...When my DLA is taken away, I WILL be made homeless, as my DLA makes up the shortfall in housing benefit. This is my greatest fear, I can go without food for days at a time and I quite often do, the same goes for energy, but without somewhere to live, that will be the end.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-70826491760581127422011-11-24T08:35:24.946+00:002011-11-24T08:35:24.946+00:00Thanks again and looking forward for your post on ...Thanks again and looking forward for your post on making more.Logo makerhttp://www.onlinelogomaker.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-73441252863299754402011-11-11T22:20:32.968+00:002011-11-11T22:20:32.968+00:00I was alerted to this blog by a 4 mins piece to ca...I was alerted to this blog by a 4 mins piece to cammera after a recent Channel 4 News programme. I am thankful for the way it lists the effects of the cuts that have been announced, but neither legislated for, nor enacted. With this recession I have tried to believe that an announcement is different from an enactment of what is announced.<br /><br /> None the less, this new attempt to get 'the big society' to be more 'self sufficient' will prove that any such society is actually going to become more openly selfish and actually smaller. The front line in the advance of this new openly selfishness/individual self sufficiency will be with employers, who will have many more choices than ever before about who to employ and why, and more importantly who to reject for employment, only for others to reject them for similar reasons, employer group-think.<br /><br /> I faced this thirty years ago, as a youth, when I recieved half arsed training for work and then, like snow in summer, the jobs for young men evaporated. I did my best by returning to college whilst signing on, but I soon learnt how employers wanted a more intensive education than I could give myself on the dole. The market failed, and failed many people. I am presently on incapacity benefit, and if I am forced unto workseekers allowance or some other Orwellian titled benefit, I will be honest with employers about having a history of depression;let them be respocible for their choices, let me be responcible for telling the truth and having my personal conviciton about life. Let them render unto Ceasar and me unto God, I feel much healthier, more whole, for admitting to my depressions than denying, or supressing, them.<br /><br /> When employers complain collectively and publically to that nice Mr I.D.S. about there being 'too few good applicants for [good] jobs' I hope the BBC and other media organisations takes up the debate, and the lack of reality some employers live in will be exposed, and I hope those employers publically get called whingers for refusing to enlarge society, and the public acceptance of people as they are. Even as the story will trail off into generalisations.....Bearzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11288030980271753436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-70593406541653234042011-10-26T13:16:28.932+01:002011-10-26T13:16:28.932+01:00Pain is not a virtue.Pain is not a virtue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-87956501873138875802011-09-29T20:05:50.962+01:002011-09-29T20:05:50.962+01:00I was speaking to a friend of mine (Tory Voter) wh...I was speaking to a friend of mine (Tory Voter) when the conversation of the cuts came up.<br /><br />Its not cuts, its Austerity' <br />Yes Mate, for you who is in full time work, on a good salary or someone who is earning hourly wage, in good health and have no worries its just a bit of Austerity, for me who is stuck on a 'living' which is deemed 'suitable' by DWP with no way of increasing it through paid work, or increasing hours it is a cut, The money I have to pay towards my rent has increased, the cost of Diesel for the car has increased, <br /> 'Yes but that hits me as well'<br /> 'Yes it does, but if you was earning a hourly wage, what do you do if you want more money'<br /> 'True, I'd do some overtime'<br /> 'Well for me, I have to be available for the misses for 37hrs a week before I can even qualify for Carers Allowance, which is a pittyful £55/wk, then if we are lucky and we didn't save we get income support that JUST about pushes me above minimum wage, with that I have to pay bills, buy food, pay the rent and find money for Diesel, so all this is a cut to me'<br /> *Insert awkward silence*<br /> Oh true<br /> Why do you think I had to quit my job?<br />It wasn't because I hated it, wasn't because I didn't see any progress, It was simple, earning £20 (which was all I got after Income Support docked my wages) barely covered my Diesel cost to get there. <br />*Subject Dropped, Gulped down the can of Stella that was kindly donated by said friend and reached for my second*Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05569247059682407734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-89815407106214552412011-09-20T11:50:06.407+01:002011-09-20T11:50:06.407+01:00Great post, I never knew that, this is by far one ...Great post, I never knew that, this is by far one of the most comprehensive posts i've seen here and look forward to more of the you have always nice things to post.Personal Trainer Mayfairhttp://upfitness.co.uk/locations/mayfair-personal-training-gym/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-75319555308175841762011-07-25T16:46:51.617+01:002011-07-25T16:46:51.617+01:00carrie to Mrs Average Briton - "I really hope...carrie to Mrs Average Briton - "I really hope that you or your family never have to go through this...."<br /><br />I don't!<br />I think it's exactly what people like that need. Maybe then they would have more compassion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-18322043527666372442011-06-13T18:30:47.246+01:002011-06-13T18:30:47.246+01:00Mrs Average Britain I will tell you what happened ...Mrs Average Britain I will tell you what happened in the 1950`s people suffered you muppet it wasnt a better time and it wasnt anything to be proud of.sifubell65https://www.blogger.com/profile/16795673398506700246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-63466368481231704412011-05-26T22:18:53.765+01:002011-05-26T22:18:53.765+01:00Flipping morons.
The British public don't de...Flipping morons. <br /><br />The British public don't deserve everything they get. They deserve much worse. <br /><br />About the same that their victims have to put up with. Endless beurocracy, threats, offical harrassment, discrimination, lies. I really hope Mr And Mrs Suburbonk get hit for everything they've got.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-50449864786390531612011-02-16T20:28:33.119+00:002011-02-16T20:28:33.119+00:00I am shocked by mrs average Britain.
People talk ...I am shocked by mrs average Britain.<br /><br />People talk about being against the cuts. I am not against cuts as I don't want Britain to be bankrupt. We need to accept some cuts.<br /><br />I am however against cuts to DLA. Why target the most vulnerable people in society? It's ridiculous.<br /><br />I am a working tax payer and I am glad to be paying for the care of people who can't work themselves. One day it will be me needing that help (I am in the very early stages of Myotonic dystrophy).Shonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04091615449747111831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-63574285676065017462011-02-14T18:43:08.020+00:002011-02-14T18:43:08.020+00:00Brilliant. Moving. Terrifying.
The whole cabinet ...Brilliant. Moving. Terrifying.<br /><br />The whole cabinet should be forced to read this and react to it. Well, I'd prefer we found some of the most interesting examples of disabled people who're going to be screwed and forced Cameron et al to talk to them all, with the media watching, but that isn't likely.Sam Barnett-Cormackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01904395421765346531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-42735560958853164322011-02-14T18:04:23.603+00:002011-02-14T18:04:23.603+00:00I feel physically sick reading this. The problem ...I feel physically sick reading this. The problem with "cuts" is that when you ask people if they think cuts should be made, it is such an abstract term, people don't see how it effects people. And often when they say they agree with cuts, they actually mean cuts that don't effect them.<br /><br />With the relaunch of the Big Society yet again, how can Cameron look people in the eye and come up with these trite political phrases when the cuts are effecting the most vulnerable.<br /><br />I will do a post in a few days on this. This year will be interesting, we will find out if people do care.<br /><br />All the bestAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-19925265915500651812011-02-08T03:49:36.581+00:002011-02-08T03:49:36.581+00:00@Mrs Average Briton
As I was reading your comment...@Mrs Average Briton<br /><br />As I was reading your comments, I almost expected you to say 'Are there no workhouses that the poor and disabled can go to?', which made me think of the time when they existed...along with child labour and many other things this country ought to be ashamed of. You paint a picture of 1950's Britain as if people's lives were better back then...naievety at best, downright bigotry towards the problems that the impoverished have always faced at worst. I fail to see how cutting funding to the voluntary sector would create a 'closer community'....are you suggesting that people would suddenly go out of their way and give up large chunks of their free time en masse to help out their sick, elderly or disabled neighbours if they suddenly lost their only lifelines? And do this as an unpaid gesture of kindness? Would you? Unfortunately, as you must well realise given your chosen nickname, the 'average briton' will not, that's why many charitable organisations had to be established in the first place. Or perhaps you'd rather these people just go away and disappear or die in poverty, alone and unheard just like many did back in the 1950's. Mind you, I suppose with your attitude you'd say that if they must die then 'they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population.', a line I'm sure you're familiar with.<br /><br />It is shocking that in a country where our legal system no longer tolerates the abuse of people based on their skin colour, ethnic background, nationality or sexuality, there is still such widespread unjustified hatred levelled against disadvantaged people and it's fuelled by both national newspapers and even the government. Hopefully in years to come, we will look back upon these times with shame, just as we do whenever the slave trade is mentioned.<br /><br />Excellent blog post by the way, Sue.TromaDogghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08139491666544200422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-38678573341525902832011-02-05T16:03:56.564+00:002011-02-05T16:03:56.564+00:00@Mrs Average Briton, lol! You've packed so mu...@Mrs Average Briton, lol! You've packed so much in. It's funny really, I'd argue that people like this character you've created should be kept away from others, as the extreme hatred they feel towards the rest of the human race will find ways of making itself felt even when they're being polite, and is arguably a dangerous psychosis in itself. Sad that England has so many, as principles and compassion for the unfortunate really are something to be proud of.jan.4987https://www.blogger.com/profile/03301342161024286342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-72411852830539897662011-01-30T13:47:24.741+00:002011-01-30T13:47:24.741+00:00DeeNJai - I'm so sorry, but not surprised. I&#...DeeNJai - I'm so sorry, but not surprised. I'm hearing your story every day. <br />We will do all we can to change this.Sue Marshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14849801822216267250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-48313328441992927012011-01-30T10:33:44.958+00:002011-01-30T10:33:44.958+00:00Sorry forgot to say that I dont have family or fri...Sorry forgot to say that I dont have family or friends to help me these things.DeeNJaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14054521305414442641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-64061745206518237232011-01-30T10:32:39.036+00:002011-01-30T10:32:39.036+00:00I am one of these diabled people would love to wor...I am one of these diabled people would love to work but due a condition that changes every day some times every hour. I worked from 15 to 29 when I was signed off as medically retired due to my disablity. Sometimes I would work 12 hour a day seven days a week for months at a time which effected my health a lot.<br /><br />My condition is an inversible one as I have a chronic pain condition but because I have to use a wheelchair then people can see it. I also dont have control of my bowel or bladder so I have use equipment to control these. If I didnt have my powerchair I wouldnt get out as I cant push myself in my manual chair as I have problems with my hands and wrists and also it would cause me to be more fatigued due to doing this. I have been trying to get support at home as I cant do most of the things people take for granted like having a shower so that I can treat my skin, help with meal prep, cleaning and a few other things. so far I have been refused 7 times for any support. i havent had a shower in months because i cant reach a lot of parts of my body, if i need to get to my feet to clean them i have take my hips out of joint so that i can do this.<br /><br />There are many other disabled people that dont get the care they need to live their lifes the way they want. There are many charities that are losing their funding to support people get the benefits that they are entitled too. <br />DeeDeeNJaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14054521305414442641noreply@blogger.com