Its been a long day, but a victorious day for me, because that court case I mentioned was coming up?That was today. I achieved a moral victory. I fought the system and I won. I am quite proud of myself for that. I wasnt going to be bullied into paying for items that were the LA responsibility as part of the landlord and tenant act.
And while I was fighting the system, you are probably more than well aware, some of my fellow activists were fighting the system right on your doorstep because the incumbent government is trying to bully LA's into financial responsibility for disabled people.
I am of course talking about the Independent Living Fund. A fund that was set up by central government so that people could live independently but supported. A fund that is extremely vital for so many disabled people. A fund that one day, my own son might need access to, simply because he was born with a disability that affects his day to day living and his ability to process the normal things people who are not living with a disability take for granted.
This fund is VITAL to so many. And it needs people to fight for it.
And those people need backing from Labour. Labour MPs MUST fight back against this government that seems so fixated on targetting the most vulnerable of our society. This should outrage EVERY MP within the Labour party.
Recently the MP Ms Patel caused outrage for stating in parliament that there was no link between sanctions and foodbank usage. Audible gasps were heard from the Labour benches. But this is not enough, It is not enough to be quietly outraged, it is not enough to gasp as the audacity of such a claim. Outrage should be expressed with words not gasps; Labour MPs need to start asking pressing questions and demanding expedient answers. It is not enough that Mr Cameron has stated that the death figures will be published "shortly" in contrast to Ian Duncan Smith's statement that they should never be released, Labour MPs MUST start demanding these figures be released IMMEDIATELY.
The silence is no longer acceptable. Labour MUST start standing up for the vulnerable and those who are not able to fight the system and achieve any kind of victory.
Demand more as the party in opposition.
Constituent, Labour Party member, Union member, sleep deprived carer, concerned citizen, self employed mother, mother of a teenager with ASD, socialist, environmentalist, Disabled Rights supporter, Jeremy Corbyn supporter, mother feeding her children with nectar points, defender of the vulnerable, advocate, logistics savant, concerned niece, grassroots activist, anti austerity campaigner, RNLI supporter, unashamed welfare state service user & social housing tenant, protester, fire brigade supporter, carers allowance claimant, less than perfect parent, socialist agitator
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