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Recovery in the Bin @ritb.bsky.social · 18h

Inspired by an earlier design by the brilliant #rubyetc

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Recovery in the Bin @ritb.bsky.social · 21h

Just @mind.org.uk having a bake-off with the DWP, who regularly impoverish people with mental health issues and drive them to suicide. Cake or death? Or let them eat cake? 🤔

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Ben Sarah Golightly @golightlyb.bsky.social · 3d

Swansea West MP Torsten Bell seems reluctant to hear our concerns, say Swansea Disabled People Against Cuts (Swansea DPAC) @dpac-cymru.bsky.social @dis-ppl-protest.bsky.social #DPAC #Disability #Wales

(Letter to editor, Western Mail, 4 October 2025. Plain text: docs.google.com/document/d/1...)

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Disability Rebellion @disrebellion.bsky.social · 9d

Care, not killing!

#GenocideAbroadDemocideAtHome #DisabilityRebellion #DPAC #WelfareNotWarfare #CareNotCuts @dis-ppl-protest.bsky.social @gmcdp.bsky.social @mdpac.bsky.social @crips-against-cuts.bsky.social

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Disability Rebellion @disrebellion.bsky.social · 9d

When Labour abandons trans rights, when Labour abandons disabled people, it tells us the same thing:

Some lives don't matter.

We say: all of us or none of us

#GenocideAbroadDemocideAtHome #DisabilityRebellion #DPAC #WelfareNotWarfare #CareNotCuts @crips-against-cuts.bsky.social @mdpac.bsky.social

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Manchester Disabled People Against Cuts @mdpac.bsky.social · 11d

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Inside the Tony Blair Institute: Larry Ellison’s Money, NHS Data, and Democracy at Risk

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Manchester Disabled People Against Cuts @mdpac.bsky.social · 11d

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Experts in unlikely agreement over digital ID cards | LBC

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Manchester Disabled People Against Cuts @mdpac.bsky.social · 12d

UN calls for human rights assessment of government’s benefit cuts bill and mental health reforms – Disability News Service share.google/xLOktdswtBsR...

UN calls for human rights assessment of government’s benefit cuts bill and mental health reforms

Disabled experts from the United Nations have told the UK government to carry out a “comprehensive” assessment of the human rights impact of its universal credit cuts bill, further plans to reform …

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Manchester Disabled People Against Cuts @mdpac.bsky.social · 14d

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EXPOSED: The Scandal That Could Bring Down Keir Starmer's Government

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Manchester Disabled People Against Cuts @mdpac.bsky.social · 15d

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Nigel Farage announces plan to deport legal migrants

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Manchester Disabled People Against Cuts @mdpac.bsky.social · 20d

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Hey Donald, welcome to Windsor Castle

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Manchester Disabled People Against Cuts @mdpac.bsky.social · 23d

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BREAKING: “Your Show” To Stream Massive Left Politics Event During Starmer's Conference!

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Paula Peters @paulapeters19.bsky.social · 26d

#NotDeadYet

@dis-ppl-protest.bsky.social & not dead yet UK had a silent vigil in Old Palace Yard London as the second reading of the assisted dying bill was being debated in the House of Lords

Image shows a white banner in front of George V statue in Old Palace Yard London for the second reading of the assisted dying bill in the House of Lords

Banner has red and black text which says #NotDeadYet

Image shows a white banner in front of the George V statue at old palace yard london for the second reading of the assisted dying bill at the House of Lords

In red and black text the banner says #NotDeadYet

Image shows activists behind a white banner at old palace yard london as the second reading of the assisted dying bill in the House of Lords is being debated

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Manchester Disabled People Against Cuts @mdpac.bsky.social · 26d

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Ministerial reshuffle raises fear of hardline DWP approach, and education and transport policy delays

A government reshuffle has raised concerns over a possible new hardline approach from Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) ministers, and further delays to Labour action on accessible housing and…

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Manchester Disabled People Against Cuts @mdpac.bsky.social · 26d

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It’s not too late: the House of Lords can still protect disabled people from this dangerous assisted dying bill | Lucy Webster

MPs passed it without sufficient safeguarding. If there is any point to the upper chamber, it is to give the legislation the open debate we need, says political journalist and author Lucy Webster

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Manchester Disabled People Against Cuts @mdpac.bsky.social · 27d

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Film Workers for Palestine

Film Workers for Palestine is a call by and for filmmakers and cinema workers to stand for an end to genocide, and for a free Palestine.

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Manchester Disabled People Against Cuts @mdpac.bsky.social · 28d

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Recovery in the Bin @ritb.bsky.social · 29d

MOVE OVER OSCAR, IT’S TIME FOR RITA!

The RITAs
Friday 19th Sept 6pm - 8pm
Live On X @Ritb_
@Ritb.Bsky.Social
Also In Asylum

Honours & Awards Include
Innovative Activist Honour
Ally Of The Year
Best Journalist
Political Gaslighter Of The Year
Worst Co-Production Award
Worst Mental Heath Trust

MOVE OVER OSCAR, IT’S TIME FOR RITA!

Recovery In The Bin Presents
The RITAs
Friday, 19Th September 6pm - 8pm
Live On X And Bluesky
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Results Also In The Next Edition Of Asylum
Honours & Awards Include
Innovative Activist Honour
Ally Of The Year
Best Journalist
Political Gaslighter Of The Year
Patronising Interventions Award
Worst Co-Production Award
Worst Mental Heath Trust

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Manchester Disabled People Against Cuts @mdpac.bsky.social · 29d

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Defending Democracy: How Mega-Donors Influence Elections

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Manchester Disabled People Against Cuts @mdpac.bsky.social · Sep 5

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'Labour MPs come seeking me out!' | Jeremy Corbyn interview | ITV News

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Manchester Disabled People Against Cuts @mdpac.bsky.social · Sep 4

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The Gaza Tribunal - Day One

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Manchester Disabled People Against Cuts @mdpac.bsky.social · Sep 3

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Austerity is the midwife of fascism

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Manchester Disabled People Against Cuts @mdpac.bsky.social · Sep 2

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Richard Amm ♿ (Disability & Research) @richamm.bsky.social · Sep 1

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Richard Amm ♿ (Disability & Research) @richamm.bsky.social · Aug 31

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Manchester Disabled People Against Cuts @mdpac.bsky.social · Aug 31

Pakistan evacuates a million people as farming belt hit by worst floods in decades - www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

Pakistan evacuates a million people as farming belt hit by worst floods in decades

Pakistani authorities have evacuated more than a million people from homes in Punjab province this week, officials said on Thursday, as the worst flooding there in four decades caused havoc in hundreds of villages and submerged vital grains crops.

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