Gemma Edgington

LPC LLM Student • First Class LLB (Hons) Law Graduate • ⚖👩‍⚖️• Likes shopping, dislikes social injustice • All views and opinions my own.⚖️

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Happy Thursday to me, after three years hard study I got myself a First Class honours degree! 🤓🎓⚖🎉#UoNLaw #LegallyBlonde

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@anniefoss @wowcher Their X page says @Wowcher_Support. If no joy DM'ing them, get your money back via your bank.

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@ZwodderFudgel @Helen_Whately As per my original post:
1️⃣ Motability cars aren’t for specific conditions.
2️⃣ People must get the enhanced PIP mobility rate.
3️⃣ A physical/mental impairment that has a ‘substantial’ and ‘long-term’ negative effect on your ability to do normal daily activities = disability.

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@ZiaYusufUK I’m not Carol Vorderman but this is BS. Where’s your evidence? Benefits aren’t income - they’re for sickness & disability. People are living longer, becoming sick, disabled, meeting eligibility. That’s fairness. What’s unfair is spreading lies & hate. #Discrimination 🙄♿👎

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@adamfare1996 Considering he is a former medical doctor you'd think (and hope) he'd know better than to come out with such crap. Perhaps he should change his name to "Dr David Bull💩" - more apt!

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@Saratsoul @Helen_Whately I know. 😕 For MPs it's a case of "mind over matter" where disability benefits are concerned. As in "they don't mind what they say, as to them disabled people don't matter". So sad and frustrating. ♿👎

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@Helen_Whately @Conservatives No, you didn't. Lying about it and having no knowledge of the benefits system has caused misinformation to the public who are naive enough to believe you. This has increased hate towards disabled people. You should be ashamed of yourself.

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@IanHollingwor10 @PolitlcsUK The facts are eligibility isn't based on specific medical conditions like acne as you say but on whether you receive a qualifying disability benefit at the highest rate mobility component. It's DWP and/or Tribunals that make decisions if you don't like it.

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@LurgeeLife He has no idea. Work does not make sick people better. It isn't "Arbeit macht frei" like Hitler said. Most disabilities are hidden; incl. MH. Putting DWP in GPs will erode trust and what about patient records and GDPR? 🙄👎♿

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@IanHollingwor10 @PolitlcsUK You may repair them but it doesn't mean you're qualified to assess disability. Claimants only qualify if they meet the enhanced rate of the mobility component of PIP. May be the people you see are nominated drivers for the claimants and the claimants can't drive due to disability

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@WheelieFUMS Awful idea. It's not support; it's surveillance disguised as such. It's hard enough to get appts and as the GP says, people go if they're ill. Surgeries cannot accommodate DWP and if they're there it will erode trust. It will also cause concern over patient records and GDPR.

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@Helen_Whately So you criticise people with MH issues while being a trustee of @MindMaidstone and with parents who worked in healthcare? That doesn't sound like "common sense" to me.👎
FYI: You need more than a "sick note" to claim benefits, and Motability isn’t handed out easily. Do better.🙄

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@BcEnglishman @PolitlcsUK 1) Only if a claimant meets the criteria for the enhanced rate of the mobility component of PIP and;
2) To get the car the claimant must first make an advance payment.
3) Any Motability car is NOT FREE. Claimants pay for it via the mobility element of their PIP allowance.

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@BcEnglishman @PolitlcsUK No. Eligibility for Motability isn't based on a specific medical condition like ADHD, but on whether you receive a qualifying disability benefit at the highest rate. Not all cars are "luxury" either; claimants must give an advance payment. I'd say the ignorant one is you.🖕

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@LBC @TomSwarbrick1 It doesn't make sense as you're chatting 💩. I'm no Carol Vorderman but look at the rates for UC and PIP. You cannot claim that amount of money for either benefit if sick or disabled. Do your research and stop spreading lies.
https://t.co/xU3ar9m5QY
https://t.co/W3YzurSHdl

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@itvnews @Nigel_Farage @Peston You have no idea, Nigel.
1) Disabled people aren't "victims";
2) There is no "disability register";
3) Like you, Lee Anderson is clueless. He claimed people used foodbanks as they "couldn't budget or cook properly".
4) Do better... 🙄♿

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@KemiBadenoch 1) Where has this data come from?
2) People only qualify for Motability if entitled to the enhanced rate of PIP.
3) Alcoholism & addictions aren't disabilities under the EqA 2010. On this basis & that drink drivers would be disqualified, what you've said is 💩.Get ur facts rite

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@Helen_Whately Considering your parents were Drs & you've been trustee of @MindMaidstone for 10yrs shows how much you know. Still, they say "the biggest disability is ignorance".

@FB4J_UK & welfare rights orgs HELP legitimate disabled people. Vital since the demise of Legal Aid. ♿ 🙄

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@TheBillaton PC Loxton: "You just farted?"

PC Garfield: "No, I ain't!"

WPC Marshall: (Laughing, thinking they'll never suspect me...😂)

Guy next to WPC Marshall looks anxiously at door trying to hold one in due to awful canteen grub...