tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post1264409910054279549..comments2024-03-19T11:17:07.174+00:00Comments on Diary of a Benefit Scrounger: Shame on you Prime Minister - Where the Campaign BeganSue Marshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14849801822216267250noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-32458346257546537052012-01-17T15:10:10.466+00:002012-01-17T15:10:10.466+00:00I am disabled and work almost full time but I have...I am disabled and work almost full time but I have only been able to do that because of a supportive employer and DLA to enable me to run a car. Without either one of these, my ability to retain employment would be severely compromised. Yet I am one of the lucky ones. Many other disabled people simply could not work without DLA, cannot get a job because of the barriers of everyday life (and employers) or simply need to DLA to meet the high costs of disability. You are fortunate indeed to have family to support you; not everyone has. And remember often the cost to family members and carers can be high too - loss of employment, poverty and poor health. P.S. I still make time to shout at the PM!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-71859677555119588312012-01-16T08:11:47.546+00:002012-01-16T08:11:47.546+00:00Sue - I am Mrs Not quite Anon. You have heard from...Sue - I am Mrs Not quite Anon. You have heard from me via twitter. I asked you to rest for 24 hrs! I think that people like to say " look what I can do". They don't realise that this blog is full of people who can't do. I find it offensive to harp on about how great it is to do stuff. I'm sure my husband would love to be able to do everything and work. However, you and your crew Are giving something back to us all, and your work is appreciated by do' many people. Well done and take no notice of those who complain!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-55422891223779919642012-01-16T08:04:04.462+00:002012-01-16T08:04:04.462+00:00Well done. Mrs not quite anon.Well done. Mrs not quite anon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-30431439978422091492012-01-16T08:03:58.454+00:002012-01-16T08:03:58.454+00:00So,Anonymous, I am a bigot because I don't agr...So,Anonymous, I am a bigot because I don't agree with you? I should go and live in the US because I think you should work for a living? I am CIF (whatever that is) because you don't like my posts. Tell me what does your post make you sound like? Apart from rude and aggressive of course. Perhaps Sue will delete your post, Aren't you worried?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-75196606057866997652012-01-16T08:03:09.148+00:002012-01-16T08:03:09.148+00:00I don't believe you!! I post a video called &q...I don't believe you!! I post a video called "Shame on you Prime Minister" and suddenly "anonymous" posts appear claiming to be from different people. <br /><br />The last comment is just risible. I don't believe a word of these posts and you don't even have the courage to leave a name.Sue Marshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14849801822216267250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-30886507007750663252012-01-16T06:07:12.785+00:002012-01-16T06:07:12.785+00:00I too am one of the anonymous on this site and hav...I too am one of the anonymous on this site and have been here for a year. I don't have the courage to challenge some of the 'culture of entitlement' folk who feel so badly about the change in the law. My husband is disabled too, and is unlikely to work again, but the changes will make no difference to us financially. I am pleased that someone has the courage to push back on some of the people writing here and if Sue doesn't want a debate, then she shouldn't publish.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-72277610718393974682012-01-16T01:43:49.159+00:002012-01-16T01:43:49.159+00:00Liam Byrne, the Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary...Liam Byrne, the Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary is speaking on 'Labour's case for welfare reform.'<br /><br />http://www2.lse.ac.uk/publicEvents/events/2012/01/20120123t1830vWT.aspx<br /><br /><br />Another opportunity, Liam Bryne shadow Works and Pensions Secetary (and uber Blairite) is speaking at a public meeting at the LSE in London 'renewing Beveridge' basically advocating even more delitorious and brutal reform, maybe people who are able to get to it could offer different opinions in this 'debate'<br />ReplyDeletejohn rogersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-75414307371276808042012-01-16T01:07:05.571+00:002012-01-16T01:07:05.571+00:00'Not a good idea to assume anyone who disagree...'Not a good idea to assume anyone who disagrees with Sue is a bad person. She is writing a public blog after all and should be up for a little challenge to the more emotive posts. People with no one to care for them, abandoned single parents and so on. Bleeding hearts may respond to this kind of thing, but it is wearing thin for the rest of us.'<br /><br />So, why are you posting on it then? there are plenty of other sites you can post your 'reasonable views' This may be an open blog but it is also a resource for thousands of people who are now constantly maligned by forces much more powerful than they are. The right wing Libertarian view that ''benefits demean and weaken disabled people and hinder recovery'' are usually expressed by people who are healthy and often has all the middle class opportunities in life.You can see their real lack of concern when they actually use the fact that D/P have mobilised effectively as reason to say 'can work' ignoring the cost the mobilisation is having on DP's health, etc. faux concern, they are reactionaries of the worst kind who really should go and ''live in the US'.<br /><br />I like others also think that a number of these 'anons' are the same or rejects from CIF where they are now getting a very hard time. <br /><br />Finally, this blog is the best thing that has happened to D/P in years, the charities and whats left of the left abidicated on their responsibility, this is our answer, we won't go quietly...<br /><br /><br />btw, I won't bother challenging the bigots again, this is our site..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-17534275876574175672012-01-16T00:20:36.576+00:002012-01-16T00:20:36.576+00:00I ᴀᴍ ᴀʟsᴏ ᴏɴᴇ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ “Aɴᴏɴʏᴍᴏᴜs” I ᴀᴍ ʜᴇʀᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ʜᴀᴠ...I ᴀᴍ ᴀʟsᴏ ᴏɴᴇ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ “Aɴᴏɴʏᴍᴏᴜs” I ᴀᴍ ʜᴇʀᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ʙᴇᴇɴ ʜᴇʀᴇ sɪɴᴄᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇᴀʀʟʏ ᴅᴀʏs ᴏғ Sᴜᴇ’s ʙʟᴏɢ ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜsᴇ I ᴛᴏᴏ ᴀᴍ sɪᴄᴋ ᴀɴᴅ ᴅɪsᴀʙʟᴇᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ʙᴇɪɴɢ ᴅɪʀᴇᴄᴛʟʏ ᴀғғᴇᴄᴛᴇᴅ ʙʏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀʙᴜsᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴜᴛs. I sᴜᴘᴘᴏʀᴛ ᴡᴇʀᴇ I ᴄᴀɴ ɪɴ ᴍʏ ᴏᴡɴ ʟɪᴛᴛʟᴇ ᴡᴀʏ. Tʜᴇʀᴇ ᴀʀᴇ ᴛɪᴍᴇs ᴡʜᴇɴ I ᴅᴇsᴘᴀɪʀ ᴀᴛ ᴍʏ ғᴇʟʟᴏᴡ ᴀɴᴏɴ’s ᴀɴᴅ ᴄᴀɴ ᴏɴʟʏ ᴀᴘᴏʟᴏɢɪsᴇ ғᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇᴍʙᴀʀʀᴀssᴍᴇɴᴛ ᴄᴀᴜsᴇᴅ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ʙᴇʜᴀʟғ(◑.◑)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-59514294963124479152012-01-15T23:06:43.206+00:002012-01-15T23:06:43.206+00:00I have read all the above comments with great inte...I have read all the above comments with great interest. I am not disabled - my husband is. I work, part time, he cannot. And he held a good job within the public sector for years. Shock Horror he was medically retired aged 39. And before someone anonymous butts in, not through stress and not through mental illness. He had, and continues to have, a tumour in his spinal cord that grows back every time it's removed. Now on some days, he looks ok . On others, and they are more common, he can hardly walk. Would love to be back at his old job, even for an hour or 2. But no "reasonable adjustments" could be made for him. So it was not a case of him giving up, but the employer giving him up. Sometimes it's very easy for others to point out how brave they are. The writers of Sparticus haven't pointed it out - they got on with it. But they are brave and they are doing their bit for all disabled people. So yes, glad you can work, fab. But I imagine that everyone who makes well thought out comments here would love to work too. But can't - bit difficult when you are constantly in and out of hospital or attending appointments in the hope of improvement. It's very easy to judge, less easy to empathise. Well done Sue and friends. Awareness is thanks to you and yours. I applaud you all. Mrs not-quite-anon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-58741234261609076942012-01-15T21:24:58.147+00:002012-01-15T21:24:58.147+00:00Linda, Actually ( although I can't claim for a...Linda, Actually ( although I can't claim for all the posts) I am disabled . Mine is one of the earlier posts which said that I worked part time. When I was first told that my disability was permanent I became depressed. Fortunately my lovely family only tolerated my self pity for a while, and the group therapy I had for two years got me to value myself properly again. Life can be very sweet if you just let it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-6464326883532497242012-01-15T21:15:51.574+00:002012-01-15T21:15:51.574+00:00All those 'Anonymous' having a pop on here...All those 'Anonymous' having a pop on here at the disabled. You seem to forget that you are only one accident or illness away from being disabled yourself. Even if you have private critical injury insurance, your insurer will claim that you 'aren't ill enough' or you 'have the wrong type of illness' to make a claim (as I discovered). So please understand that when you criticise the disabled on here, tomorrow it could be you...Linda Knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-53162084500164298062012-01-15T20:59:15.852+00:002012-01-15T20:59:15.852+00:00Sue is extremely fair she has only ever deleted on...Sue is extremely fair she has only ever deleted one of my posts and she was right for doing so <br /><br />Their are always arguments on both sides but you have to remember that posting anonymously on any blog or forum is indeed very rare and for very good reasonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-47346891917005730082012-01-15T20:50:30.271+00:002012-01-15T20:50:30.271+00:00Sue, Only the person who tweeted about Munchausen ...Sue, Only the person who tweeted about Munchausen is being rude. Not me. Neither you nor your readers are being abused by anyone, but since you are retweeting this blog all over the place, it is going to turn up in the feeds of people who do not share your beliefs about disability. Some of them will question you. Live with it gracefully. delete posts by all means but what does that say about you? Oh and let me suggest that it is a good idea to have a car pool for the children. Everyone needs help occasionally. It isn't just you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-48829205983196323782012-01-15T20:08:03.058+00:002012-01-15T20:08:03.058+00:00I don't believe they are several people. I nev...I don't believe they are several people. I never get such rude and aggressive comments on my blog so for several to come together, they are clearly all from one person. <br /><br />I am more than happy to debate with anyone. However the post I just deleted on another thread was too much and I deleted it. I've probably deleted 5 comments in a year and a half. <br /><br />If you can't engage sensibly I will delete any further comments that abuse my readers.Sue Marshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14849801822216267250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-47570379373860896842012-01-15T19:30:42.172+00:002012-01-15T19:30:42.172+00:00Wow, some people on this blog who are suggesting t...Wow, some people on this blog who are suggesting that some people are not as disabled as others? Or even that some disability benefits are simply bad for people. That story abouut the boy who took his life had the ring of truth. All Tories I assume, even the one who says he/she works for a London council. I mean you couldn't be a Labour supporter and also support cuts to benefits. Oh, wait, I forgot about Ed Balls.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-27002591218375409902012-01-15T18:43:52.042+00:002012-01-15T18:43:52.042+00:00Owen Are you crazy? Have a look at any country you...Owen Are you crazy? Have a look at any country you like where capitalism is is not the norm and I guarantee you will not find any state support for the disabled. Ever been to an orphanage in Russia? I have. Every looked inside a 'care home' for the mentally ill in any 'socialist' country of your choice? I assure you not a comfortable place. Feel lucky to be living in the UK at this time and support the much needed change in the law.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-19262155163910718892012-01-15T18:38:23.045+00:002012-01-15T18:38:23.045+00:00Well Sue, I guess you haven't noticed, but you...Well Sue, I guess you haven't noticed, but you have several people all calling themselves anonymous answering you today. Where do you get frightened from? No one is attacking you, but there are disagreements which you don't seem to like. I am replying to you personally because your blog is emotive and the law needs urgent reform. The posts about mental health or capitalists are not mine. I do have the perspective of 27 years in community services and a disability of my own. I expect my comments to be treated with some respect, but sadly you don't like anyone to disagree with you. Off to dinner now. Work in the morning you see..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-3272785005470117802012-01-15T18:26:06.922+00:002012-01-15T18:26:06.922+00:00do not fight about who is in most need we are all ...do not fight about who is in most need we are all needy in differant ways,all capalist goverments pick on the sick and disabled as the easy targets they are not the majority!do not look for the tories,libdems,labour to help you,they all can find money to fight wars,support our nueclar deterant lol,if ever used we are all dead,but to now help the sick or needed in this country forget it,we must all pay for the mistakes & greed of the system,money to the banks no problem money to help the poor for get it,Anonymous you must be a tory?owen hockeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01015886782888334339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-50578652679768593592012-01-15T18:25:07.263+00:002012-01-15T18:25:07.263+00:00Political attacks, personal attacks - why would an...Political attacks, personal attacks - why would anyone engage with that? Or comment on a blog expecting anyone to engage with it seriously? that's not "disagreeing with me" it's being aggressive and discourteous. <br /><br />Your ignorance obviously mean you don't know that 60% of disabled people already DO work? Nothing I say on this blog refers to your queues. I am only interested in representing those who are so disabled or ill that they need your help. <br /><br />You didn't answer - why are you so frightened? What makes you so determined to prove that no-one like that exists?Sue Marshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14849801822216267250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-23743175058718886332012-01-15T18:16:41.370+00:002012-01-15T18:16:41.370+00:00My neighbour'son was diagnosed with a serious ...My neighbour'son was diagnosed with a serious mental illness at 19. His parents got busy with the claims and he ended up in a rather nice flat with a girl friend who had same diagnosis. After everything was paid, they had 600 pounds a month to live on. Both were clear that no matter how well they felt, they couldn't look for work because their benefits would end or at least decrease. Spent their days smoking and drinking with friends. He took his own life two years ago. I partly blame the current benefits system and I demand reform.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-21053303211855155442012-01-15T18:00:57.847+00:002012-01-15T18:00:57.847+00:00Munchausen's by Internet. If you're fit en...Munchausen's by Internet. If you're fit enough to do all this great campaigning you are fit enough to work. Just get on with it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-12690344336425546202012-01-15T17:43:32.113+00:002012-01-15T17:43:32.113+00:00ooooooooooh Alastair Campbell. and I notice John P...ooooooooooh Alastair Campbell. and I notice John Prescott is also a fan of this blog. Johann Hari, that well known master of truth has also had a go. This couldn't be the Labour party, aka the scroungers' charter party. Has no one noticed Ed Balls getting round to saying the cuts to the welfare state are overdue?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-21514687924130221962012-01-15T17:33:37.294+00:002012-01-15T17:33:37.294+00:00I don't have a problem sleeping. I have a prob...I don't have a problem sleeping. I have a problem with the lack of a critical perspective on this forum and the self pity and sense of being a victim that is being promoted. If you have chronic fatigue I would be amazed that your doctors don't think you can get better. <br /><br />Good for you getting out there and making some contribution. Look around for people with your condition who have got better, even if not restored to complete health. Seek the positive. It is you who will benefit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-74710210805852991102012-01-15T17:26:12.257+00:002012-01-15T17:26:12.257+00:00Just noticed that this blog is being retweeted by ...Just noticed that this blog is being retweeted by none other than Alastair Campbell. Now there is a man who knows a bit about the 'disabled' who have enduring mental illness. do remind us, is it 90% or 95% of adults under forty with such a disabled diagnosis who also have chronic substance misuse? The misery and squalor that results in being classified as incapable is a disgrace to this country. And before you start on about stigma, I agree, but the answer is not enduring benefits.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com