tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post5730730313839948963..comments2024-03-28T09:16:33.241+00:00Comments on Diary of a Benefit Scrounger: CLAUSE 80 - AMENDMENT 50ESue Marshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14849801822216267250noreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-56109711953953644652012-01-18T14:08:59.231+00:002012-01-18T14:08:59.231+00:00Be like me...Don,t let the bastards bring you down...Be like me...Don,t let the bastards bring you down.<br />But you post was very good,straight to the point.Sums up how I feel too.have done since I was 9 years old when I first tried to kill myself.<br />But keep smiling...they hate smiles.<br /><br />RALPH.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-47127749321472551352012-01-18T14:05:15.631+00:002012-01-18T14:05:15.631+00:00Just found this blog linked from the NAS site.
Ver...Just found this blog linked from the NAS site.<br />Very interesting.<br />considering I just heard Ian Duncan Smith say there will be NO trial of PIP in response from a comment by Tanny Grey-Thompson.<br />I was diagnosed with Aspergers Syndrome last September.My life has been a nightmare and the diagnosis hinted at a way forward for me.<br />As a middle aged man of 51,you can imagine things like these reforms fill me with dread.<br />Don,t get me wrong.SOME form of reform of the welfare system as a whole is long over due.<br />Unfortunately,this "unelected" governments starting point is,"How can we save money".<br />Not,"How can we ensure the right people get what they may be entitled to".<br />I will continue to read the blog with interrest.<br />At least it stopped me from wanting to kill myself today.<br />RALPH.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-20918479307293125382012-01-18T06:32:54.738+00:002012-01-18T06:32:54.738+00:00I've sent this to Cameron today. I've told...I've sent this to Cameron today. I've told him it's a first draft and that I hope to finish it before his government kills me:<br /><br /><br /><br />I’m sorry that I no longer have the energy to be busy all the time<br />I’m sorry for being old<br />I’m sorry that I can no longer work 14 hours a day<br />I’m sorry for being disabled <br />I’m sorry for being forgetful<br />I’m sorry for appearing to be distant<br />I’m sorry that I can’t carry a cup of tea from the kitchen without spilling some<br />I’m sorry that my moods are such that I am depressed most of the time<br />I’m sorry that I sometimes, increasingly, want to take my own life<br />I’m sorry that I don’t conform to your media friendly view of the world<br />I’m sorry I won’t be watching your Olympic Games<br />I’m sorry that my sight is failing<br />I’m sorry that my hearing is not all it could be<br />I’m sorry my knees are not strong and that makes walking difficult<br />I’m sorry that the pain in my back creates discomfort for me<br />I’m human<br />I’ve been here over sixty years<br />My spirit is being crushed by youAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-82268326363327170402012-01-18T00:56:07.977+00:002012-01-18T00:56:07.977+00:00Not sure it was that balanced.
The minister on th...Not sure it was that balanced.<br /><br />The minister on the committee seemed flustered certainly but went on to confirm that the assessments carried out by non-medical ATOS people (sic) were about determining people's ability to work rather than their needs for support - even on DLA - I would suggest the majority of people on DLA would find it very difficult to 'work' in the usual meaning of the word. The minister also was disengenious when talking about it not being about saving money rather reckoning that because no one on DLA has been reassessed the likelihood would be that many are well, fit and better now and therefore don't need the benefit. A more ludicrous statement would be hard to find.<br /><br />There is no doubt in my mind that what is happening here is part of a total 'cleansing' of poor, disabled and unemployed people. It is ethnic cleansing of the disability kind. It is vile. It is fascism.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-84558981416221864932012-01-18T00:23:35.184+00:002012-01-18T00:23:35.184+00:00Very balanced and indeed emotional package on DLA/...Very balanced and indeed emotional package on DLA/PIP on Newsnight, the best for many years, after all this is the programme that invited the inventor of Workfare in the U,S to do an unedited package, (read advert) on the programme and of course there was last week. But, credit where its due, tonight was very good and in the old humane and balanced traditions of Newsnight, we don't need special favours just equal treatment.<br /><br />Oh, and its shows we are having an effect<br /><br />NEVER GIVE UP!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-51671057617308235072012-01-17T23:23:45.078+00:002012-01-17T23:23:45.078+00:00And it was by and for sick and disabled people. Ev...And it was by and for sick and disabled people. Even the peers who defended us so strongly were disabled.Sue Marshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14849801822216267250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-85089008637754580352012-01-17T23:21:19.913+00:002012-01-17T23:21:19.913+00:00Sue - thank you for all you have been doing for us...Sue - thank you for all you have been doing for us and thank you to all reading this who have worked with you.Sunnynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-61361549920684640462012-01-17T23:07:53.555+00:002012-01-17T23:07:53.555+00:00Anon 02.07pm - it's bad enough coping with chr...Anon 02.07pm - it's bad enough coping with chronic illness even with the support of a partner, friends etc., so i feel really sad for you that you are having to deal with all this alone, and the same goes to anyone else out there who is feeling like Anon.<br />the likes of Lord Fraud, Grayling and co. really are on another planet.Shame on them. Goodnight Spartaci, rest and regroup to fight(knackeredly) another day! So many more Press on our side, so much more accurate info.in the public domain, we DID get the govt. rattled.Findlownoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-9190624287554843442012-01-17T22:24:22.737+00:002012-01-17T22:24:22.737+00:00Well guys, remember this. Two weeks ago, no-one li...Well guys, remember this. Two weeks ago, no-one listened to us at all and we didn't expect they ever would. <br /><br />Boy did they listen to us today! xxxx<br /><br />More tomorrow, but sleep with a smile. <br /><br />Look at what we achieved!! An amendment. On Hansard. Forever.Sue Marshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14849801822216267250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-58707629723392413482012-01-17T22:21:51.831+00:002012-01-17T22:21:51.831+00:00[QUOTE]Anonymous has left a new comment on the pos...[QUOTE]Anonymous has left a new comment on the post "CLAUSE 80 - AMENDMENT 50E": <br /><br /> I suffer from enduring health problems and associated disability. I laid in bed tonight clutching my phone while reading Sue's twitter updates. I don't have any back-up of friends and I have felt painfully alone, depressed and afraid. It has been relentless and I am tired. The light was off and I laid there hoping for a final lifeline from the Lords today. I never got one.<br /><br />But thank you Sue for sharing it all with us, even with people like me who are too afraid to tweet or speak up. I didn't cry alone tonight[/QUOTE]<br /><br />sue and her team have done their best and am not sure how they will go from here <br /><br />[QUOTE]But thank you Sue for sharing it all with us, even with people like me who are too afraid to tweet or speak up. I didn't cry alone tonight[/QUOTE]<br /><br />yes there will be thousands like you there were tears in my eyes as well not sure why maybe just reading your plight that i know so well :'( :'(Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-39079740838664562992012-01-17T22:07:52.360+00:002012-01-17T22:07:52.360+00:00I suffer from enduring health problems and associa...I suffer from enduring health problems and associated disability. I laid in bed tonight clutching my phone while reading Sue's twitter updates. I don't have any back-up of friends and I have felt painfully alone, depressed and afraid. It has been relentless and I am tired. The light was off and I laid there hoping for a final lifeline from the Lords today. I never got one.<br /><br />But thank you Sue for sharing it all with us, even with people like me who are too afraid to tweet or speak up. I didn't cry alone tonight.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-40710513154493306642012-01-17T21:55:59.143+00:002012-01-17T21:55:59.143+00:00we lost
The government won the Lords vote by 229...we lost <br /><br />The government won the Lords vote by 229 to 213.<br /><br />what now it's all over i knew that lord fraud would bounce back he quoted that stalling the process would cost over one billion poundsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-83485852737178574752012-01-17T21:46:47.590+00:002012-01-17T21:46:47.590+00:00I've done a blog...not done very well and just...I've done a blog...not done very well and just too tired to properly edit but there is one there, with the little video I tried to make...need new memory card before I can do more xPeace Artist Laineyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01752499118846572098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-28335164265919801402012-01-17T21:16:21.496+00:002012-01-17T21:16:21.496+00:00As i have posted before I was very much involved i...As i have posted before I was very much involved in campaigning against Nl's welfare reforms, it was a thankless task and i often felt very alone, now I don't and i am certain many others feel the same way..<br /><br />That is our victory,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-49620966014445202292012-01-17T21:12:50.695+00:002012-01-17T21:12:50.695+00:00In touch on Radio 4 8.40pm-9pm devoted the whole p...In touch on Radio 4 8.40pm-9pm devoted the whole programme to the debate and the outcome...Should be available via the I-player...I am very disappointed at the outcome...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-14021433571355236752012-01-17T20:35:52.707+00:002012-01-17T20:35:52.707+00:00link:
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld...link:<br /><br />http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld/ldtoday/l_05.htm#d2e528<br /><br />1 amendment withdrawn<br />1 ammendment not movedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-10560052516011373252012-01-17T20:29:47.853+00:002012-01-17T20:29:47.853+00:00When the dust settles and the post mortem begins, ...When the dust settles and the post mortem begins, though as Sue says it may be a phyric victory for Fraud, we have to consider setting up a national network: This was was considered when the N/L welfare bills went through. Now with advanced social media, and the momentum all the hard work has engenderd, the time is now. Incredible things have happened this week and leading up to it: small victories have been won, people are listening, donating, supporting, the media is definitely at least for now re-orienting on welfare reportage. even the binary divide that has often existed between 'sick' and 'disabled' people has been bridged,The Spartacus model has made political and social media history and will be studied by politics and media students for quite a while. The charities have finally come on board, theough they have have been weak, vacilliating and in some cases corrupt, accepting Govt contracts in return for aquiescence, in the first instance, we must do it ourselves...<br /><br />My first suggestions are <br /><br />Perhaps most crucial at present, Sue or other Spartaci could make an application to speak at the Levinson media hearings, (perhaps asking Greg Philo too) they way disabled people have been portrayed in most of the media has been criminal and has had an impact on public opinion<br /><br />a lobby of the DWP or Atos or even No 10, <br /><br />Lobby to get Sue or Tanni on Question Time<br /><br />make explicit the links between ATOS and the Para-Olympics<br /><br />Make links with unions esp Unite and the PCS, they may help with funding<br /><br />Get the report endorsed by the Occupy movement and other new social movementsjohn rogersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-83303107201923060362012-01-17T20:16:00.136+00:002012-01-17T20:16:00.136+00:00nothing on BBC Parliament about this debate - spen...nothing on BBC Parliament about this debate - spent the last 4 hours checking on HoC debate about town centres - important - but not as immediate as the DLA debate. Surely BBC are not biased?????Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-29131629911396117682012-01-17T18:52:23.044+00:002012-01-17T18:52:23.044+00:00My view point that i made months ago in which you ...My view point that i made months ago in which you were assessed for benefit in your own home by a independent doctor accompanied by a DWP benefits adviser to make sure you were in receipt of the right benefits is the only way to go<br /><br />The independent doctor would have all of your medical records to hand and your health care worker if you have one would be able to put any points across so that you would be assessed in a fair way<br /><br />My conservative mp thought that was the way to go also and i still believe that is the case <br /><br />And if lord fraud had any common sense he would also agree I'm sure <br /><br />So i would say to him let's cut the bull and do this reform process in a proper and fair way which is the only wayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-63695693671739825092012-01-17T18:45:13.759+00:002012-01-17T18:45:13.759+00:00You know that almost makes me want to laugh. It...You know that almost makes me want to laugh. It's like having stepped into a parallel universe and my brain can't compute that this is all really happening and a company could be so incompetent.It is so utterly insane and inhuman.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-70938754511986507992012-01-17T16:10:28.893+00:002012-01-17T16:10:28.893+00:00Lets hope that the Lords come forward again and pu...Lets hope that the Lords come forward again and put a stop to madness such as this recent example.<br /><br /><b>Coma patient refused ESA benefit..</b><br /><br />I couldn't help but notice this on the CAB website/forum just now....<br /><br />http://www.rightsnet.org.uk/forums/viewthread/2496/<br /><br />"Yep- it has finally happened (or near enough).<br /><br />Client’s husband is in hospital in a coma. He was sent ESA50. Client contacted DWP to explain situation and was asked to obtain letter from hospital confirming he is in a coma. Did so. Was told to send it to ATOS rather than local BDC. Did so. Husband has now received decision letter- yep, as he has failed to return the ESA50 without good cause and is therefore capable of work and no longer entitled to ESA….<br /><br />You couldn’t make it up."<br /><br />Is this what those on PIP will be experiencing in the future? Dear god I hope not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-89591882517251195442012-01-17T15:04:23.587+00:002012-01-17T15:04:23.587+00:00Heard you on 'World at One' Sue. I also t...Heard you on 'World at One' Sue. I also thought you did well. And I enjoyed your being the first to speak! <br />Have you noticed, one and all, that both 'Today' and 'World at One' are now talking of the government's welfare 'changes' (they're no longer 'reforms')? That seems to me a shift in perception. Well done one and all - and well done BBC.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-36676451159580069552012-01-17T14:50:33.884+00:002012-01-17T14:50:33.884+00:00Heard you on BBC news Sue, at something like 20 pa...Heard you on BBC news Sue, at something like 20 past 2 I believe, wasn't paying much attention to the time, anyway I thought you did well, and put your points accross nicely, just a shame they didn't give you much time to really put the point accross to the general public.<br /><br />I think you were only on for like 2-3 minutes? It said live from Brighton on the TV lol<br /><br />- MattAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-85901311842188459142012-01-17T14:42:26.099+00:002012-01-17T14:42:26.099+00:00Anon. 01.17AM: Of course we'd all like the wh...Anon. 01.17AM: Of course we'd all like the whole WRB chucked in the bin, but this is the real world and it doesn't work like that. What is utterly remarkable is how Sue,Kaliya, Spoonydoc and anyone else I haven't mentioned but should have, plus the efforts of other very unwell and disabled Spartaci, have forced these issues very visibly into the public eye, transforming the ugly "scrounger" rhetoric, getting some good spots on the Beeb at last,and the Mail even. Not to mention the fact that Lord Fraud himself felt driven to write to all peers cos he was so rattled by the Spartacus report! This is huge. Be grateful, and please support Sue and co who have made such efforts to the detriment of their health.Findlownoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-72835774472344704572012-01-17T14:28:44.623+00:002012-01-17T14:28:44.623+00:00Anon., since you wrote the above, Sue appeared on ...Anon., since you wrote the above, Sue appeared on the World at One, light sabres blazing at Maria Miller! Sue did brilliantly and managed to make strong relevant points providing much more information than Lord Low was able to earlier on the Today program. (No disrespect to Lord Low at all, but he wasn't given much time).Findlownoreply@blogger.com