Postman Pep
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You've been pulled up on this nonsense numerous times yet here you are again. Shameless.
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Who knew that to kickstart the economy you first needed swathing austerity cuts followed by thousands of job losses?
BlueMoonday
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We are paying extra to have our bins emptied less frequently. Lovely
stonerblue
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I've just spent a couple of weeks getting nhs care and the system worked perfectly.
BigJoe#1
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Sincerely very happy for you.
bluethrunthru
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stonerblue
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I think it shows the system isn't completely fucked, just parts of it.
Good grief, not again. How old is that? Before Truss crashed the economy.
Mind you, it was daft unless they were planning to give councils more money from central government.
BigJoe#1
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I’d check the source on that video as I don’t think it was pre general election policy or on the manifesto and is from several years ago tbf.
Why on earth have you got involved to muddy the waters still more?
Oh, sorry... just answered my own question.
Postman Pep
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First Supercranskiii now the last leg. Who is next to board the cringe lib buyers remorse bandwagon the boys from Led By Donkeys? Who could have predicted this?
BigJoe#1
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Cheers.... but what Wes Streeting says from 26/7 seconds states states quite clearly that "none of the pledges in our manifesto requires council tax increases". It's possible I suppose but I'd be surprised if that was for the 2019 election... still the 2024 manifest also never mentioned the WFA cuts and the increases in Employers NIC which is going to crucify this country in the next 12 months.
Rascal
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I actually work on it. have done for the last 3 years and i know and understand the issues with it, which is why I suggested @northernbaptist was talking rubbish.. you simply cannot access peoples health data unless you are doing it by fraud and hacking the system.
Meet the brokers selling your private health data
How the Tories handed our personal details to private sellers - and what you can do about it.www.thelondoneconomic.com
NHS data sale 'an invasion of privacy', campaigners say
NHS Somerset says it will supply a patient's age range, gender and the first part of their postcode.www.bbc.co.uk
To be fair Tony Blair called for it last year to help innovation .... but on the proviso it was anonymised.
If he would kindly tell me the name of the people he works for, i will report them for fraud.
meltonblue
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Which is still right. None of their pledges do require council tax rises. Starmer and Streeting both didn’t rule out council tax increases happening though during the election campaign.
Rascal
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No, that would not be possible. The data is anonymised so access to it would reveal no individual data.
The only way i can envisage it happening is if these people have access to to the NHS app. I will ask that question at the next meeting we have.
The Future’s Blue!
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Good to see you being active, is it on a charitable basis?
Rascal
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That already happens
Covid has had a real long term effect on physical and mental health
Your evidence for that is?
Obviously we have, we have just been through a pandemic
I do not know about that, but our reaction to the pandemic left us more vulnerable
Have you ever had an assessment? I have and they are degrading and inhumane. My last assessment i had a physiotherapist assess me, they had not heard of my illness, they did not examine me medically, but they wrote on the assessment form and I quote " i observed the claimant opening a bottle of water" as i result i lost 25% of my PIP
can you explain what an obvious disability is?
Do i have to literally have to be in a wheelchair dribbling whilst pissing myself to qualify?
My mates wife has an invisible disability, her back is held together by various pieces of metal work and if you looked at her you think she was fine, but the problem is you do not see her when she is not fine, because she becomes invisible as she cannot leave the house and on some days cannot leave her bed.
You are one of my favourite posters on here, you are level headed and whilst we dont always agree, i always get the impression you are compassionate and empathetic.
Given that, i will explain more about my situation as i think that might help you see why i think you are misguided here.
I got a throat infection when i was 13 years old and it changed my life, as a result i was diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis at 17 and was told by the doctor to give up my true love playing football because if i did not i would be in a wheelchair by the time i was 35.
I was a teenager, it felt my life was over, it led me down many dark paths as my friends met girls and got married and had kids. i am now 59, im single, still live with my illness and live most days in pain.
I tried to work and did so until i was around 26, but it became physically too demanding for me and i started getting really ill. i have been in hospital 29 times, i have spent 3 years of my life on a ward at Salford Royal.
I still tried though, i went to college and got an HND, went to UNI and got a degree thinking i could maybe be a teacher, but ended up in hospital once again and missed my teaching exams.
My disability is not obvious, some days as lads on here will attest, i am quite normal, but on other days i cannot get out of bed.
I still keep trying though, i am a trustee/vice chairman of a charity which i do voluntarially. i do loads of patient advocacy work when i can and i am able. I volunteer to do research when i can, i keep trying to make my life worthwhile whilst the system wants to punish me for being who I am.
I never asked for my life and i would not wish it on anyone else, but it is my life and i have lived it as well as i can but i have only been able to do so because we have a welfare system that enables me to live my life. I am not rich, i struggle to pay my bills, i do not go the match anymore because i cannot afford it, but i can go for a few beers with my mates and they get me.
I do not ask much, i just want to able to live a little longer without fear of poverty hanging over my head.
If anyone thinks being disabled is easy, i truly hope it never happens to you.
Churchlawtonblue
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Mate first of all I'm sorry to hear about your personal circumstances best wishes to you for the future. I take on board your points and yes I do have some experiences of means testing for claimants, as my best mate died of cancer and while on his death bed assessors came round to check he was still entitled to be claiming which was needless and very upsetting for all involved. I have also had family members claiming disability benefits.
I am not a heartless person and strongly believe in the NHS and a supportive welfare state. I do not wish the state to deprive a single person claiming which they are entitled to and should claim.
But the fact is there are people claiming benefits that could and should work and when the do this they take away money from those that do need it. I know that's stating the obvious, but we do need a system that works better to identify these people. There are clearly people better placed than me to make happen, lets hope they make the right decisions to improve things for everyone.
All the best Rascal.