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Westminster’s assault on welfare will result in Cruel Cymru for the disabled (nation.cymru)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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In recent weeks, Rishi Sunak and other commentators from the political right have painted a picture of life in the UK for the disabled, and specifically the mentally ill.

These are people like me, and possibly you – or at least many people you will know.

According to the Prime Minister, in a recent speech to the Centre For Social Justice, we suffer from a “sicknote culture” – mistaking trivial day to day worries and sadnesses for debilitating clinical anxiety and depression. How silly of us.

Our doctors then sign us off on our whim, so we don’t have to face the responsibilities we want to shirk at any given opportunity.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

When the wealthy come after the sick and disabled to line their pockets, they need to meet swift justice