Grieving mum. Battling for meaningful lessons 2b learned re preventable death of 33yr old son with Downs Syndrome.

Ipswich, England
Joined May 2014
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“Crime is spiralling out of control under Labour” says Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp. It’s a lie. According to the new Crime Survey: -violent crime DOWN -knife crime DOWN -robbery DOWN -overall crime DOWN -shoplifting DOWN Yet Tory/Reform liars say it’s surging…
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• Right to live, work, study, retire in 30+ countries • Friction-free artist touring 
• 40 million pieces of paperwork per annum ditched 
• Mutual recognition of qualifications • Reliable multi-annual regional funding 
• A say on the rules our exporters already follow
What is it that people imagine they would get out of rejoining the EU that they don't already have?
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Kemi Badenoch and Jacob Rees-Mogg, both Conservatives, criticised Andy Burnham for appearing on Gogglebox Here's Boris Johnson appearing on Eastenders when he was Mayor of London The double standards are extraordinary. When Johnson makes a television cameo, it's a bit of fun. When Burnham appears on television to support a cancer charity, suddenly it's an affront to public office. It's criticism for the sake of criticism. An opportunity to be aggressive, dismissive and unnecessarily rude, rather than acknowledge that someone is doing something worthwhile. Burnham was supporting Stand Up To Cancer. That should transcend party politics. Not everything needs to become a partisan attack. Sometimes a politician can simply do something decent without opponents desperately searching for a reason to find fault.
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Angela Rayner having to remind viewers of what the Labour govt inherited from the Tories. Hunt sits on the panel unchallenged by Kuenssberg on their dreadful record. It stinks. #bbclaurak
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It would be morally reprehensible to punish migrants who have come to this country at our invitation to work in our health & social care sectors by forcing them to wait 15 years before being granted indefinite leave to remain instead of the 5 years they were promised before they made the decision to uproot their lives to come and work here
The comments made by @Nigel_Farage about Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) are complete bull****! The £200bn figure he uses has no basis in reality and is unsupported by any reliable data - and he knows it. If UK news shows won’t call this boll**** out let’s do it ourselves
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We should support people who can work into employment. You don't do that by cutting the already meagre support disabled people rely on to live. Restricting eligibility doesn't mean less people will be disabled, just that more will be in poverty. That's not the Labour way.
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Following the Covid Inquiry's damning verdict on @MattHancock, we've launched a petition to remove him from the Privy Council. His actions led to thousands of avoidable deaths. This is a first symbolic step towards accountability. Sign and share: c.org/RJtgMtQF2f
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She leads the party that froze tax allowances costing taxpayers over £40bn a year by now!
Britain has been taxed too much for too long. Andy Burnham’s answer? More tax. Conservatives will cut taxes, so you can keep more of what you earn.
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From what I'm reading, the government expected the review into mental health diagnoses to say that conditions like ADHD and autism were being overdiagnosed, particularly in young people and then use that as justification for making disability benefits cuts, particularly impacting younger people with mental health conditions. However, the problem is the review didn't say that, and it also said that work in and of itself should not be seen as a viable solution for everyone. I mean I could have told them all this without the need for the review, but the central point is, they are stuffed because they haven't got the evidential justification that intensive employment support instead of benefits will be effective and not lead to harm to the individual concerned. That being said, as I have mentioned many times before in the last few years, I'm not against the principle of disabled people and people with mental health conditions working, as long as the work they are doing is good for them and they are fully capable of doing it without any adverse disability -related impacts. My issue is, and always has been that simply assuming that a condition such as ADHD always has mild implications in terms of work capability is both wrong and immensely dangerous. Also, age should not be used as a determining factor in deciding the severity of the impact of a disability or health condition.
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BBC impartiality. The ONS says unemployment has fallen, but BBC Breakfast runs with the headline that job vacancies are down. It's time Lisa Nandy did her job, got a grip on this organisation, and cleared out the Tory henchmen @lisanandy @Ofcom @BBCBreakfast @BBCPolitics @BBCNews
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Pingu G S Handley retweeted
A majority of PIP recipients undertake economically valuable or wellbeing-enhancing activities that they could not do without support. Close to half (47 per cent) report that the benefit enables them to do at least one "economically valuable" activity, including working, training or caring.
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There’s a lot of talk of getting people in work. But From the 100k+ jobs on the DWPs jobs site… Just 480 are remote Only 29 are remote & Disability Confident That’s what’s facing disabled people. We must tackle the barriers employers put up. Not just demand more of people.
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Fonagy Review findings highlighted re Milburn Review & likely gov response: 1. Rise in mental ill health is real and serious. 2. No evidence of large scale over-diagnosis of ADHD & autism. 3. Work isn't *always* good for mental health - Returning too early can be damaging 1/n
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One thing most people don’t know about disability is how unsafe you feel ALL the time. It’s terrifying not being able to trust your body to function properly. It’s scary to need to rely on others for basic survival. It’s frightening watching society label you expendable.
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The Equality Act defines who is a Disabled Person, not PIP, DLA or other benefits. PIP is not awarded because you have a particular condition. It is based on the help support needed to carry out defined tasks of Daily Living & separately getting around outside. 1/2
Replying to @Helen_Whately
Definition of disability for DLA, PIP, UCHE is too broad (minor anxiety, depression, ADHD, fatigue are NOT disabilities). Many conditions overdiagnosed, a few ppl gaming the system. Mental health, the new 'bad back'.
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Pingu G S Handley retweeted
One estimate is of a long term hit of 4%. Another says it’s already been 6-8%. By almost every economic and financial measure Brexit has been disastrous for the UK
“There is not a single sign of any overall economic damage done by Brexit” says @Nigel_Farage Meanwhile back on planet earth by almost every economic & financial measure Brexit has been disastrous for the UK Is anyone seriously buying his bull****? Get the FACTS here👇
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Pingu G S Handley retweeted
Plans to cut Young Parent Pathways, the Family Nurse Partnership, community staff nurses and school nurses will leave vulnerable young parents without vital support, put babies at greater risk of harm and deprive children of the early intervention that keeps them safe.
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🚨 Reform UK councillors at Suffolk County Council are planning devastating cuts to services that protect our most vulnerable babies, children and young parents. We cannot let this happen.
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Thames Water is due to run out of money (again) over the next few weeks. A year and a half ago it was given a £3 billion bailout now it's asking for another £2.4 billion. We really are being taken for mugs. theguardian.com/business/202…
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For those who don't understand statistical inference, let me help out: If ITV gets meaningful access to 10 Reform representatives and 7 of them turn out to be utter scumbags, Reform can’t reasonably defend itself by saying, ‘There are thousands of representatives and only 7 are bad.’ The relevant figure is 7 out of the 10 representatives ITV actually investigated: 70%. The size of the wider organisation doesn’t change the result of the sample.
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