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Paul Destiny retweeted
The worst time of my life came when I became chronically ill and had to claim benefits for the first time in my life
I was left destitute twice by the DWP, and had to rely on Foodbanks to feed my family
I failed 2 work capability assessments, even though I was virtually bedbound
The only people who think the benefits system is a picnic are those who know absolutely nothing about it and lap up the misinformation. If you ever need to use it your views will change. Society should be judged by how it treats the less well off.
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Paul Destiny retweeted
Jun 17
Rich people don't die if you tax them.
Poor people do die when you cut welfare and healthcare.
no comment, just 2 facts.
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Paul Destiny retweeted
The only people who think the benefits system is a picnic are those who know absolutely nothing about it and lap up the misinformation. If you ever need to use it your views will change. Society should be judged by how it treats the less well off.
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Paul Destiny retweeted
Jun 17
Always worth remembering that eugenics starts with fomenting hate against the sick and disabled, the 'useless eaters', as the Nazis called them. They're the first target, and never the last. Canaries are singing loud and clear in the coal mines. We should be attending to them.
‘Get them back to work!’
Former Tory Leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith discusses statistics that confirm more than half a million people now claim disability benefits for anxiety.
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Paul Destiny retweeted
I was hopeful a year ago about Burnham when he started to talk about the State & about class politics but the last 4 weeks the Burnham campaign has been very clearly a campaign to save the Labour Party for the middle class liberal - its actually been shameful. Working class people they dont care about us they care about them.
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Paul Destiny retweeted
Where do the politicians think the money paid out in welfare goes? Do they think it gets whisked off offshore?
It gets spent back into the economy and taxes. Funny how not one person mentions that isn't it.
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Paul Destiny retweeted
"The Queen always had her little script for everything; she never uttered more than a sentence without her little notes.."
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Hopefully one day it will have been considered deeply shameful to have been party to this naked propaganda against the sick and disabled.
"It's insulting to all of us who work and pay our taxes to fund these people to do nothing..."
The panel clash on whether sickness benefits should be cut.
@IsabelWebster_ | @alysdenby | @darrylmorris | #MattAllwright
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Paul Destiny retweeted
We are not 'parked on benefits', we are sick and disabled. This is a disgraceful way to talk about people who have (like myself) become in need of state support due to illness and disability. Park your ridiculous report.
Almost 1,000 people a day are joining health and disability benefits. A system that leaves people parked on benefits is failing them.
We need an emergency handbrake on welfare spending - reform that reduces the bill, supports people into work, and frees up resources for the state.
Read more: institute.global/insights/pu…
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Paul Destiny retweeted
Jun 16
For those who have forgotten the past 40 years:
Tax cuts for the rich
...don’t trickle down
Boosting military spending
...doesn’t bring peace
Slashing regulations
...doesn’t create jobs
Folks, we’ve seen this all before.
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Paul Destiny retweeted
Jun 16
Believing that billionaires and trillionaires are fighting for the working class requires an almost comical level of delusion.
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Paul Destiny retweeted
Jun 16
Just a reminder that Helen and the Conservative Party is currently being investigated by the UK statistics watchdog for making misleading claims about welfare and social security spending. 🙂 disabilitynewsservice.com/uk…
Jun 16
I’ve launched a review of the sickness benefits system. It’s broken.
Last year we set out £23bn welfare savings including stopping benefits to foreigners & for milder mental health.
This review will look at the whole system and set out our plan to fix it.
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PIP representing 7.4 % of the welfare bill overall. Of this those aged 55 and over account for approximately 41% to 45% of claimants of PIP. There is a direct and statistically proven correlation between the rise in the State Pension Age (SPA) and the surge in PIP. 🤔
PIP claims forecast to soar by 3 million to 5.4 million by 2030 - 836 new successful claims every single day for a decade (@thetimes). A welfare system meant to support the vulnerable has become totally unsustainable for taxpayers funding it. Entire system needs overhaul
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Paul Destiny retweeted
Jun 16
In their election manifesto the Conservatives said they could cut welfare spending by £4bn.
Today, less than two years later, they’re talking £23bn.
Almost as if the number isn’t derived from the evidence but from whatever size headline is needed to keep the welfare panic going
ALT Alt text: Screenshot of a Times newspaper article on a smartphone. The headline reads: “Tories launch disability benefits review to cut welfare bill by £23bn.” A subheading states that the review will focus on Personal Independence Payment (PIP), with spending on working-age claimants rising from £11 billion in 2019–20 to £22 billion in 2024–25. Below is a photograph of Helen Whately, the Conservative shadow work and pensions secretary, standing with her arms folded in a wood-panelled corridor. The caption quotes her as saying: “If you can work, you should.” The article shows 216 comments and a five-minute listening option.
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Paul Destiny retweeted
Jun 14
Politicians: STOP talking about cutting #SocialSecurity #benefits further! They are already too low!
#UniversalCredit per month:
Single & under 25: £338.58
Single & over 25: £424.90
Couple under 25: £528.34
Couple over 25: £666.97
Carer's Allowance: £86.45 a week
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Paul Destiny retweeted
Jun 15
SERIOUS QUESTION: why did they put income caps on disabled people but not billionaires ??
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Paul Destiny retweeted
Jun 15
I don't mind at all having to pay taxes when the poor can't. What really pisses me off is having to pay taxes when the rich won't.
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Paul Destiny retweeted
Jun 15
The UK has somehow convinced people that working full time and still being broke is completely normal.
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Paul Destiny retweeted
Jun 15
The UK keeps acting like people are struggling because they're not trying hard enough and are bad with money.
Mate, people are exhausted.
They're working full time jobs, taking extra shifts and spending weekends trying to make a few extra quid online.
The reality is people aren't falling behind because they don't work hard.
They're falling behind because the cost of living is insane and wages just aren't keeping up.
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Paul Destiny retweeted
Had lunch w 64 year old friend yesterday
she's still working, as a cleaner
its extremely painful, the doctors have just told her she's full of arthritis
but of course she can't get the pension for another 3 years
she doesn't think she will last that long.
67 IS TOO OLD
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