Lucy Webster
@lucywebster.bsky.social
Disability advocate | Journalist | Author | Public speaker | Community organiser | Rep'd by Curtis Brown | My first book, THE VIEW FROM DOWN HERE, a very personal memoir of ableism and sexism, is out now 👩🦼🏳️🌈
The transphobia -> ableism pipeline is alive and well, I see
Nick Barlow@nickbwalking.bsky.social · 2d agoIn a move that will surprise absolutely no one who's been paying attention, Stock has decided that women with disabilities are suffering from "social contagion"
Andy Burnham correctly points out in an interview that small boat crossings are massively down this year compared with last. The comments in the post are filled with people suggesting he is lying about this very clear, data-evidenced fact. It’s almost as though they don’t want it to he true…
Tice being investigated by parliamentary standards watchdog www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Richard Tice investigated by parliamentary standards watchdog
Reform's deputy leader is being investigated about an allegation he failed to declare an interest.
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Bloody hell, have Labour started talking to disabled people?? Burnham says any move to allow assisted dying should not happen until the government funds better social and palliative care.
Finally a sensible approach Yes, people should have a choice but it needs to be a real one Really hope this signals a change in direction and more concern for disabled people and our lives
The Guardian@theguardian.com · last wk.Assisted dying debate should come after end-of-life care reform, says Burnham
Semi regular reminder that almost as much is spent on care for working age adults than for the over 65s If a plan only deals with the latter, it's not really a solution
£18.5bn seems like a lot of money but would ultimately save a LOT more across the NHS, benefits, lost earning potential of disabled people and carers, boost to employment etc Oh, and it would raise the quality of life of hundreds of thousands of people. Should be a no brainer
We won't fix social care until we stop seeing needing care as shameful
Today I had to explain Count Binface to a friend who doesn't follow politics and tbh I sounded absolutely bonkers
Least surprising poll finding you’ll ever see: 73 per cent of people think that the investigation into Nigel Farage’s finances should continue even if he wins the Clacton by-election.
This is a really good, reasoned piece on the disability benefits review by @francesryan.bsky.social There are some reasons to be cautiously optimistic but any attempt to make Pip a means-tested benefit must be forcefully resisted www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Pip review is an opportunity – and headache – for Andy Burnham
Attempts to add conditionality to Pip would be opposed by campaigners and Labour backbenchers
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I wonder if you can be legally sworn in as Count Binface
Peak right-wing populism to run a "the people vs the establishment" contest when "the people" are represented by a man with several million pounds in undisclosed gifts. Just a regular chap like you or me
Will Labour fight this where they should - corruption - or will they inexplicably spend the entire time trying and failing to win an argument on small boats? Why do I feel like I already know the answer?
Calling a by-election over the sovereign right of every MP to take secret gifts from a convicted criminal. What a time to be alive.
Would be great if more people linked Starmer's resignation yesterday with today's Brexit anniversary but I suppose that would involve a level of introspection that this country couldn't possibly handle
As a disabled person, I was overjoyed to see a Labour government. I thought Starmer would push back on the hate the Tories had fuelled. Instead he bequeathed us the hate-filled debates around Pip and assisted dying. I'm not sorry that his emotional goodbye today didn't move me. Good riddance
turns out being deliberately antagonistic towards the people who elected you in order to court people who would under no circumstances ever vote for you is not smart
The assisted dying campaign made last year hell. I lost close friends, got more hate than ever before, and felt anxious a lot of the time. I can't believe that thanks to a *Labour* MP, that was not only all in vain but I now have to do it again. I'm not sure I can
Regular reminder that what Britain desperately needs is “low skilled” care workers - and that these jobs are not actually low skilled at all and should be welcomed by an immigration system that appreciates their huge value. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Wes Streeting plans to increase high-skilled immigration if he becomes PM
Leadership hopeful to also say tax revenues from new North Sea oil and gasfields should be used to cut energy bills
theguardian.com
Maybe - just maybe - the issue is that nondisabled people keep calling care jobs low skilled
when was the last time the government announced a policy?
The first, very rough draft of the proposal for book 2 is done, babyyyy
Condemning riots isn't enough. We need policy action, including an immediate appraisal of X as a vehicle for coordinating far-right disorder. And we need political leadership, to challenge white nationalism as an idea, not to validate it daily and then complain when it turns violent.
Here’s what @lucywebster.bsky.social thinks of when she thinks of disability culture: spiky, dyed hair, leather jackets; and attitude.
The Joy of Disability Culture's Punk Side
Honestly, everyone should be exposed to it.
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Just a little reminder that if your Pride celebration doesn’t include/provide access for the disabled people in your community, it is as exclusionary as if you took a letter out of the LGBTQIA+ umbrella
