The Hardest Hit

What they didn't show on the news, are we really scroungers?

In Support Of All The Disabled People Marching Today In London To Protest Against Cuts.

Today there is march by disabled people to protest against the appalling cuts to DLA, and the new ESA that disqualifies 93% of claimants. I'd also like to speak for all the people suffering from less visible mental illnesses like Anxiety Based Depression and Social Anxiety Disorder, both of which I suffer from.

I haven't been called in for my medical yet but it looks pretty certain I will be declared "Fit to work" and made to go onto Job seekers allowance, as I have heard the new medical is based purely on physical ability. The fact I find it difficult to speak to anyone I don't know will not be considered, the fact that some days I can't even go into a shop and purchase anything because the interaction with the shop keeper is too much for me will not count an iota.  This will mean I then have to apply for already oversubscribed jobs alongside fit people who have only been out of work a couple of weeks, when I haven't worked for nearly 10 years because of mental health issues.

What am I supposed to do on the days when I am experiencing uncontrollable crying and shaking coupled with suicidal thoughts? Go into work and hope my employer understands? I obviously have no chance of finding conventional employment, and what will happen to those with worse mental illness's than me? What about the people who are bipolar and schizophrenic? Will they have to work too? Do the government really think that showing an advert where a man in an office asks another man about his mental health problems will really change employers attitudes to mental health issues enough for them to employ the thousands of us suffering, over the perfectly well people also applying for jobs? What planet are these people from? How long will it be before we are like America, where ALL the mentally ill people not lucky enough to have family rich enough to support them end up homeless and the well people step over them in the street without even seeing?

Since their election the Tories seem to be trying to destroy everything that has ever made me proud to be British, the welfare system that protects our societies most vulnerable, and the NHS that ensures everyone has access to health care. Who is voting for these people, seriously? This country really has to look at what is going on, half of us don't even bother to vote anymore, if we did maybe it would make a difference. But no, people would rather vote for the X factor star of their choice than for who has control of our entire economy and government.

Cat Pics!

A break from all the doom and gloom with a couple of pictures of tabitha and Gizmo, since I haven't posted anything of them for a while. Enjoy.

Tomorrows UK Election And Referendum

I intend to vote "Yes" tomorrow to the AV system, it's been funny to watch the conservatives freaking out, as under the new system (if we get it) they will struggle to be elected as they often get through on less than 50% of the vote. I just hope the masses aren't stupid enough to fall for their message that the AV system is hard to understand, you'd have to be pretty stupid to not understand it. They use it in the house of commons to elect their own leaders  too, so if it's so flawed and hard to understand why are they using it every day? It's the same as the X factor for gods sake, and people seem to understand that alright.

Personally though I don't think it's the voting system in this country that's the problem, I think it's the fact hardly anyone bothers to vote anymore. If everyone who didn't vote suddenly started it would really shake things up, and hopefully having a fairer voting system will encourage more people to actually register.
And yes this year I'm going to vote Green, for the big one last year I actually voted Lib Dem, and have been treated the spectacle of Nick Clegg being made David Cameron's Bitch ever since, so won't be doing that again in a hurry. There are some Green party candidates in Parliament so it is worth voting for them now, it will be very interesting to see what happens at tomorrows elections in light of the spending cuts, I wonder how many people will still be stupid enough to vote conservative....

And here's an amusing video explaining the AV system using cats, judging by the comments it seems to have confused people a bit, remeber all the cats are different parties, not just the dog.

 

Bring on reform cat I say! :)

Happy Beltane!