Social Model of Disability #SaveWILG
A must watch for everyone. What sort of society is highlighted by the loss of WILG and the tripartite system? #SaveWILG
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Twitter Thread – #SaveWILG
I can’t remember the last time I had a proper nights sleep free from worry and pain. I wrote the following Tweet thread this morning and am looking forward to discovering how things develop over the coming weeks… There are so many other things that I could write about to highlight the incompetence of Local
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Chaotic Care Assessment Triggers New Year Fears For Ammanford Man #SaveWILG
Concerns over planned changes to care for people with disabilities and worries for the future have meant a miserable Christmas for an Ammanford woman and her chronically disabled husband. Lon Shaw, a radio astronomer who worked alongside the astronomer royal in Cambridge before moving to Wales to become a tree surgeon, has relied on funding
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(Something Inside) So Strong #SaveWILG
Dedicated to #SaveWILG campaigners everywhere. To be fair to new First Minister Mark Drakeford, he is listening and making positive changes in the right direction. Solidarity to him and we look forward to working with the new look Welsh Labour in our quest to #SaveWILG. The following song is about Apartheid in South Africa. Although
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The Poetry Competition 2019
The following piece was taken from the Writer News Wales Newsletter that I received in my inbox this morning. Shall I enter if I find enough time whilst trying to #SaveWILG? *** The 13th International Welsh Poetry Competition will be launched on 1st Feb 2019 with award-winning Welsh poet and author – Mike Jenkins as judge. We are busy at the
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Happy New Year #SaveWILG
Happy New Year from everyone at the #SaveWILG campaign. We will be pushing as hard as ever during 2019 to save the Welsh Independent Living Grant. Thanks for all your support during 2018. The highlight of 2018 was meeting @jeremycorbyn at the Welsh Labour Conference where we had won a motion to #SaveWILG #HappyNewYear2019 #BlwyddynNewyddDda
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Countdown to 2019
During the festive period I have been rather short staffed, which is always detrimental to my ability to type freely. It is difficult to explain the frustration of a writer who cannot actually write due to his deteriorating body and poor dexterity. Subsequently, I have decided to set up this blog post which I will
Pete Shelley Tribute: Day 7
On my Facebook page I was posting a week long tribute to the late, great Pete Shelley, but after four days I got waylaid and simply forgot to keep up these honorary posts. Now that everyone is winding down for the Capitalist extravaganza I have some free time to catch up with this and will
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Pete Shelley Tribute: Day 6
On my Facebook page I was posting a week long tribute to the late, great Pete Shelley, but after four days I got waylaid and simply forgot to keep up these honorary posts. Now that everyone is winding down for the Capitalist extravaganza I have some free time to catch up with this and will
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Pete Shelley Tribute: Day 5
On my Facebook page I was posting a week long tribute to the late, great Pete Shelley, but after four days I got waylaid and simply forgot to keep up these honorary posts. Now that everyone is winding down for the Capitalist extravaganza I have some free time to catch up with this and will
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