tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post7240383587502884755..comments2024-03-28T09:16:33.241+00:00Comments on Diary of a Benefit Scrounger: Cameron and the Paralympics Sue Marshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14849801822216267250noreply@blogger.comBlogger111125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-58990926021399827052012-10-16T19:38:52.787+01:002012-10-16T19:38:52.787+01:00You may like to add my blog to your blog roll - Th...You may like to add my blog to your blog roll - The Upper Hand - http://an-upper-hand.blogspot.com. There is a connection.Thelma Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03119777708424399307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-77906961373069594642012-09-03T22:58:45.592+01:002012-09-03T22:58:45.592+01:00you shouldent applaud cameron but you at the games...you shouldent applaud cameron but you at the games did you shouldent accept attoss medals but you did you had the chance on the world stage to make the greatest statment but you dident , sheep with no idea of principle and thats why cameron will win attoss a few crumbs a bit of tin and the games will pass and he can again contain your protest away from the worlds gaze but it needent have been this way, what a chance to stick it to them was lost i feel all the work i have done is wasted by you and those who went like lambs to this media cameran freakshow the freaks being him and attoss pretending they care about you your lives your familys and your hopes and dreams but most of all your well being and health, im so disapointedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-84177926926678153082012-09-01T13:35:15.902+01:002012-09-01T13:35:15.902+01:00Blunkett was the DWP Minister who said people on I...Blunkett was the DWP Minister who said people on IB ''sit at home watching daytime tv''(not just any old tv.)I know it is indicative of what disabled people face, But I can't help thinking now he hasn't got his minions all round him,he may at last get a taste of what it is like for others he regularly disparages, although he will never have to face ATOS...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-20691716069239822142012-09-01T11:17:01.017+01:002012-09-01T11:17:01.017+01:00well i think this highlights more then most in tha...well i think this highlights more then most in that this country is run by very backwood people<br /><br /> lord coe the prime minister etc if you can't accommodate a blind man and his dog then in no way is it possible you are fit to run either a company in the case of lord coe or a country in the case of David Cameron and what's being taught in some of these universities is a complete disaster <br /><br />it's no wonder today's kids do badly overall in secondary school when they see such poor judgement from coe and Cameron at the top Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10124601639681931119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-10955453785370835012012-09-01T10:40:37.022+01:002012-09-01T10:40:37.022+01:00I would like to tell Cameron and his nazi cohorts ...I would like to tell Cameron and his nazi cohorts that they ARE NOT MY BOSS!!!!<br /><br />Through my taxes I PAY THEIR WAGES<br /><br />They have misappropriated power unto themselves in order to create a world that they want NOT WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT<br /><br />GET RID OF THEMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-23391984129695076382012-09-01T08:17:02.833+01:002012-09-01T08:17:02.833+01:00I don't like this authoritarian man but he pai...I don't like this authoritarian man but he paid for his seat and was turned away from the parlympic opening ceremony because he had his dog<br /><br />http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9512924/David-Blunkett-turned-away-from-stadium-for-Paralympics-opening-ceremony-because-of-his-guide-dog.html<br /><br />you won't find it on the front page of the paper though!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-65118925019821852542012-08-31T22:20:31.789+01:002012-08-31T22:20:31.789+01:00Wiki
In May 2009 McCarthy repaid £402 for a second...Wiki<br />In May 2009 McCarthy repaid £402 for a second bed claimed in expenses for her one bedroom flat. She stated the claim had been made in error.[13][14]<br /><br />In October 2010 McCarthy admitted a charge of electoral fraud, accepting a police caution for revealing on Twitter the number of postal votes cast per party in her constituency at the 2010 election. McCarthy apologised for her actions.[8][15][16][17][18]<br /><br />In May 2012 McCarthy branded a fellow train passenger a "lager drinking oaf" and suggested he should "have been killed before he could breed" in comments made to over 13,000 followers on Twitter.[19]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-78990273100722041382012-08-31T20:38:22.821+01:002012-08-31T20:38:22.821+01:00I can't help but think that the Paralympics wi...I can't help but think that the Paralympics will set the interests of 'ordinary' disabled people back immeasurably. Many people out there in Blogland are saying "those disabled people - watch them go!" <br />My wife has Rheumatoid Arthritis and Fibromyalgia. There is no way on this earth that she could participate in sport. Do paralympians take pain medication, and do they fail drug tests?<br />I bet none of these elite, though disabled, athletes were living on the breadline.<br /><br />ALSO ATOS/DWP make no allowance for the number of sick/disabled persons living in a household. As stated above my wife cannot work, and I was diagnosed with cancer in 2004. So two potential breadwinners hit. Compare that with a couple, say, where one partner is still able to work. Very different circumstances.Terrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-56631245167359796592012-08-31T20:30:02.351+01:002012-08-31T20:30:02.351+01:00fascinating that there's a riot going on down ...fascinating that there's a riot going on down at the DWP with police rushing protestors and the british media ARE SILENT!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-16752680935228325032012-08-31T20:19:04.835+01:002012-08-31T20:19:04.835+01:00Now that's what I call PARALYMPICS!!!!
well d...Now that's what I call PARALYMPICS!!!!<br /><br />well done to all concerned<br /><br />We will not be INVISIBLE anymoreAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-62507529751841360802012-08-31T19:37:24.257+01:002012-08-31T19:37:24.257+01:00Kerry McCarthy well at least that's one mp spe...Kerry McCarthy well at least that's one mp speaking out a list needs to be made of any others that do although i suspect most wont if they wont to stay on as a mp ?<br /><br />what we see today is an outrageous attack on those most in need those that live on the breadline in most cases and never did i ever think i would see the day that on one hand the elite participating in the Paralympics being the bees knees and yet outside of that elite group the sick and disabled being treated as if they were scum <br /><br />i think the whole thing is a very sick joke if I'm being honest <br />Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10124601639681931119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-24594420685366922242012-08-31T19:00:34.465+01:002012-08-31T19:00:34.465+01:00DPAC say the TSG rushed into the crowd pushing peo...DPAC say the TSG rushed into the crowd pushing people onto the wheelchair users. One has been hospitalised with a fractured shoulder. http://www.dpac.uk.net/2012/08/dpac-view-of-the-police-response-to-dwp-protest/<br />Is this meant to frighten disabled people into not protesting like with the kettling of the sudents? It won't work.<br />The world is watching.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-16836349701141378032012-08-31T18:42:25.607+01:002012-08-31T18:42:25.607+01:00HuffingtonPost have covered it, but not a word fro...HuffingtonPost have covered it, but not a word from the BBC that a government building was invaded by disabled people protesting against ATOS while riot police were obviously waiting on standby.That is the nature of our so called democracy now - don't tarnish the Paralympians with tales of ordinary disabled people being targeted.<br /><br />http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/08/31/atos-paralympics-protest-uk-uncut-disability-_n_1846633.html<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-84087731001248924512012-08-31T18:36:47.249+01:002012-08-31T18:36:47.249+01:00Some improvement in that the BBC actually mention ...Some improvement in that the BBC actually mention online that there is a protest. But no film coverage.<br /><br />The BBC completely ignored the fact that as the protest moved to the DWP headquarters at Caxton House, the police laid into a perfectly peaceful protest. One minute some disabled people and wheelchairs had got into the DWP building and had demands they wanted to give to IDS or Miller. Outside a handful of police stood in front of the entrance. Out of nowhere a whole load of police suddenly appeared and started shoving people around, with a helicopter appearing overhead. Several riot vans suddenly lined the road. One disabled person has been taken to hospital and another protestor arrested and taken to Charing Cross Police station.One woman was pushed to the ground out of her wheelchair.<br /><br />The whole thing unfolded live on Bambuser.com live streaming.<br /><br />How proud can Britan be that during the Paralympics the police started roughing up disabled people protesting against atos and the DWP. And not a word from our public service broadcaster as usual.<br /><br />I wonder if it was the "you can stick your work assessment up your a**e" chant that findally got up the DWP's nose?<br /><br />The live footage is recorded and available from james albury site: You can see from the live commenting on the side that the police move came completely out of the blue (at about8 minutes in).<br /><br />http://bambuser.com/v/2946786Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-67817480044135903142012-08-31T15:27:44.358+01:002012-08-31T15:27:44.358+01:00The anti-welfare reform movement has left the net ...The anti-welfare reform movement has left the net and is on the streets( not a criticism of anyone, btw)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-14959616889201739812012-08-31T15:04:08.523+01:002012-08-31T15:04:08.523+01:00http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-194377...http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-19437785<br /><br /> online BBC coverage....<br /><br />for a change...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-59706404644175521492012-08-31T14:18:54.047+01:002012-08-31T14:18:54.047+01:00yes, 100's there, lots of young people too, so...yes, 100's there, lots of young people too, so different from five years ago, when NCAWRB held their protest at the LP conf, same weekend 60'000 marched 'against the war' and we had 80 to try and challenge the initial NL welfare reforms.<br /><br />I hold the SWP, partly responsibile for the lack of interest then, all the effort went into 'antiwar'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-84610523108542832202012-08-31T14:13:11.027+01:002012-08-31T14:13:11.027+01:00
http://bambuser.com/v/2946574
http://bambuser.co...<br />http://bambuser.com/v/2946574<br /><br />http://bambuser.com/v/2946517<br /><br />The AtosGames Closing Ceremony is happening now, it looks like the biggest anti-welfare protest yet, the Reverend Billy is healing sick and disabled people using an Atos Miracle Machine(TM), go through the arch and you will lose that disability, that crippling pain, that bowel disease, you are healed brother!<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-50263448429316191372012-08-31T13:20:04.621+01:002012-08-31T13:20:04.621+01:00lets be frank here how many normal bodied people h...lets be frank here how many normal bodied people have sick or disabled as friends?<br />not many i can assure you the prime minister doesn't the queen doesn't Boris Johnson doesn't and the list goes on and on then all of a sudden the sick and disabled are the greatest thing since slice bread and all is great on the surface <br /><br />but underneath lies a much more sinister picture and if it wasn't for the internet only god knows what would happen so we need to focus more on those that are struggling often alone trying to make sense of it all but cant and are desperate like we all are for the nightmare to end and for many people the nightmare will never end and it is to those people i will be thinking about much more so then someone trying to get a gold medal <br /><br />At the end of the day the vast majority of people couldn't care less if one disabled person can swim faster then another and am not sure where this mentality has crept in from as all the disabled people my mother use to look after for over 50 years of her working life never showed the need to be or sound great the only great people in their lives was the likes of my mother <br /><br />maybe this mentality of the elite disabled is a new idea in where their only way of coping with life is to try to out do their fellow peers of which we here will never know the true answer<br /><br />most disabled worldwide are just content with good stable friendships where available and if lucky a happy marriage but the idea that is not enough is restricted to only the elite few Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10124601639681931119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-62406700935210840342012-08-31T13:10:20.059+01:002012-08-31T13:10:20.059+01:00Very good article, I've to be reassessed yet,a...Very good article, I've to be reassessed yet,and find the thought gut-wrenching,<br />I know that I could not survive financially,to the point of not being able to get to hospital for appointments/live.<br />I live in fear of these cuts.<br />It seems to be yet another page from a Dickensian novel, either very very poor or disabled or mega rich / tycoon adrian lightfootnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-52202959014700071352012-08-31T12:23:10.535+01:002012-08-31T12:23:10.535+01:00Sonia is great and its a fantastic article, but pl...Sonia is great and its a fantastic article, but please don't make the mistake of thinking the D/M will ever defend disability benefits/claimant's, it won't.It will attack them relentlessly, highlighting infrequent benefit fraud cases, focusing on the 'silly' illnesses people get DLA for: one can expect this onslaught to get more intense as we get nearer to PIP implementation, this happened with ESA. John Rogersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-80123906008058544932012-08-31T12:15:59.143+01:002012-08-31T12:15:59.143+01:00Great post Liz, and you sound like a fantastic mum...Great post Liz, and you sound like a fantastic mum and carer...John Rogersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-64495357596797438902012-08-31T12:13:20.723+01:002012-08-31T12:13:20.723+01:00The opprobrium, negative publicity, hostility etc ...The opprobrium, negative publicity, hostility etc ATOS is now receiving(and not just from disabled people) is reaching a level one hasn't seen since the days of the Barclays anti-apartheid boycott's in the 80's. The problem is, this isn't the 80's: Neo-Liberalism is embedded in the political system, mega-corporations don't seem to pay consequences for failures, abuses, etc(wonder what Hollande thinks of ATOS's handiwork here, France looks after its sick, etc) and of course many politicians, from all parties, will end up on the boards of companies like ATOS, A4E, etc. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-92043965002964671112012-08-31T11:01:53.923+01:002012-08-31T11:01:53.923+01:00I don't waste much time thinking about the cre...I don't waste much time thinking about the creepy types who are prepared to do the Government's work for them. I assume they are cut from the same cloth as those who think laws like this are a good idea, or so desperate for work themselves that they don't do much thinking at all. I have never forgotten the oily, sleek creature who tried to trick and humiliate my eager to please daughter as a prelude to withdrawing Mobility Allowance. (Restored on Appeal, of course. But how many don't know that's how it works?)<br /><br />It is the thought of other disabled people being complacent because it doesn't (yet) affect them that troubles. These athletes deserve recognition and admiration for their accomplishments, but they know, in a way that the general public don't, how hard it is. Right now, disabled people are beginning to get together and end the isolation that makes them invisible easy targets. They, perhaps, have a platform to speak and be heard, and help change the toxic climate the Government has created.<br /><br />I am not disabled. (Well, not yet. Carers are not the healthiest people.) I speak out on behalf of my daughter, who cannot speak for herself. It grieves me to read of so many frightened people and I would like to say - hang on, don't let them destroy you. There are, still, good people out there, ready to listen and learn,if we do not go quietly; and the Government might rue the day they mounted this attack. Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02037614816418802880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-37796584342921596432012-08-31T10:27:57.613+01:002012-08-31T10:27:57.613+01:00there's an article somewhere that states the a...there's an article somewhere that states the athletes did not do this rather tucked their scarves or whatever in because of the wind!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com