Ali Carroll

I am passionate about Equality, Theatre and Inclusion. Happily (defiantly!) single. My family, my friends and the Theatre are my life. She/her.

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

The richest 3 people have more money than the poorest 4 billion.

But the problem (according to those richest people) is the poor people.

[Dr Jay Watts @Shrink_at_Large]

I would like to see more trauma therapists campaigning about bad housing and precarious housing cos that shit is one of the biggest triggers out there.

[PenScribbler @ScribblerPen]

The disinformation about disability, from all perspectives, be it medical, welfare or anything else, in British politics and the media is now so thorough and wide-ranging, it feels like we've gone back 70 years in the space of a few, and it's not clear how to treat that disease.

[Thomas H. 💙 @THemingford]

Politicians talk about welfare costs. They rarely talk about poverty costs.
A disabled person losing £50 doesn't remove £50 of cost from society. It often shifts far greater costs onto the NHS, councils, carers, charities and other public services.
That's not efficiency.

[Dr Jay Watts @Shrink_at_Large]

One of the grimmest political tricks of the last 15 years has been convincing the public that disabled people are a bigger economic threat than tax avoidance, private outsourcing failures, or housing costs.

[David__Osland @David__Osland]

I'll tell you what's 'unsustainable', and it's not state pensions, NHS funding or disability benefits. It's a society in which the majority works longer hours for lower wages so the 1% becomes richer still.

[Jen Wood - est optimum simpliciter @unojen_wood]

The hysteria the media are whipping up about welfare must STOP. They are deliberately allowing lies & misinformation to be spouted by MP's & Ministers. Not one actually knows or understands how the system works, they seem to simply copy and paste whatever the Mail says.
STOP IT.

[Dr Jay Watts @Shrink_at_Large]

More premature death, reduced quality of life, worsening mental health and hospital admissions.

[Dr Jay Watts @Shrink_at_Large]

The idea that benefits get in the way of life is a strange one. For many people, benefits are the thing standing between living and not surviving at all.

[Dr Jay Watts @Shrink_at_Large]

“Writing from bed is a time-honored disabled way of being an activist and a cultural worker. It’s one the mainstream doesn’t often acknowledge but whose lineage stretches from Frida Kahlo painting in bed to Grace Lee Boggs writing in her wheelchair age 98.”
- Piepzna-Samarasinha

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

Nigel Farage hasn't bothered to vote in Parliament for the last 11 weeks.

During that time he will have collected about £50,000 in wages and expenses.

But he will tell you Disabled People and immigrants are the problem.

No, it's rich lazy parasites like him.

[michelle maher @mmaher70]

2019 report 2023
Sanctions ineffective as a way of getting people into jobs or to work more hours, finds suppressed DWP report Gov
Reports repeatedly show that it actually pushed people away from work
Report after report, Labour know this
#Labour
https://t.co/oUzhwyAzlC

[Briana Mills, LMFT ♿️🏳️‍🌈🍉 @theBrianaMills]

Remember when the pandemic hit and everything was remote? Work, education. Disabled people had been begging for those things to be remote for over a decade until non-disabled people needed them. Two years after, they got rid of it. They can accommodate, they just don’t want to.

[HAD @HarrowHAD]

“Disabled people should not have to fight for the right to survive an emergency.”

Nine years after Grenfell, Deaf and Disabled people are still being failed on fire safety. We were promised lessons would be learned. Too many promises remain broken.

[Rosemary Frazer @RosemaryFrazer]

Journalists, particularly political journalists, why do you discuss PIP as though it's an 'out of work' benefit? It is not. PIP (as with the predecessor DLA) is there to meet additional costs which come with being disabled. You can qualify whether in or out of work.

[Sue Henderson 💙 @HathorsDaughter]

Despicable. Disabled people told the government that pushing some into work before they were able would be as counter-productive as it's cruel. We were right. Employment support can help some, but not all - and especially long term disabled people.

[Mik Scarlet @MikScarlet]

This allowed me to follow a long career, & to change careers in the 00s to focus on access & inclusion.
It might shock the media & politicians, but youth unemployment could lead to an explosion of creativity. Sadly the cost of living will ruin this.
#NEET
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[Disability Rights @TalkThatTalk_K]

Helen on her usual lying bullshit.

How much does the taxpayer have to pay for her to do this online daily? Great question. Taxpayers should know the answer. This is the drivel we’re paying for 🤦🏼‍♀️

Helen Whately doesn’t have a benefit cap, so she claims £39k EVERY YEAR on rent from the taxpayer and the list of expenses below. In 3 years the expenses amount to £521,655.79
Plus the additional £39k for each of those 3 years for her rent, added bills etc,

This doesn’t even cover all of it.
So no, disabled people on the bare minimum are not the problem.
People like Helen Whately are!