Monthly Archives: September 2020

Opinions|US Elections 2020 https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2020/9/30/america-is-cracking-up-the-first-presidential-debate-proved-it/ The chaos that ricocheted across television screens last night was testament to the sad spectacle that is America today. Andrew Mitrovica Andrew Mitrovica is a Toronto-based writer. 30 Sep 2020 People watch the first presidential debate … Continue reading →

This is very revealing. Questioned on whether the Tory government has a duty of care towards vulnerable benefit claimants – think “people with disabilities”, “people with mental health issues”, “people with long-term illnesses” – Work and Pensions Secretary Therese Coffey … Continue reading →

Remember when This Site was publishing articles showing how people with disabilities were being refused benefits because their assessments were in inaccessible places so if they made it to the test, they were seen not to have disabilities, and if … Continue reading →

Vintage footage of former Labour MP and ex-miner Dennis Skinner taking down centrist idol Neil Kinnock carries a message current Labour leader Keir Starmer badly needs to take on board. When Kinnock boasted at a 1981 Tribune conference fringe about … Continue reading →

[ Need benefit advice? Check advicelocal.uk and for UC Claimant Commitments go to claimantcommitments.org.uk ] There is evidence that the DWP is still operating a ‘light touch element‘ [1] to Universal Credit, which manifests itself by Work Search requirements still … Continue reading →

See post ‘JSA & Universal Credit: No Work Search #BenefitSanctions from 30 June 2020 until millions of claimants “accept a new or revised Claimant Commitment”, the DWP has recruited thousands of new Work Coaches, Jobcentre and local Covid19 restrictions are … Continue reading →

Washed-up former part-time itinerant actor and Harrovian flotsam Lawrence Fox realised eventually that his shambling career as a thespian provided insufficient unjustified income and he sought a new career as a incoherent ranting far-right turd-projector funded by seedy, secretive, wealthy … Continue reading →

Figures show real extent of second wave is far beyond what is being publicly discussed Liverpool is on the verge of a Leicester-style lockdown, with coronavirus rates in the city region and neighbouring areas soaring. Half of the city’s intensive … Continue reading →

The Tories aren’t the only ones getting a hammering from the public over plans to break international law. Party members are calling on their representatives in Labour’s ruling NEC to debate why MPs were told to abstain from voting on … Continue reading →

The Conservative chairman of the Commons Northern Ireland select committee is currently taking a drubbing on Twitter after he announced he will abstain on the Third Reading of the Internal Market Bill that threatens the peace there, rather than opposing … Continue reading →