I tweet every day to remind everyone that we need to #savenhsdentists in the UK thousands struggle to get NHS dentists, thousands can't afford private dentists, dentists have been privatised via the back door, please retweet, @LucyMPowell @jamesmurray_ldn

Helen Whately has made welfare rhetoric a recurring theme in 2026. Whether it’s “Benefits Street” language, attacking remote PIP assessments, or framing claimants as people who’ve “opted out,” the pattern matters. Political debate is one thing. Turning disabled people into a culture war talking point is another. #HelenWhately #DisabilityRights #PIP #DWP #Benefits #UniversalCredit #DisabledPeople

Say it with me: Disabled people deserve to live even if they can’t work.

Every New Year, capitalism rolls out the same lie with a fresh coat of glitter. This is your year. Glow up. Reinvent yourself. No excuses. But if you’re chronically ill or disabled, you can’t just decide to become someone new on January 1st. You can’t grind your way out of pain. You can’t manifestation-journal your nervous system into cooperation. You can’t discipline a body that is already working overtime just to keep you alive. New Year rhetoric is built for bodies capitalism already values: productive, predictable, endlessly available. For disabled people, that pressure isn’t motivating - it’s violent. But: You don’t owe anyone a transformation. Survival is not giving up. Stability is not being lazy. Rest is not quitting. If your goal is to stay alive, manage symptoms, protect your peace, or simply get through the day - that isn’t “settling.” That’s self-care. Capitalism demands change because change keeps the machine running. Disabled people don’t need reinvention - we need room to exist.

If someone says they don't drink, just accept it. No need to start asking why. Could be many reasons from alcoholism recovery, disability-related reasons, or maybe they just don't like alcohol

Disabled People Are Being Hurt. I’m tired. 
Because every day now, I’m hearing another story from the UK, Canada, or the US about disabled people being abused, harassed, or outright attacked - and people act shocked like it came out of nowhere. It didn’t. 
We’ve been warning everyone for years. Ableist violence is rising. You see it on buses, in schools, in hospitals, online, even in supposedly “progressive” communities. 
People filming disabled strangers. Mocking mobility aids. Shouting slurs. Accusing people of faking their conditions. 
And in the worst cases - actual physical harm. 
Most of it never makes the news. A lot of disabled people don’t bother reporting anymore, because they’ve learned the hard way that the system doesn’t take them seriously. Police shrug it off. Governments cut services. Social media laughs and does nothing. It feels like we’re becoming less human in the eyes of people who’ve decided our existence is inconvenient to them. I wish I were exaggerating. But I’m not. Disabled people keep explaining, educating, asking, shouting. And somehow it still gets brushed aside like we’re complaining about minor inconveniences. We’re not asking for special treatment. 
We’re asking not to be targets.
We’re asking for the same safety everyone else gets.

Just a reminder.

This👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼 EVERYWHERE. I first noticed the vile, venomous #Disabilityhatred in the UK 20yrs ago. It shocked me then. Slowly, every year, it has become worse. Now. Our own ‘government’, especially @RachelReevesMP & @Keir_Starmer have stoked the fires of disability hatred through their pernicious persecution of the disabled: implying at every turn that disability claims are fraudulent. The statistics say they are NOT. They are rising. Allowing a virus that causes organ damage, permanently debilitating pain & fatigue, cognitive deficits,strokes & heart attacks — to rage unchecked through the UK population has created a surge in #chronicillness that gets worse by the day. @wesstreeting Our own government, whom we elected in good faith — has deliberately spread the venom of #disabilityhatred

This is our chance to do something historic: build a mass, democratic political party that can win power for the many, not the few. Be part of it at yourparty.uk.

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When you have a baby, you're told to trust your instincts. But when your child is disabled and needs support, your instincts are dismissed and you find yourself the object of blame from the public services that should exist to help. I've written about parent blame here.

Really impressive from @zarahsultana on #bbcqt tonight, with a clear message on the broken economic system, which rewards the rich in spades - while punishing the poor, working or not.

I’ll have the equality thanks! What is the point of chivalry if the woman is subservient to men? In fact, this dude’s idea of chivalry belittles women .

Be kind to others, be kind to you; nobody knows what each other is going through. #BeKind

If Trump says the Epstein files are a hoax and has nothing to hide, release all the Epstein files. Not a fraction, or the redacted versions… ALL OF THEM!!! If you care about woman and children so badly… #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

A perfectly civilised society would look after all its citizens. Whether you’re disabled or not. It is that simple. And no-one chooses to live off the state. We don’t make a choice to become disabled and rely on the government. What is arrogant is abled people telling disabled people what disabled people deserve and need.

RT @fromthenorth66: @Puffer_Kusser @DRDisabilityReb Zero percent fraud rate for PIP, DWP figures show share.google/krnlt6vJQ3CM4WR…

Yes, people don’t seem to realise that the taxpayer pays exactly the same whether the disabled person has a Robin Reliant or a 15-seat flying Tesla. The disabled person pays the difference in the advance payment.