Coastal and full of rivers, how much money has California sent to Ukraine before finding itself with no water? Between federal taxation and private donation, how much have its wealthiest neighbourhoods contributed to the transformation of Gaza into what the fires were now making of them? Likewise, Britain promises three billion pounds to Ukraine "for as long as it takes", with no definition of "it", while planning to cut exactly that much from disability benefits, with an especial focus on mental health, which the likes of Rachel Reeves and Liz Kendall are convinced is swinging the lead. Analyse that. Along with the fact that they both voted in favour of assisted suicide.
The whole point of Personal Independence Payment is that you can work while claiming it, and the most that you can possibly get is £737.20 per month. Most people are paid a third or less of that. For over a decade, I have been baffling GPs and hospital consultants with my inability to secure first Disability Living Allowance and then PIP, and that is on physical health grounds. Arthritis shows up on X-rays, so it is impossible to fake, and I am riddled with it. PIP is hard to get. Anyone who can do so needs it. Millions of people do, and that is just the ones who can jump through the hoops. Of course depression and anxiety are not life's normal ups and downs. That is why they are diagnosable and treatable medical conditions when those are not.
Third and subsequent children, almost all pensioners, family farms, small businesses, people whom big businesses might otherwise have taken on or paid more, people who travelled to and from work by bus, the WASPI women, and now this. And yes, the fifth or so of eligible voters who voted Labour last year did vote for this. If they claim not to have known or understood, and by no means all or even most of them would say that, then they will be unable to make any such claim, to themselves or to anyone else, at the next General Election.
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