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Tag Archives: suicide
Oh what a tangled web he weaves, when first he practices to deceive *
Reposted from the Morning Star on line *With apologies to Sir Walter Scott https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmion_(poem) AFTER a long wait, the much anticipated benefit claimant death figures were finally released by Iain Duncan Smith (IDS) this summer after being blocked for … Continue reading
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Tagged dwp, Iain Duncan Smith, Marmion, mortality statistics, Nick Dilworth, Sir Walter Scott, suicide
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Daughter of man who committed suicide after being found fit to work takes human rights case to UN
Reposted from The National THE grieving daughter of a disabled man who took his own life after being wrongly declared fit for work is getting help from Scottish disability rights campaigners to take his case to the United Nations over … Continue reading
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Tagged Dr Stephen Carty, dwp, GMC, Michael O'Sullivan, suicide, United Nations
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John McDonnell’s speech to Labour party conference
Reposted from Politics Home Can you imagine Gidiot Osborne making a speech like this … I warn you this is not my usual rant, they get me into trouble and Jeremy has told me to behave myself. Jeremy and I … Continue reading
Posted in John McDonnell
Tagged Ann Pettifor, austerity, benefits, Bob Dylan, David Blanchflower, deaths, economy, George Osborne, homeless, Inheritance Tax, Jeremy Corbyn, John McDonnell, Joseph Stiglitz, Labour, living wage, Marianna Mazzucato, Michael O Sullivan, pay gap, poverty, Simon Wren Lewis, suicide, Tax, Tax credits, Thomas Piketty
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FOI – Do or Die!
Freedom of Information Act 2000 I’m getting this Freedom of Information (FOI) request in before the Nazi Nasty party start charging £600 to make a request; http://voxpoliticalonline.com/2015/09/17/tory-bid-to-put-freedom-of-information-out-of-your-price-range/ Here’s the article, originally published by the excellent John Pring on Disability … Continue reading
Posted in DWP, FOI
Tagged Alan Dransfield, Atos, coroner, deaths, Disability News Service, FoI, ICO, John Pring, Maximus, Mike Sivier, suicide, Vox Political, WCA, Whatdotheyknow.com
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Police break down door of Mansfield man’s flat after DWP told them he could be suicidal
Reposted from Mansfield CHAD Kevan Ramsdale of Bowling Street, Mansfield. Police smashed his door down last after DWP told them he might be suicidal. Police officers smashed down the front door of a Mansfield man’s flat after the DWP tipped … Continue reading
DWP urged to publish inquiries on benefit claimant suicides
Reposted from Guardian Society The wheels grind exceedingly slow, but exceedingly fine. A small part of me hopes that the constant pressure on DWP to properly account for the consequences of their actions and of that odious little sh*t IDS … Continue reading
Posted in DWP, Suicide
Tagged David Clapson, deaths, DPAC, dwp, Iain Duncan Smith, suicide
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Iain Duncan Smith’s “profound moral mission”
Reblogged from Another Angry Voice I’ve written before about the Orwellian Tory assertions that Iain Duncan Smith’s ideological attacks on the social security system represent some kind of “moral mission” (here). However I’m going to address the subject again, but … Continue reading
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Tagged Atos, Bedroom tax, coma, dwp, Iain Duncan Smith, suicide
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