siobhan wall

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[Romy Cerratti @RomyCerratti]

@TheNewsAgents @lewis_goodall What about people who CAN’T work?! Why do you want the chronically ill and seriously disabled to live as an underclass with less money and a lower living standard than everyone else? Why do you see disabled lives as ‘unproductive half lives’ @lewis_goodall?

[siobhan wall @siobhanwall]

While the NHS is at breaking point, Britain's biggest pharmaceutical companies are receiving BILLIONS in tax breaks - enough is enough, sign the petition calling for Rachel Reeves to end the tax breaks for Big pharma: https://t.co/u8M9aKumy0

[Nordic Model Now! @nordicmodelnow]

Is the DWP morphing into a pimp?

https://t.co/LYStrem9Pt

[Nordic Model Now! @nordicmodelnow]

“The prostitution industry now contributes more than £6 billion annually to Britain’s GDP. To put this in perspective, the annual turnover of the UK fishing fleet was £1.08 billion in 2023 and the UK steel industry contributes £2.4 billion to UK GDP. Added to this, OnlyFans, a company registered in the UK, reported gross revenue of $7.22 billion in 2024.”

Read more: https://t.co/SRTskZKjIp

[Nordic Model Now! @nordicmodelnow]

Is the DWP morphing into a pimp?

This new article is a follow up to our previous one on how UK job centres are encouraging OnlyFans as self-employment for unemployed women. This new article explains more about how that encouragement works; why OnlyFans is not an easy way to make money; the 2012 law that banned jobcentres from advertising sex industry jobs and how this legislation has fallen out of use, how it is not included in standard DWP training, and few, if any, work coaches are even aware of it.

It also explains that the sexploitation industry is one of the few industries that is currently booming in the UK. Given that we are in the midst of a severe financial crisis and the Government’s neoliberal policies and values, it is hardly surprising that the DWP is encouraging young women on OnlyFans. However, it is a total abdication of responsibility to the young women concerned, to society, and to binding obligations under international law to crack down on pimping and the normalisation of men paying for prostitution and other forms of sexual exploitation, which fuels sex trafficking. We demand that this changes.

See link to full article further down this thread.

[Joe 💚 @J03_Bl0GG]

@DWPgovuk This is all to punish the disabled! Look at my chart above, there aren’t enough jobs! This is a cost saving exercise aimed purely at punishing sick and disabled people! It’s a disgrace!!

[MemeMerica @MericaMeme19362]

Hanifa Girwal’s statement at the UN Security Council is powerful and urgent. By putting Afghan women and girls at the center of the conversation,
she not only highlights the brutal restrictions they face but also frames it as a global security issue reminding the world that denying half a population their rights undermines peace and stability everywhere. 🌍💔

[Jahanzib Wesa @jahanzibwesa]

Hanifa Girwal, a brave human rights activist, addressed the UN Security Council today, speaking for Afghan women and girls and warning of the deep crises endangering Afghans and global stability. She called on the UN and the international community to act. #LetAfghanGirlsLearn

[Jahanzib Wesa @jahanzibwesa]

First, the Taliban closed girls’ schools. Then, they banned women from work. Now they cut off the internet, silencing even online education. This isn’t just repression, it’s the systematic erasure of Afghan girls’ futures.

#LetAfghanGirlsLearn @FBBlackler #HRW

[Maya Noor @MaayaaNoor]

As an online teacher,I was educating Afghan girls who are denied access to schools. Now, with the Taliban cutting the internet,even this last hope is being silenced. Cutting internet means silencing women’s voices. Please,carry our voices to the world.
#LetAfghanGirlsLearn

[siobhan wall @siobhanwall]

@RachelHorne19 Unable to eat and severe nausea for a few weeks. Horrible!

[Dr Helen Wright 💙💛🇪🇺🇺🇦 @ellielou_uk]

@bmay @RussInCheshire This is my local library. It has rows of computers with free internet access for those people who don’t have one at home. A community hub helping people get skills so they can get employment. It’s heartbreaking.

[siobhan wall @siobhanwall]

Reinstate the Direct ICE Train Link from Amsterdam to Basel - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/xlYyjPBoPX via @Change

[siobhan wall @siobhanwall]

@silverpebble It is lovely. I want to paint it in watercolours

[siobhan wall @siobhanwall]

@presse_CFF Keep the Amsterdam to Basel route SBB! Nous avons besoin de la route trans euro express! C'est parfait pour les gens handicappés comme mois. Et pour l'environnement, aussi. .@RailService .@presse_Cff

[siobhan wall @siobhanwall]

.@seatsixtyone Hello Mark, I just created this petition to reinstate the environmentally and disabled friendly Trans Euro Express. Please read, sign, and share widely. Can you ask followers to add their signature, too? ✍️
https://t.co/vdboHbDPNa

[siobhan wall @siobhanwall]

.@kraftwerk I just created this petition to reinstate the environmentally and disabled friendly Trans Euro Express. Please read, sign, and share widely. Can you ask friends to add their signature, too? ✍️
https://t.co/vdboHbDPNa

[siobhan wall @siobhanwall]

I just created this petition to reinstate the environmentally and disabled friendly Trans Euro Express. Please read, sign, and share widely. Can you ask colleagues to add their signature, too? ✍️
https://t.co/vdboHbDPNa

.@DB_Info .@RailService

[siobhan wall @siobhanwall]

@rachaelfernz " Freddie's ancestors actually came from Persia, they fled to India. Freddie's family are Parsi Zoroastrians, an ancient religion... Freddie has no Indian blood. " But I found that quote online so it may not be reliable!

[siobhan wall @siobhanwall]

@rachaelfernz Congratulations on your novel! I've just read about it on the Curtis Brown email newsletter. It might be worth double checking about Freddie Mercury's origins, however. I thought he was Iranian and his family moved to India.