We must make difficult and unpopular decisions Can't you just make easy and popular ones?

Things that made me cry today...

🚨The Home Secretary said "illegal migration is dividing our country." Let’s be clear: the only thing dividing our country is a politics devoid of humanity and compassion. The plans announced today are a cruel political choice. It is #NotInOurName. www.refugeewomen.co.uk/morally-and-... 1/🧵

NHS repeatedly gives Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) orders to disabled people for absolutely no reason. Things like this are exactly why disabled people are against the Assisted Suicide law. We already can't trust that people won't try to kill us. This stuff hits me so hard.

It has come to my attention that many of you have been sharing this photo of Streeting and Mandelson widely. Please remember that Wes Streeting does not like it being shared widely. So please do not share it widely and on every possible occasion. We wouldn’t want to upset him would we?

I do not want to “Do my own research.” I want to pay trained accredited experts to do the research, trained accredited experts to report on findings, and trained accredited experts to make policy based on them. I am busy af with my own job, I don’t need to do eight zillion more.

the BBC should apologise with a montage of all the times Trump showed support for 6 Jan and they should get the person who does the end of World Cup montage to do it

Pfft. The fundamental problem is asking the questions separately. It asked people what they wanted, not which mix they'd choose/how they'd budget for the things they want. Don't blame people answering the questions they're asked for not answering a different, more complex question!

Work should not be a healthcare outcome. It should be the last step of "recovery" for those who are able to get to that stage and for whom it is a positive step. Employment and healthcare should not be conflated, ever... And if someone can't work, they can't work.

Dunno how Liz Kendall seems suddenly to be escaping criticism and it all be placed on Starmer's Chief of Staff. Kendall is literally the minister for work & pensions and has caused unimaginable suffering, quite literally reverberating in many folk's head as intrusive thoughts.

Holy shit. #shareGoodNewsToo

Want to share for UK people that The Migraine Trust do monthly online migraine education events and I highly recommend getting educated, mainly because it means you have the info to ask for better treatment. Go here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-migrai... #migraine #migraineUK #migraineeducation

GOOD NEWS! Congratulations to Liberty on this fantastic win for protest rights. These regulations were a major part of the crackdown on peaceful protest in England and Wales, and it's great to see the Court of Appeal confirming they're unlawful. www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/issue/libert...

The next 3 weeks will be brought to you by accidental Barbie. The nail polish is purple!

The @goodlawproject.bsky.social has announced plans to take the Equalities minister to the high court, the first step in taking the ruling to the European Court of Human Rights This is what you need to know 🧵👇

Today Amnesty International UK released a report exposing the brutal reality of the UK social security system that targets those already pushed to the margins. DR UK has authored the section on the impacts on the Disabled community. Please read & share widely! 👇 www.amnesty.org.uk/resources/so...

Adequate Social Security is a Human Right. The British government is abusing our Rights! Social Insecurity Report www.amnesty.org.uk/resources/so... Manchester is hosting the national launch event on Thursday 8th May www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-devast...

What is the point of an accessible toilet at Seven Sisters when the station isn't accessible?! I know, I know, plenty of people that can use stairs might need the accessible loo, but it still pisses me off. It's 2025. All stations should be accessible.

For those wondering why I'm screaming NOOOOOO to the assisted suicide bill.

Fragrance thinks my GP diagnoses me, I get on a register automatically and then the benefits come rolling in. I don't know of a single benefit you can get purely because of a diagnosis. I really wish people would do basic fact checking of MPs. They're just as liable to spout nonsense as anyone else

There's more coverage of the #TransRightsProtests on RTÉ than there is on the BBC. Tells you a lot about how bad the BBC bias is on this when foreign media gives better coverage.

This is really good and doesn't just compile a list of protest locations and times per city, but also things you can do to help.

Thank you @whatthetrans.com for covering today's protest. I'm not well enough to join the protest for trans rights today, but I celebrate this beautiful action so much. This is the one in Westminster, London, UK. TRANS RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS

Trans Kids Being Fucking Cool. Again

🚨BREAKING: Today's Supreme Court judgment is disappointing. Make no mistake, legal gender recognition is a human right. We all have the right to live free from discrimination and fear. Trans rights are human rights.

Solidarity with the trans community after this grim Supreme Court decision. Fixation on biological markers of sex are disproven by Disabled bodies everyday - this decision will impact anyone with a body deemed outside of 'normal'. None of us are free until all of us are free! 🏳️‍⚧️

I don't know if there is a case to be brought before the European Court of Human Rights - but we have already asked the question of a KC. And, yes, if there is a decent case for a trans person to bring, we will help them bring it.

Planned action! Protest planned at parliament square on Saturday at 1pm to protest supreme court ruling.

My analysis of today's UK Supreme Court judgment. The UK Supreme Court Rules That Trans Women Aren't Women Under the Equality Act 2010 www.wearequeeraf.com/uk-supreme-c...

Someone please make prestige dramas about the effects of transphobic and anti-disabilities government policies, as apparently that's how you get them to fucking care now

For any fellow migraine-sufferers out there, the Migraine World Summit interviews are now live. 8 days of experts talking about new treatments, research, etc. Vital viewing, if you can manage it. #migraine #cgrp #chronicmigraine migraineworldsummit.com

What have I learned from the Migraine World Summit this week so far? migraineworldsummit.com People with migraine tend to have lower levels of melatonin. Huh! Maybe that's why I find it such a helpful supplement and have always insisted I don't seem to have a natural circadian rhythm?

@francesryan.bsky.social This free event is on this week, half way through. Might be great to share with your followers to get some free migraine education this week? migraineworldsummit.com

@bennessb.bsky.social Not sure if you're online much atm, but this free migraine education event is on all week, and I'd love to see you share it! migraineworldsummit.com

@themigrainetrust.bsky.social I don't see you sharing migraineworldsummit.com this week on here. Would be great for you to encourage people to get some free migraine education this week!

Get some free migraine education this week! Videos are free for 24 hours each day released at 7pm UK time. Or you can pay for permanent access. migraineworldsummit.com

If your Access to Work has been denied or taken away due to your own social media posting, please contact the brilliant disabled journalist Lydia Wilkins (@Journo_Lydia) who is looking for cases for an ongoing ICO inquiry. Contact her here: lydiawilkins.co.uk/contact/ #AccessToWork

Welfare benefit cuts (UK) - Wondering how can you help? Use this tool to write to your MP. Use the template and it'll take just a minute or two. If you have extra time and energy, you can tailor it to have even more impact. www.inclusionlondon.org.uk/campaigns-an...

At the heart of every attack on disability benefits is the myth disabled people “get perks”: a free car, loads of cash, a life off work. It misrepresents the reality of disability, whilst exploiting low wages and high living costs to make the public envy people in daily pain.

knowing that there are people who, on any given day, could, if not actually end all suffering on earth, do something close enough that their name would reverberate down history as the notion of a living miracle has changed my understanding of humanity in a way I don’t really know how to live with

WOW. I could use a lot more news like this please.

The “labour” in Labour party originally did not mean “if you can’t work than fuck off suffer and die”. Well it does now.

You can tell how little Labour care about disabled people’s mental health by the fact they leaked £6 billion in cuts—specifically and disproportionately hitting us—late on a Friday, when most mental health services and community resources are closed.

Speculation about benefit cuts can be deeply hard. Please remember: * reforms don’t come into effect quickly * most changes will be for new benefits applicants and change in circumstances * majority of media coverage is still speculation and you have no obligation to click

As a #pwME thanks to @joplatt.bsky.social for raising the disproportionate impact of #ME on women for #IWD. Unfortunately sexist attitudes continue to mean women’s symptoms are often disbelieved or disregarded. See youtu.be/AtdpgiNs_xg?... and disbeliefdisregard.uk/wp-content/u...

"the DWP’s focus is on trying to improve the CV’s and interview techniques" Being disabled means employers don't make the employment relationship work. It doesn't mean you don't understand how to do a CV. It means things like losing your job "too much" time off sick. Support needs to address THAT

I am scared shitless about what the new rules will be. What if I stop qualifying? Do I give up my car and stop leaving the house altogether? What other costs can I cut?

Easy to get?! I took them to court, won easily. BUT nothing for the maybe 5 years worth where I was awarded zero points and didn't have the energy to appeal. Many get the right award first time, but plenty don't. And that's people meeting the very specific requirements laid out in law.