The Mindful Raven

de-stigmatising mental and physical disabilities. Mental Health First Aider/Instructor. All opinions our own re-tweets by no means count as an endorsement.

[Jess Plant @IAmJessPlant]

My belief is that there are some #disabled people are unable to work. Period. Full stop.

These people need support through the benefit system.

#Budget2023

[The Mindful Raven @MindfulRaven]

If you agree the retirement age should be lowered to 60, add your name on @organisehq: https://t.co/NtHn8bYTU7

[The Mindful Raven @MindfulRaven]

@StokesNeuro Godspeed and god bless, Mark.

[The Mindful Raven @MindfulRaven]

@EllieRod8 I would suggest KJ thinks just because her body is in the same house, that counts. I feel sorry for her boys that they are not even worth her time. I give Todd credit for making their little boy feel wanted and loved despite the narcissist in their midst.

[Giles Paley-Phillips @eliistender10]

Just take a minute to look at these faces before you reach to vote for Matt Hancock to win #ImACelebrity
212000 people have died from Covid in the UK, many wouldn't have if it wasn't for the failings of Matt Hancock

[The Mindful Raven @MindfulRaven]

@EllieRod8 I agree with you!

[The Mindful Raven @MindfulRaven]

@ipswichstar24 We wouldn’t need a food bank if not for the Tories. Electioneering already Tom?

[The Mindful Raven @MindfulRaven]

@EllieRod8 I absolutely can see it Here’s KJ!

[The Mindful Raven @MindfulRaven]

@stuartasterling I am so sorry for your loss. So young.

[JOHN NICOLSON 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇪🇺 @MrJohnNicolson]

The cross-party Culture Committee on which I sit has published a report concluding that Nadine Dorries gave us wholly inaccurate evidence when she appeared before us as Culture Secretary. Misleading parliament is serious. I have sent our report to the parliamentary authorities.

[The Mindful Raven @MindfulRaven]

@EllieRod8 So sorry for your loss, I can’t imagine the pain. Sending you lots of love

[The Mindful Raven @MindfulRaven]

@EllieRod8 Ewww

[Disability Labour @DisabilityLab]

The current individuals running for Conservative leader are extremely scary. This crop of candidates are going to inflict massive damage on disabled people with impunity.

[George Monbiot @GeorgeMonbiot]

When I was young, I was led to believe that companies did not behave like this. Fraudsters and organised crime, yes, but not legal entities.
Well, perhaps they always did. Or perhaps the permissive environment created by 40 years of deregulation has given them the green light.

[George Monbiot @GeorgeMonbiot]

Are they too being treated with extreme rudeness and aggression during their period of mourning? Are they too waiting 45 minutes or more on repeated phonecalls, only to be stonewalled when they make an eminently reasonable request?

[George Monbiot @GeorgeMonbiot]

So I'm thinking of all the people who don't have my platform, and attempt to cancel contracts with @VodafoneUK. Are their elderly relatives also being harassed and abused like this? Are they too being hounded by debt collectors for money they don't owe?

[George Monbiot @GeorgeMonbiot]

I now see that I should have gone public much earlier. But we kept thinking "we have to be able to sort this out. Surely they'll understand they've made a mistake."
What I've learnt from the people responding to these tweets is that it doesn't look like a mistake, but a strategy.

[George Monbiot @GeorgeMonbiot]

When we cancelled the direct debit, the threatening phone calls from the debt collection agency began, all insisting on speaking only to my dad. We told them about his condition, but they kept coming, causing extreme anxiety and distress.

[George Monbiot @GeorgeMonbiot]

At no time, even in the first phone call, was there any expression of commiseration or sympathy, just outright hostility and aggression.

[George Monbiot @GeorgeMonbiot]

When my sister told them she would cancel the direct debit, she was told “do what you like, but you’ll be in breach of contract.”
This was after loads of phone calls, with waiting times of 45 minutes +, after which we were just sent from pillar to post, without result.