I WILL WRITE A NUMBER OF EMERGENCY ON PLANET EARTH BLOGS THROUGHOUT THE TORY SPONSORED CORONAVIRUS CRISIS. What follows is a random collection of thoughts from a human being trapped in 21st Century British society. Sunday 5th April I don’t know what is more scary – the continuing spread of Coronavirus or the loss of […]
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The following article has been written by my good friend Adam Samuels, for the excellent Dorset Eye website. *** As Jeremy Corbyn steps down as leader of The Labour Party, there is so much to say. In the same way that Jeremy is being proven spectacularly correct now about the policies he stood on, and
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ROFA have at last received a response to our letter to Justin Tomlinson. Unfortunately, he failed to address the majority of their concerns and provides no indication that the culture in the Disability Unit is going to be any different to that of the Office for Disability Issues (ODI) when it was in the DWP.
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The following statement was taken from the Disability Wales website, which can be viewed here. Corona Virus Bill: Suspension of Social Services and Well-being Wales Act (2014) National Disability Umbrella Organisations in Wales have serious concerns about the implications of the Coronavirus Bill on human rights, especially the rights of specific groups, including disabled people. The second
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The following article was taken from the excellent Disability News Service website, and written by John Pring. The original article can be viewed by clicking on this link. I recommend this site to all disabled people during the coronavirus crisis and beyond, as a dependable source of information. *** New guidance for the NHS on
I thought it would be useful for my Wales-based disabled readers, to read the following FAQs concerning the Coronavirus outbreak. We need all the help and support we can get, so it is important to be armed with information such as this, which was kindly put together by Disability Wales. Stay safe everyone. *** Do
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Dedicated to the usual right-wing suspects… From Wikipedia: Erasure (/ɪˈreɪʒə/) are an English synth-pop duo, consisting of singer and songwriter Andy Bell and songwriter and keyboardist Vince Clarke. They formed in London in 1985. Their debut single was “Who Needs Love Like That“. With their fourth single, “Sometimes“, the duo established themselves on the UK Singles Chart, becoming one of the most
The following article has been written by my good friend Adam Samuels, for the excellent Dorset Eye website. *** Today was Jeremy Corbyn’s last Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs). Watching it I was humbled, inspired, proud and my respect for this truly, truly remarkable human being could not greater. I genuinely have never met a better
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I received the following message from Baroness Campbell of Surbiton DBE, in a group email. I thought it was worth sharing here, as everyone needs to know how disabled people are being affected by this coronavirus panic. Disabled people – including in Parliament and the House of Lords – are in greater need to self-isolate
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The following was taken from the Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) website. It is essential that we all take the time to write to out MP this weekend for reasons that can be clearly seen below. I do not believe that disabled people in Wales will be effected by these potential measures, but I am
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