Shock of activists as disability minister ignores disabled woman who collapsed on floor after cuts meeting
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Shock of activists as disability minister ignores disabled woman who collapsed on floor after cuts meeting
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He looks like what you would get if you ordered Jacob Rees Moggs on Wish…
Without even discussing the ethics of it, this shows a terrible grasp of public optics.
I’m really not sure if I had already called for or been told there was a first aider coming I would hang around either, doing anything other than just not being in the way is usually the right thing to do. Particularly if someone’s been upset about what you’ve been saying you would be actively unhelpful interjecting.
From the article
>Sir Stephen openly talks about his Christian faith, and he is Labour’s Faith Envoy and a former chair of Christians on the Left.
“Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food… what good is it if you don’t help? Faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.” James 2:14–17 (NIV)
Not a great look, but he’s not a paramedic, what is he going to do?
Watch the ableists defend this guy. The disability minister should have basic empathy and compassion in such an important role. Why won’t people admit that they’re happy this government is essentially committing democide against the disabled community in this country? Let me guess—many people secretly liking the idea that many disabled individuals will lose their independence, and some may even lose their lives.
What a deplorable human being to treat another like that
It’d be really good to find a cross reference from another source that had sought his side of this.
The optics are obviously bad.
A first aider came so someone clearly called them.
If a person was shaking with rage at me then collapsed I’m not totally sure how I’d respond beyond get help.
Not defending, just would prefer both sides of the story.
And voted against same sex marriage and supported an anti-LGBT+ church and he’s an evangelical Christian. Has a degree in maths and a Mphil in operational research.
Seems a perfect person to work on equalities.
>In response to the concerns about Sir Stephen’s behaviour, a DWP spokesperson said in a statement: “At the heart of our welfare reforms is a mission to give people a better life – by helping disabled people into work where they can and protecting the most vulnerable.
>“As we take these reforms forward we are listening to a wide range of views, and Minister Timms is grateful to Church Action on Poverty for the time and effort they took to come and share their thoughts with him
They are refusing to engage with the criticisms of their cuts pushing 250,000 people into poverty and increasing poverty for 700,000 people already living it (The DWP’s own figures on the impact). Him and Kendall have literally been refusing to answer direct questions on this- deflecting by talking about disability employment support.
And the £1.9 billion employment support itself is particularly disingenuous. This is their entire argument when it comes to combatting the increase in poverty of 250,000 people but most of it isn’t even due until 2029.
So the policy is actually £0.9 billion of employment support and £5 billion of disability support cuts, with their justification being that this is somehow a positive for the disabled- giving zero rhetorical engagement with any of the negative arguments.
My own MP was denying the 250,000 into poverty figure- the figure that the DWP gave themselves for this policy in their basic impact assessment: Literally his own government’s figures. Shows how much engagement they’re willing to give with MPs on this. They don’t have a clue how to defend this- that’s even the ones that believe in nothing and will support it regardless.
So it’s probably actually zero surprise that the man with zero empathy for the disabled continues to have zero empathy for the disabled. We’re so far past reasonable disagreement on this, the government is actively targeting the disabled right now and not even bothering to *engage* with any of their concerns. They’re disingenuously going the full length to avoid even taking about it.
And welfare spending is projected to remain relatively stagnant as a % of GDP through the whole government term, it’s not even remotely spiraling. Even in nominal figures, the largest nominal rise is not even in disability spending. There is zero positive argument in this, it’s purely fiscal austerity- at a time where the wealthy have more of society’s wealth than any point since WW2.
> In response to the concerns about Sir Stephen’s behaviour, a DWP spokesperson said in a statement: “At the heart of our welfare reforms is a mission to give people a better life – by helping disabled people into work where they can and protecting the most vulnerable.
Man, I am so sick of this shite. Why are the government simply incapable of answering a basic question without regurgitating a soundbyte? It’s all so inhuman, and fundamentally undemocratic if they’re just point blank unwilling to engage with even the most basic of questions or criticisms.
As much as I have sympathy it’s just one narrative from one perspective published on a ‘news service’ with a clear political agenda.
It’s not a ‘good look’ for the Disability Minister however even how the situation is written up here quite a few questions spring to mind.
Let’s hear a few more sides and then maybe form a judgment, this isn’t objective reporting.
More than likely whatever the Minister did or didn’t do he’d be criticised – dammed if you do, dammed if you don’t…
“He failed to send a message to see if she was ok”
Is this the level politics has come now Labour are in government?
Christ, the absolute lack of empathy shown in some of these comments. It doesn’t matter if there’s nothing you can do. If someone went down in front of me, I would at least stick around while the first aider was coming, try and keep them calm. And show some basic fucking humanity.
Just absolute lack of empathy and humanity from labour. Again.