Dear readers and subscribers, I’m very sorry but there’s not going to be a blog post this week.
I was told that my son had died on Friday and I’m trying to deal with it and organise his funeral etc.
I will be writing a new blog post as soon as I’m able.
There is a crowdfunding page relating to this on both my Facebook and Twitter account.
Thank you , solidarity Charlotte.
“Happy International Women’s day!
Today I’m thinking about all the women who are suffering as a result of the government’s austerity measures.
Women unable to leave abusive relationships because there isn’t a women’s refuge that they can escape to.
Remembering all the women that have died as a result of domestic violence and the governments austerity measures, we’ll never forget you.
We love you.
Women struggling to survive the discrimitory universal credit system.
Disabled women who are struggling to survive because their ESA and/ or PIP has been taken away from them.
To all the 1950s women unable to claim their rightful pensions.
Homeless women stuck in flea ridden, unsafe temporary accommodation, one day things will get better for you.
Please have them in your thoughts, the battle for equality is far from over.”
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Dear readers I write this blog on Christmas Day, a day when people are expected to celebrate and be happy.
Sadly because of the government’s cruel Universal Credit system and the torturous PIP and ESA DWP ‘medical’ assessments thousands of people won’t be able to celebrate, cook a Christmas dinner and exchange gifts.
This year is tougher than normal because we are still in the middle of a pandemic that the government is trying it’s best to ignore.
Today the UK’s official Covid death toll has surpassed 70,000 on as 570 more people died today.
Let that sink in 570 people have died from Covid 19 on Christmas day. Also a total of 70,000 people have died as a result of Covid 19.
Meanwhile the government continues to ignore this, they just don’t want to know and they certainly don’t want to help.
70,000 families will be grieving as will their friends. But hey let’s ignore them and continue to put the public at risk.
Wouldn’t it be fantastic if the government actually tool some positive action, set an example to the rest of the world and protected people. This won’t happen though.
It appears that the government is in some sick competition with America about how many people will die from Covid 19.
Then we have the thousands of people now unemployed as a result of the pandemic. Now facing the inhumane universal Credit system, many can’t understand how they’re expected to survive on so little money.
Thousands of people won’t be able to give anyone presents this year, heat their home and have a Christmas dinner.
This year the queues for food banks and suchlike places have more than doubled. Families are queuing for hot meals in city centres and children and their parents are hungry because they don’t have the money to survive on.
How sickening it is that I have to use the world surviving… People shouldn’t be surviving they should be able to live, be happy and have enough money to be able to feed themselves and their children.
I want to be positive I really do but it’s extremely hard to find the good in all of this. We shouldn’t be celebrating the fact that food banks are opening and organisations and charities are working extremely hard to find food to give to hungry people.
Theres a reason why the government likes foodbanks. If given the opportunity one of their Tory MPs will see this as a photo opportunity.
Foodbanks save the government thousands of pounds every year. They also take the responsibility of feeding people away from them and moves it to the foodbanks and organisations to do this.
No wonder Tories smile so much at the thought of another foodbank opening.
Basically what I’m saying is yes please support your local foodbank but please remind the government of their duty of care towards the people of this country.
Normally we would see the government’s opposition making a speech or statement about the terrible neglect of the poorest and most vulnerable of this country. This year it’s virtually silent.
Sir Kier Starmer quite rightly made a speech about Brexit, but he failed to address the needs of the poorest and most vulnerable of this country.
As a result thousands of people are feeling neglected and unimportant and totally pissed off with the political system in general.
So what do we do now? We support each other in whatever way that we are able to.
A friendly word, a smile can sometimes be enough.
We have to be there for each other because this damned government will never never care.
A huge thank you to everyone that reads and supports my campaign and blog. Your kind words and support have kept me going throughout my own covid 19 nightmare.
Sadly I’ve got pleurisy again, thanks to long covid. Hopefully I’ll be better soon.
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Dear readers I need to apologize because I’m late publishing my blog this week.
There’s no real excuse for this but I’ve had a stressful week and I haven’t been sleeping well. I find it hard to write when I’m over tired.
This week I was reminded of one cold Thursday morning outside Ashton Jobcentre.
The demo started as usual, we were helping or something and handing out food parcels.
Whilst we were doing this I noticed a woman with three children walk out of the Jobcentre, walk past us and she then approached me.
I asked her if she was ok. Her story was particularly heart wrenching. She was a victim of domestic violence and she was struggling to get help from the DWP because she had to leave in a rush.
As usual the DWP failed to recognise and appreciate her situation. They suggested to her that she should have gone back to her abuser to collect her ID.
Theres no excuse for their lack of caring. There’s no way that she should have to return to her abuser.
I advised her on what to do and I put her in touch with all of the relevant agencies that could help her.
I asked her if she needed a food parcel, she said that she did and that she hadn’t ate for days. She had just managed to feed her kids with the very basics, bread and some biscuits.
I gave her a good parcel, she was so thankful because so far no one had been understanding of her situation.
She then took her kids to the steps outside the old cinema. They all sat down and started to eat some food directly out of the tins.
I’m not lying when I say that this broke my heart. How have we managed to elect a government that is extremely aggressive towards people who are struggling, disabled people and unemployed people.
Let’s move forward to 2020.
Nothing has improved, the hostile environment created by the government is even worse than ever.
People are still dying as a direct result of this uncaring governments actions.
There is no excuse for the government to behave in this manner but they do because they can.
It’s certainly not going to get any better. We are in the midst of a pandemic, more and more people are loosing their jobs as a result of the pandemic.
This week I’ve had quite a few newly unemployed people email me to ask me about how they’re supposed to manage on the meagre payments that they receive via Universal Credit.
It’s horrible that anyone is in this situation. Universal Credit doesn’t benefit anyone except the government.
To say that it’s a huge shock to newly unemployed people is an understatement. So many more people are now struggling to eat properly, pay their rent and survive.
It’s a reality check that they certainly didn’t expect. So many of these newly unemployed people had previously believed the government’s lies about how wonderful Universal Credit is.
Add into the mix the thousands of people that are ill with Covid 19 that are so scared of loosing their jobs that are forced to return to work when they’re unwell.
We’ve also got Long Covid to contend with. I doubt that the DWP will recognise this though. This is another battle that we have to now fight.
We also have thousands of people that have died and will die from Covid 19.
I’m extremely worried that their deaths are being ignored and normalised by society. This is extremely cruel and callous.
Please, let’s not forget about their deaths, most of which could have been prevented if the government had responded correctly when the virus had arrived in the UK.
It’s all wrong, none of the above would have happened if we had a caring goverment, but that’s not likely not happen in the near future.
As the Christmas period looms on the horizon, please spare a thought for all of us that can’t celebrate Christmas because of the expense. Also remember that so many people won’t be celebrating Christmas because they’ve lost a loved one due to Covid 19.
The Christmas period is such a hard time for so many of us. Let’s not forget about them.
The above statistic is horrific but true. This is exactly why the government hasn’t reacted responsibly and stopped the spread of covid 19.
Each and every death is saving them money and they don’t care what people think about this.
Let’s continue to fight for the living and dead. We cannot allow the government to treat people like this.
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Dear readers and subscribers it appears to be Thursday once again. I hope that you are all ok and as well as you can be.I’ve had a pretty busy week having a telephone consultation with my respitory consultant, blood tests and talking to my GP.
For covid survivors I’m one of the lucky ones. I have a doctor that listens to me and echoes mine and my consultants concerns. This is a rarity though.
Why is this a rarity you might ask, everyone should be treated this way. The sad reality is that they aren’t.Helping a patient with Covid 19 is extremely hard because they’re dealing with the unknown. Covid also presents itself differently with each and every person that catches it.
There isn’t any real ‘normal’ symptoms with Covid 19 because of this.For me, covid hit my lungs pretty hard, most likely because I already had mild asthma.
Covid likes to find a person’s weak point and attack there.
For other people they can get more neurological symptoms and not the classic symptoms. For them getting help is extremely hard.
Like my doctor said, so many doctors haven’t got a clue about how to deal with it unless they’ve had the time to research it themselves. I can imagine that finding the time to do this would be hard for them.
This leaves us with a massive problem though. Thousands of people with long covid symptoms are being ignored,some are being told that there’s nothing that can be done for them when that’s not true.
I was both unlucky and lucky enough to be admitted into hospital and this fast tracked me to the follow up care that I need. This is why I consider myself lucky in this respect.
But still thousands of people that are suffering with delibatating symptoms are being ignored, left on their own with no support at all.
Every covid survivor deserves to be listened to and to have their symptoms investigated. It’s vital that this happens. The fact that it isn’t happening is a complete travesty.
Then we have the families of loved ones that have died from Covid 19.They’re not being listened to at all.
The government is so far refusing to meet with them to discuss their needs and concerns.
Why the government refuse to meet them is unknown as of yet, but I do believe that they’re avoiding any contact with the public but my be is that they don’t want anyone challenging their extremely bad decisions
.Also add into the mix the farcical second lockdown. This lockdown won’t be successful because schools are still open etc. Unbelievable isn’t it.
We’ve also as a result of this got the real possibility of a lockdown over the Christmas period. To be honest I don’t mind this because we need to get this virus under control but so many people will suffer as a result of this possible decision.
Basically the government has done what it does best… Mess everything up, ignore the public and walk away.
This leaves the public to do the best that they can with very few resources if any.We are facing very bleak times and are going to do this with little or no Government help and it’s extremely worrying.
We have thousands of people that will be facing destitution in the coming months and they need help and representation.
We then have the terrible decision to remove Jeremy Corbyn from his position. They then allowed him to return but without the whip.
This is exactly what we don’t need at the moment. Jeremy deserves to be given the whip etc back.
The labour party should be united to fight the Tories against their terrible decisions that they’re making about the pandemic etc.
Instead it’s divided the party and members are leaving. Would it be too much to ask for some real united opposition?Can they please stop this witch hunt and focus on the government’s faults instead?
I urge them to think about this.
Thousands of people have died as a result of contracting covid and their families need help and support.
Thousands of people are ill with Covid and they need support.Thousands of people suffering from long covid need support.
They all need this support to come from the government’s opposition.We need this now.
I’m eight months into my long covid battle and it’s been awful. I’m trying to keep strong and fight back but it’s hard at times.
I don’t think that I could have done it without the help and support from my online friends
.For those without this online support it can and is a very dark and lonely place to be. Please spare a thought for them.
I’m going to end it there because I have to go and collect my meds.
Please keep safe you are important and I do care about you all.
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Dear readers an extra blog post from me, I hope that you don’t mind.
I’ve been a tad quiet recently because my recovery has been set right back.
My daughter unknowingly brought home a nasty virus with her when she returned home from school about two weeks ago.
What would normally would have been a slight cold etc completely floored me. I was forced to retreat back to bed.
I really hated having to retreat to bed because I wanted to be out and about and I had plans to do ‘stuff’.
I’m now out of bed but I’m coughing a lot and I can’t get my stats above 94 to 96. I’m also experiencing the return of the stabbing pains.
Yes I know that I should go back to the hospital and I will do when I’m financially able to do so. Shite happens and I’ve got to learn to deal with it.
I was looking at my Facebook memories today and I was reminded of the email that I wrote to The Scum (Sun) after the requested my help for them.
I’ll paste the letter below, it really made me chuckle.
How dare they have the nerve to request help from me after I had just published a petition against them that went viral.
I was advised to take it down, but hindsight is a wonderful thing isn’t it. I should have kept it up and fought them. I’m quite sure that I could have found legal advice.
I will not make the same mistake again.
Anyway here it is.
My reply to The Sun On Sundays request yesterday.
Hi Gareth,
Thank you for your email.
Primarily I need to correct you on your referral to Universal Credit as being Universal Credits. These are different things, and although I don’t want to argue about semantics, it is about conveying the correct message across. Therefore using the correct benefit title is very important isn’t it.
I’m sure that you will agree with me.
As you can tell, I’m rather fussy about the getting the correct message out to the public. After all the public deserve to be correctly and reliably informed about important issues, especially in newspapers and the media. However this is something that The Sun Newspaper has regretfully been doing a terrible job of.
Headlines such as ‘Benefit scrounger mum of 8 says £500 a week handouts aren’t enough for her four bed council house’ Dan Sales 18th February 2017.
Other headlines such as ‘Takers dozen. Sponging mum of 13 who rakes in £30,00 a year in benefits is branded a scrounger by her own daughter’ Alex West 30th December 2016. ‘Family planning. Scrounging mum of 12 Cheryl Prudham who pockets £40,00 a year in benefits flashes her tummy outside medical centre days before announcing shes expecting baby 13.’
I could continue sharing these headlines with you, however you get the gist don’t you.
Not only were these headlines not based on fact, not researched correctly they were damaging to the people concerned and to the most vulnerable people of this country and were created specifically to cause prejudice and division towards the poorest of this country, the very people that your newspaper is now reaching out to.
These headlines were so hard hitting, a phrase that you like to use, that as a result of the ongoing campaign of hatred against the poor, led by The Sun newspaper, other newspapers and television channels, I, myself have been shouted at, called a scrounger, told to get a job, and spat at. Luckily it didn’t touch me, but you can see how this works out right?
The people that I help have also experienced prejudice as a result of this ongoing campaign and do so on a daily basis.
I can never forget the “Scrounger Awards’ that The Sun newspaper published, also ‘The Welfies’ and the ‘Job Dodger’ awards.
Sympathetic also isn’t something that I associate with The Sun newspaper, after all we can never forget Hillsborough can we.
A point to note, lying has 5 letters, but so does truth. Hurt has 4 letters but so does heal. Everyday I try and rectify the harmful and malicious lies set about by The Sun newspaper.
Maybe the newspaper could do the same.
You also might like to read this, because if you had researched my name correctly you would have found this article about myself.
https://thetab.com/uk/manchester/2017/05/26/spoke-woman-petitioning-manchester-boycott-sun-28665
I therefore would like to decline your offer of a chat, nor will I be referring any vulnerable people to your newspaper to talk. You see, I simply cannot trust the newspaper not to twist their words and to turn them into figures of hatred.
However, we would like an apology from The Sun newspaper for all the hurt, damage and discrimination caused by the words printed in your newspaper.
Wouldn’t it be nice if that was a front page headline instead of a Benefit Scrounger headline.
Respectfully
Charlotte Hughes.
I’d really like to thank all of my friends and readers for all the support that you are giving me at this moment in time.
Knowing that I can speak to a friend on the phone whenever I need to is and will continue to be a massive help to me.
Also a massive thanks to my friend Alex Tiffin, you know why.
Also huge thanks to Keith also.
How am I doing otherwise?
Trying to cope is an adequate description atm. It’s the same old fed up of being ill and sick to death of being skint. I’m sure that you can relate to this.
I’d love to be able to do a good supermarket shop instead of having to buy essentials online because it’s so expensive.
I just want to be normal again.
It’s so bloody depressing but it is what it is. But I have got good memories to look back on and I’m grateful for that.
One thing to look forward to is Halloween, my favourite time of the year.
My daughter has found the Halloween decorations so when I’m up to it I’ll be able to transform the front garden.
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Well yesterday the government hit an all time low. Not only have they purposely neglected to protect the public from Covid 19, they’re now allowing our children to become hungry.
As a covid 19 sufferer I know exactly how vicious this virus can be. Thousands have does from it and the secondary infections that follow.
Thousands of people have also lost their jobs as a direct result of Covid 19.
The government have been woefully neglectant in the so called support that they’re giving the public. They even plan to take away the extra £20 top up money for universal credit and tax credit claimants in April.
It might not sound like a lot to many, and it isn’t but it is helping people to survive this covid 19 nightmare.
This week Andy Burnham and the other metro mayor’s took a stand against the governments covid phase strategy.
I live in the Greater Manchester area and the monies offered to our local councils weren’t enough to help anyone.
Thankfully Andy won his fight in parliament this week, but it’s a bitter pill to swallow.
It’s not enough to compensate people, nor will it make a big difference in the R rates. I’m a big believer in a full lockdown for at least two weeks, and everyone should be adequately compensated.
Yesterday a motion was put forward in parliament to ensure that all children would receive free school meals in the autumn and Christmas holidays.
Despite putting up a good fight, Tory MPs voted it down. They don’t care if our children are hungry, not do they care if we die from Covid 19.
Boris Johnson’s cruel, evil Government voted down a motion which would have prevented a million kids going hungry over the half term & Christmas holidays.
This is proof that they don’t care and will never care. Some Tory MPs are disgusted in their behaviour as are some ex Tory MPs.
The fact is that the Tory party has always been cruel and judgemental. They believe that the working class person is responsible for their own poverty, and they fail to acknowledge that they are the ones responsible for this.
If they could they’d round us all up and throw us in workhouses again like they did in the old days. Maybe this is why they always hark on about the good old days.
They now claim that eating is a choice that we have to make and it isn’t a necessity. They claim that all working class parents are bad parents because they can no longer afford to feed their children and themselves.
The truth is that the majority of parents living in poverty are bloody good parents. They feed their children before themselves and often go without meals to do so.
I honestly was waiting for the day that the government would stoop as low to suggest that eating food is a choice. That our children don’t deserve to eat, that they must go hungry at any cost.
They actually want our children to be hungry.
The ramifications of child hunger don’t just end when a child grows up. Not only does it hinder development it also causes health problems that continue throughout their lifetime. It also can cut their lifespan short.
We’ve already seen the return of Victorian illnesses and this is going to become a whole lot worse.
Combine hunger and the covid 19 and you create the perfect storm. The covid 19 virus loves to target a person with a weakened immune system, so I expect the child and adult mortality rates concerning covid 19 to rise substantially.
Being poor is no joke, I know because I’m in this situation myself, and the lack of care and consideration from the government never fails to anger me. Some high poverty areas voted for the Tory party because they were more concerned about Brexit than their well-being. This has bit them on the bum big time and hopefully they regret their actions now.
It’s going to be a struggle for many to donate food to food banks as more and more people are plunged into poverty yet the need for them will be greater than ever.
The Tory party actually like the fact that we are literally begging for food to survive. They love it, it brings back memories of the deserving and undeserving poor, only now no one’s deserving.
God help you if you’re northern and working class. They don’t even hide their hatred of us.
We all need to be angry about this, we need to remind them that we won’t be walked over like this. That every human being deserves a good quality of life. This isn’t an extremists views it’s a basic necessity.
So what will happen to the odious, lazy prime minister Johnson?
Johnson has been a failure since day one and I’m certain that he only got the job because of what he’s got on everyone else.
There is a time though that the Tory party will have to do some damage limitation. They’ve now lost thousands of supporters and if there was a general election in the near future they could well loose.
Will they do the dirty on him and get rid? Who knows but what I do care about is the future of our children.
I’m a Thatcher’s child, I grew up in a time where the working class was hated and poverty was everywhere.
I grew up with a lot of anger about this and a determination to try and help others and to try and change things.
I’m positive that our children will never, ever forget the cruelty inflicted upon them. They will fight back like I have I just hope that they’re more successful than I’ve been.
Health-wise I’m still not 100%, I’m struggling to stop coughing and to get my breathing back to normal. Yesterday I had to go out to do some errands and I felt awful, trying to breathe and beat exhaustion.
Please keep safe everyone and let’s continue to fight the heartless Tories. We can’t allow them to continue their cruelty towards the working class and also northern England.
It’s not the desolate north it’s beautiful with amazing people living there.
My thoughts go to other areas entering phase three of the so called governments covid strategy and also to the areas entering phase two.
We were in phase two for ages and you can get through this.
Now is the time to ignore the conspiracy theorists and to follow the hygiene and mask rules.
We need to beat this virus and every precaution helps.
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Dear readers it’s Thursday once again. I hope that you are all as safe as you can be.
Good news! So far I haven’t rebounded again and I’m praying that I’ve seen the end of my Covid 19 battle. However I am aware that I can potentially catch it again.
My daughter came home from school last Friday with a virus. Thankfully it wasn’t Covid-19 but it quite easily could have been.
Viruses are free to travel around the school corridors and classrooms. There’s no way that schools can contain it.
Yesterday I spoke to one of my daughters teachers and she was very worried about working in this environment. It’s hard getting the balance right.
Children need to be educated, they need that contact with their friends at school but they shouldn’t be at risk of catching covid 19 and passing it on to family members and friends.
There’s no ideal solution, I wish that there was. So many people are at risk of catching covid 19 and I’m sure that I’m not the only person to be concerned about this.
Yesterday I had to go to my local town to do some errands. It exhausts me, but needs must so off I went.
I would do online shops but I can’t afford to do this.
I was happy to see more people wearing masks, but so many wernt. It’s so frustrating.
A friend of mine said that it’s good manners to wear a mask and it also shows consideration for others.
I have to agree, it is and more need to wear them.
As I was walking towards a shop that I had to go into a man looked at me, laughed and said that I was an idiot for wearing a mask because they do nothing.
I didn’t get the chance to reply because he walked off pretty quickly and I’m not exactly going to go chasing him down the street. I don’t have the energy.
This persons attitude isn’t unusual though. So many people are saying that covid 19 is a conspiracy, that masks don’t work etc.
I’m sure that you’ve all heard and seen comments like this.
I wear a mask because I’m bloody petrified of catching covid 19 again. It’s taken me months of struggling to get over it and my long covid battle isn’t over yet.
I also wear a mask because I don’t want anyone else to catch any viruses that might be walking around with me. I want to be responsible and help as much as I can.
I also wear a mask because Tameside is now in the double red zone and is heading for another lockdown.
Now going back and to the man that laughed at me for wearing a mask. I’m certain that he will change his mind about wearing one of he catches it.
It’s impossible to get a covid 19 test at the moment. The government has completely failed everyone. The testing process is a shambles and don’t get me started on their rubbish track and trace scheme.
We have all been failed by the government, I and others expected this though.
In other news, my local hospital Tameside Hospital has been in the news again.
Sadly its a hotbed for covid 19 and patients on non covid wards have died from it.
Maybe this was caused by people not adhering by the government guidance for wearing masks and keeping hands clean. Who knows but I’m sure that they’ve played a part in this.
My thoughts and prayers are with everyone that has died from covid 19 and their families. It’s heartbreaking especially when so much of this was completely preventable.
Yesterday I cut my hand on a tin in my rubbish bin. It was totally my own fault, I wasn’t paying attention.
It looks like it could do with a couple of stitches but there’s no way that I was going to go to the hospital after this weeks covid 19 news.
I cleaned it and have bandaged it and I’m sure that it’ll be ok.
This did get me thinking though.
How many people are choosing to stay at home rather than seeing a doctor when they need to?
It’s a scary thought.
How many people have absolutely no support and are trying their best to get through this nightmare which is covid 19?
The government has been extremely negligent in providing support for people. They don’t care and it appears that they’re quite proud of their attitude regarding covid 19.
This leaves us living in some kind of limbo waiting for covid 19 to catch us.
All I can suggest is to keep yourself as safe as you can do. You know yourself better than anyone else.
Don’t let anyone else judge you for the decisions that you have been forced to make to keep yourself safe.
I really hope that you all manage to keep safe and as well as you can be.
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Dear readers I hope you are OK and keeping safe.
Let’s talk about my week.
It’s been a tough week for me but it is what it is.
I’ve finally finished my latest lot of antibiotics and at the time of writing this blog I am feeling a bit brighter.
Long covid is awful, but yesterday I walked the furthest that I’ve been able to for a long time.
I walked to the bottom of my street and back. Its a fairly long street and I’m proud of myself for doing it.
In other news I still feel like a failure for not being able to be a better parent for my daughter.
I do my best but health and finance prevents me from being able to take her out like I used to.
I’m alive though and I survived Covid 19. I’m very proud of this. My body was strong enough to fight this horrible virus, and I daily think about everyone that has died from covid 19 and their families.
Lets talk about the DWP
For years we have been saying that the DWP and government has created the ES and PIP system to punish people for being disabled and ill.
So many people have called us liars and suchlike, but thanks to Works And Pensions we now have the evidence.
The DWP has an endless pot of money to fight ESA and PIP appeals. They’re pretty blatent about this now, hell they don’t even deny it anymore.
They are spending this money even though they loosing an increasing amount of cases.
They don’t care if they loose, its all about punishment, making people feel like giving up and worse.
It’s obvious they see us as surplus to requirements. If they can’t profit from us then they will continue to persecute us to our very last breath.
No one should have to live like this. The government doesn’t have a heart, they don’t care and they don’t want us to fight back.
Luckily we are a savvy group of people and we have formed our own support groups via Facebook, Twitter and via local communities.
We care for each other and this is something that government officials haven’t got a clue about. They’re selfish morons. I could say more but I’m being polite.
Despite their appeal loses the DWP have increased its spending on fighting PIP and ESA appeals.
Remember it’s all about punishment and there’s an endless pot of money for that.
Figures obtained by the Independent, show the DWP spent £121m between 2017-19, with £58m spent on mandatory reconsiderations and £63m spent on tribunal appeals.
When broken down annually over three years, it shows that the amount spent on mandatory reconsiderations increased by 19% between 2016-17 and 2018-19, and the cost of tribunals surged by an extraordinary 64%.
The DWP is actually losing more and more appeals, with the success rate for PIP claimants now at 76%.
The DWP can’t just buy off tribunals with cash incentives.
Tribunals trust claimants and their evidence rather than the DWP and their obvious lies. They can’t be bought off like other organisations have been.
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More about covid 19.
As children go back to school, the infection rates are dramatically increasing.
Combine this with the re opening of pubs etc it’s not going to get better any time soon.
As usual the government are failing to give any direction and proper leadership.
The public are confused and I’m sure that this is why so many people are ignoring the rules.
How can you abide to the rules if you don’t know what they are?
Anyway yesterday Johnson informed the public about his latest lockdown rules.
It’s farcical saying that people can only mix with six people whilst schools are back in and they have more than six pupils.
Yesterday I read that arough estimate shows that teachers can have on average contact with about 200 households.
Does the government think that teachers and pupils can’t catch Covid 19?
It’s unbelievable isn’t it. Johnson and his ilk are liars, but I don’t need to tell you that.
This week has certainly been eventful. The town that I live in is now in double red alert and I’m expecting a local lockdown like Bolton.
It’s awful but if everyone took it seriously and wore masks etc it really would help.
I’m scared of catching it again and I know that thousands of people are as well.
Please keep safe, wash your hands, wear a mask and keep your distance from people if you can.
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Dear readers it’s Thursday once again. Hopefully this latest lot of antibiotics are working.
Covid 19 has really taken its toll on me, I’ve never been this ill for so long. I really want to get better and back to normal I really do.
I’m sure that other recovering Covid 19 sufferers feel exactly like I do. We can’t plan our weeks or even days.
Our immune systems are damaged making us susceptible to any other viruses out there, and of course there’s the possibility that we might be able to catch Covid 19 again.
This week sees the return to school for our children. The government doesn’t care about our childrens health and the health of our children. They don’t even care about the teachers, classroom assistants and staff.
Nope our children MUST return to school.
It’s easy for people to say that we should just keep our children off school and home educate. I’d do this if I could. I’ve always wanted to home educate my daughter.
Sadly I don’t have the knowledge to do do. I also can’t afford it. But I admire all parents that do home educate their children, they do a wonderful job.
You see my daughter wants to return to school. She misses her friends but she’s also apprehensive about her return.
It’s a huge worry. To say that I’m terrified of catching covid 19 again or any other virus.
I’m still recovering from covid 19 and another bout of pleurisy. My daughter deserves a mum that’s well and active again, not the person that I am now.
I do my best but I know that she’s been worried and upset about me being ill.
I feel like a complete failure even though I shouldn’t. Every day appears to be a struggle for me both physically and financially.
But I will recover many won’t.
I’m extremely worried about the parents and relatives of school age children that have disabilities and long term illness.
The ramifications of them contracting covid 19 are extremely serious but once again the government doesn’t care.
Personally I believe that it’s too soon for children to return to school, the pandemic hasn’t disappeared it’s still here infecting people.
Like I’ve mentioned in previous blog posts I realise that children do need educating but the government has given zero thought to their return.
This morning I was talking to a parent who’s child has already been sent home from school because they’re ill with possible covid symptoms.
I suspect that this will be happening to thousands of children up and down the country.
Will schools be shut again if lots of children, teachers and classroom assistants become ill?
What will the governments response be?
Also what will the oppositions response be also. So far from what I’ve seen and read Starmer is in agreement with the government, so he’s not exactly going to support us is he.
This only leaves us, as parents and educators to take it upon ourselves to make the right decision for our children.
If you decide that you want to home educate your children to keep them and your family members safe then go for it.
You know what is best for your children and there are plenty of support groups out there to help you.
If you decide that sending your children in school because it’s the right decision for you and your children do it.
You have to do what’s best for you and your family. I do urge you to have some kind of preventative protocol at home to prevent you and your loved ones safe.
Remember that it can take months to get over catching covid 19.
I really hope that you all keep safe and well, I don’t want you to be ill like I have been or worse.
I have however been helping people from the confines of my home.
I’ve signposted people and managed to get food for four families with the help of a local organisation.
I can’t stop caring about people, I just can’t. Hopefully I’ll be fully recovered soon.
Lots of love and solidarity to you all. Your support really means the world to me. I wouldn’t have been able to get through this without you all.
It’s been a long struggle for so many of us but we will conquer our struggles.
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