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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

#TakingthePIP
Dear PM, thanks for the welfare concessions, but I still won’t vote for your bill. Scrap the whole thing | Richard Burgon
Your government is choosing to balance the books on the backs of disabled people. That’s not the country we are supposed to be building, says Labour MP Richard Burgon
www.theguardian.com
June 30, 2025 at 4:51 PM
bectoons.bsky.social
Olivia Blake makes excellent points, if only the leadership were prepared to listen! It's fabulous to see an MP with relevant experience speaking out. It's brave, necessary and shows up the obduracy of the Labour cabinet.
#TakingThePIP #StopTheCuts

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Disabled Labour MP says welfare U-turn would create ‘unethical two-tier system’
Olivia Blake dismisses Starmer’s welfare bill changes as ‘plucked from the air’ and urges rebels to stand firm
www.theguardian.com
June 28, 2025 at 6:17 PM
bectoons.bsky.social
Frances Ryan hits the nail on the head today: "Severely disabled and ill people are going to be starved, isolated and degraded as a result of this policy. No Labour MP who backs it should be forgiven."

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#TakingThePip #StopTheCuts #WelfareNotWarfare
The Labour welfare rebels are right. This hounding of disabled people will damage the party for years to come | Frances Ryan
Opposition is mounting and No 10 is preparing a raft of concessions. But whatever happens nexts, the moral stain will remain, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
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June 26, 2025 at 10:21 AM
bectoons.bsky.social
#TakingthePip
This is the DWP news release about the changes to UC and PIP.

Abundantly clear that @uklabour have not spoken to one single person with a disability. I'm too ill to work. What would I use 13 weeks to plan for? How to eat air?

Nothing about us without us!
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Welfare bill will protect the most vulnerable and help households with income boost
Additional protections for millions of vulnerable people on benefits are set to be written into law, under new measures being introduced to Parliament today [18 June 2025].
www.gov.uk
June 18, 2025 at 4:14 PM
bectoons.bsky.social
And this one goes out to Kishwar Falkner and all at the EHRC
#EHRCistransphobic
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June 12, 2025 at 8:03 PM
bectoons.bsky.social
Abortion is healthcare, and needs to be decriminalised. Please sign and share.
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/de...
Decriminalise abortion and make it a protected human right.
Women’s rights are under threat from the far right. Nigel Farage just called our current abortion provisions “utterly ludicrous” – and others in power are paying attention. A vote in Parliament could ...
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June 6, 2025 at 10:04 PM
bectoons.bsky.social
The anthem for cis allies has arrived! These things needed saying and loudly. Thank you Kate Nash!
#TransAlly 🏳️‍⚧️

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Kate Nash - GERM (Official Lyric Video)
YouTube video by Kate Nash
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June 6, 2025 at 8:17 PM
bectoons.bsky.social
#welfarenotwarfare
Stop the cuts before people die.
March 26, 2025 at 7:04 PM
bectoons.bsky.social
Say no to the cuts!

Some of the most harmful changes are not part of the consultation. That is why it is vital to take actions like signing petitions, or writing to your MP.

Scope's letter is a good place to start. You can add your name here: www.scope.org.uk/campaigns/op...

#welfarenotwarfare
The cost of cuts to disability benefits: Our open letter to the Chancellor | Disability charity Scope UK
Right now, the government is considering changes to disability benefits. But for millions of disabled people, these benefits are a lifeline. They are the difference between surviving and being pushed ...
www.scope.org.uk
March 23, 2025 at 10:31 PM
bectoons.bsky.social
Cuts to disability benefits would be catastrophic. Add your name to show the Government we will not tolerate further cuts. Save our lifeline 📢

campaigns.scope.org.uk/page/165719/...
Add your name 📢
Cuts to disability benefits would be catastrophic
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March 11, 2025 at 1:56 PM
bectoons.bsky.social
Kier Starmer is both economically short-sighted and living in a moral vacuum.

PIP is related to the costs of disability, not whether someone is able to work or not.

Honestly fuming about what he is reported as saying 😡
jessicaelgot.bsky.social Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · Mar 11
Starmer decries ‘worst of all worlds’ benefits system ahead of deep cuts

PM expected to announce billions in savings from personal independence payment, the main disability benefit

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Starmer decries ‘worst of all worlds’ benefits system ahead of deep cuts
PM expected to announce billions in savings from personal independence payment, the main disability benefit
www.theguardian.com
March 11, 2025 at 1:54 PM
bectoons.bsky.social
This is a great example of why we can't trust Google's AI results. The plot described is from a different story (Unworthy of the Angel) in the same collection, last published in 2011. Yeah, now imagine you are googling a historical event older than 15 years ago.
March 4, 2025 at 1:24 PM
bectoons.bsky.social
If only the weight of my utter disdain for the orange waste and his stupid lackey could crush from a distance.

What a pair of ignorant, goading bullies.

Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦
March 1, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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wilwheaton.net
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March 1, 2025 at 1:58 AM
bectoons.bsky.social
We should all be really angry about the current protest laws. Here's why:
www.theguardian.com/global/comme...
Extremists would not need to create an authoritarian state in Britain: Starmer is doing that for them | George Monbiot
The PM and his ministers are supporting illiberal laws that hard-right authoritarians could apply with zeal, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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February 22, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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wilwheaton.net
It's weird how everyone in the world knows a Nazi salute when we see it, with the notable exception of journalists and their editors.
February 21, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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sophiemolly.co.uk
Add your feedback. Don't let them erase trans people from history.

Please share! 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️✊️✊️✊️
My complaint to National Park Servive.
February 14, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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lucyaholloway.bsky.social
help.care4calais.org/page/165948/...
Stand with us and demand MPs lift the ban on citizenship
Take two minutes to email your local MP now and ask them to oppose the ban on granting British citizenship.
help.care4calais.org
February 14, 2025 at 6:06 PM
bectoons.bsky.social
Signed
sophiemolly.co.uk Sophie Molly @sophiemolly.co.uk · Feb 5
This is huge. My petition got approved. It challenges the UK government to the lift the Puberty Blocker ban on the grounds that it contradicts article 8 of The United Nations Convention On The Rights Of The Child.

Please sign and Repost ✊️🏳️‍⚧️

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Petition: Lift restrictions on prescribing puberty blockers to trans children.
We want the Government to reverse the restrictions it has introduced relating to the prescription of puberty blockers to children. The Government introduced legislation banning them from being prescri...
petition.parliament.uk
February 6, 2025 at 4:32 PM
bectoons.bsky.social
Labour's utterly crass take on social security for ill and disabled people will be causing untold worry even before any plan is set out. Pandering to the right wing press is irresponsible.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
As Labour touts more brutal cuts to benefits, how is this different from life under the Tories? | Frances Ryan
There may be no nasty impulse to punish ‘skivers’, but the end result – those who need help most hit hardest – is exactly the same, says columnist Frances Ryan
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2025 at 2:12 PM
bectoons.bsky.social
Annoyed 🧵
Okay, I very grudgingly understand why #Labour figures have backtracked on previous comments about Donald Trump, but Peter Mandelson's utter obsequiousness is disgusting. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Peter Mandelson calls past remarks about Trump ‘ill-judged and wrong’
Labour peer says president has won ‘fresh respect’ ahead of expected confirmation as ambassador to the US
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January 30, 2025 at 5:34 AM
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goodlawproject.org
"According to research from the Centre for the Study of Women in Television and Film, women made up 23% of creators on original television series in 2023-24, down from 30% in 2021-22. Women are also erased onscreen as they get older." www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
‘The industry is broken’: TV writer funds pilot after being told to cut female lead’s age by 20 years
Katja Meier was told to make the protagonist of her television series 20 years younger … so she decided to find funding and film the pilot herself
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January 24, 2025 at 7:54 AM
bectoons.bsky.social
Robert Eggers attached to direct #Labyrinth remake. Oh. Oh my.

I'm not ready for this information. My poor brain... Send help!
January 23, 2025 at 10:14 PM
bectoons.bsky.social
Hi, this is my first post. Here's a picture I drew for Inktober this year, inspired by #AgathaAllAlong
November 30, 2024 at 10:31 AM