The Truth of what the Coalition has done to 84% of sick and disabled claimants in the UK!

yes and as you personaly know ,they stopped apprentiships as well 

so all thats left is bloody retail hard work peanuts for wages long hours

grind us down thats all they do .

Ah, Georgia theres the option of living on Mars soon, £15 a ticket! Whether you work on Mars or let it go is up to you! That starts in 2022, takes 9 months to get there.

If only my son could even get a job for peanuts! He can't even find one of those because there are so many of them trying. He's done volunteer work for a British Heart Foundation charity shop in the hope of a job through it, but they only employ them for a short while and then get other young voluntteers.

It's ok I'll go in my Spaceship and take all my friends and family, and anyone else who wants to hitch a ride, as long as they're not right wing! 

i know hun certain parts of the country is worse than others, at least your son has a small chance of getting a job, mine has known his lacks so in social skills that if he did get a job he would soon be sacked .

he needed a place at special needs colleage

which he was denied due to lack of funding 

he could be a useful member of socity but he wasnt given chance

now  they will proberly stop his bennifit in june ,like they will mine.

Oh my, my brother went to work at the British Heart Foundation charity shop, and was put off then got an interview with Virginmedia, so now he works for them.

I can't imagine him working for Virginmedia, he basically lives in the 80's, he's never watched TV since then or read papers! In his house it is salad everyday, porridge in the morning with a banana, and in bed by 10pm!  Gawd, I couldn't live like he does - and because he so behind the times it shows in his son. The whole family is very hard to get along with, we have to make conversation all the time, because they just sit there!

At the moment I am not best terms with him, after his wife left him last year. My wife and I, helped him get through it - she thought she could just give him £3,000 and she would get the house worth nearly 1/2 million, and take their son. But I talked him out of it, instead I managed to get him to fight for full custody, taking her to court using her money. She didn't think he would do that, she tried to get me on her side, because she knew the only person that would stop her was me! 

And after all that I didnt get one thank you! And she went back to him when she found out, I was playing a "double-edge sword" against her, in other words she would have lost the divorce, her son and house!

He hardly speaks to me now, he knows I can't stand her, and it will take a long time before I would even trust her again.

in my sons case its being punished for not being given the help he needed to have a chance in life.

I know how you feel Tis,

My wife and I, helped a woman around the corner from us get DLA - some people can get it now in a month or less, this woman didn't. The thing is the DWP expect you to give up, that's what they want to hear, but when a person continues fighting for nearly 2 years, which she won in the end, and received a substantial sum of money back, she even offered us some for helping her, but we wouldn't take it. What ATOS and the DWP put her through was uncalled for, she deserved every penny.

Some people have waited longer! and its mad....

Regards,

Les.

bloody familys .nothing but agro . well hun you did your best ,

i am the same trying to help everyone in my family with there troubles 

and know one ever says thanks . i know what you mean its not reward that you seek its appreciation .usely makes me illier running around helping others , its like my problems dont really count .

 

thats very decent of you you must be really clever with forms i get a cold sweat when they come thru my door , i take them to a place called the dissability action group to fill them out , [which by the way there always trying to close down] and the  c a b no longer do the forms because they funding has been cut , you have to cue out side before they even open for any chance to be seen ,

desgusting pigs the goverment sat on there well padded back sides with there cosy homes fully heated ,and a well laid table they make me sick.

when people are suffering and in reall need ,ibefore long it will be as bad as the 1930s your be begging for help at charites.i mean lets face it we already have food banks .

Damn! My son has no more chance of getting a job than yours. Know why? He's off the roof scale inteligent but shy. And no matter how many job interviews he goes to he doesn't display enough self confidence.

He's already relying on me to buy his clothes etc; when his benefits are stopped he'll be forced to come back and live with me in this tiny village where he's hardly likely to meet a girl or get a job. 

But that motivates me to keep going when I sometimes don't want to.

my son is inteligent to, due to being aspergers both myself and him are the higher end of the middle range of intelegence , 

but with also lack self confidence due to not always reading people right or when people talk at us loudly like they do to deaf people thinking were thick 

its just are brains are wired differantly and we dont always get it .plus we are sensistive to our surroundings ,odurs noise etc. 

you never told me your son was shy ,and lacks confidence due to it .

i just thought it was because he was just not getting the breaks .ie the jobs wernt there .

you try getting a job with aspergers we cant make eye contact , bad at interveiws , so were of on the wrong foot staright away, and once you tell someone you have it because the great men in white coats cant decide if its mental health /or a learning problem by the way its neither.

people still believe its a mental health problem and back away from us like we have the plague ,would your son do an ansertive course to boost his confidence

i dont know if there available in your part of the country .

or  maybe get some hypnoses for confidence i know a lot of people that use hypnoses treatments to help with confidence issues .

i know it can be pricey but he may only need a couple or three goes just a thought . you can do it your self at home you buy discs for all sorts of things , including  helping with self confidence .

I tell you something Georgia, my middle son lacked assertiveness, he wanted jobs but was shy and did not cope well with getting on with other people. This was is main obstacle, and one that failed him at every interview he went for. I thought there must be a way around this issue, it wasn't his fault, he just lacked the ability to push himself forward.

I contacted Connexions, some have new names now, they are a company that gives young people the chance to study what they would want to do as a career. My son done a 3 year course, in Vehicle Inspections - it was not what he wanted to do, but they do more than just get you in to the basics of whatever you would like to study. What they do, is they do various tests, person to person, how to get on with other people, how to approach and start a conversation with someone you do not even know.

Within 2 years you would not even know he had any problems dealing with people in general - basically, it was like he had a barrier that they lowered and got him out of and become a easy going person, who these days will speak to anyone.

Perhaps, they could help you, you would need to check in your area if they have offices, in Gloucester the name changed to Bridge Ltd, others in England still use their old name.

Regards,

Les.

Hi Tiswas,

I am helping a woman in her mid twenties that suffers from Asperger's Syndrome & Dyspraxia to get DLA. She can get it, she tried herself, but when you suffer from problems with the aformentioned then the chances of getting it, are lowered considerably. She obviously failed on her first claim and she gave up. I had a long chat with her, asking her questions that were not on the application forms, which she thought was strange. I said well there is a reason, firstly DLA and PIP forms ask questions in a way to catch you out, answering them the way they want is too obvious, and will normally lose the Award. Asperger's Syndrome is a problem, and putting down on paper to DLA or PIP is even harder, the way I did it was by reading the questions in another way.

What people do not realize in this country is there are so many people disabled and do not even know that they are. If you seen a woman walking a dog, whom you didn't know - you would think that person would not be on a DLA High Mobility Rate. Bearing in mind, the tests for the Mobility Rate would not in theory be not met, or would they?

Filling in a DLA or PIP form and stating you could walk more than 20 meters without being in pain, would mean an instant no to the Mobility Low Rate, yet alone the High Rate. But this is not always the case, it depends on what you are capable of doing.

Even C.A.B can lose cases if you take DLA or PIP forms to them, why, because they do not know you in person, or see you on a daily basis. Others can fill the forms in for you, and it may be unreadable. What you have to look at is THE Award Form is the main part of your application, therefore it relies on you filling it in correctly. Well, not necessarily "you", a friend or even someone that knows you, and knows about DLA and PIP Award forms.

I helped a woman on here quite recently get full PIP Care and Mobility, she was really happy it was awarded for 3 years, plus the back payment.

It's not difficult, it's the way things are worded, and the DWP are good at doing that.

Regards,

Les.

 

oh i know les the way things are worded on those forms bring me to tears its not an intelgence thing its just people like myself and my son who both have middle range aspergers syndrome cant understand what they mean and the way they ask the question several times in several differant ways.we spot it but dont understand how to answer them.the frustation just makes me want to give up .

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how do explain on the form that you cant sit or stand for more the 20 mins with out being in pain and going numb, how do explain that some times the fatigue is so bad you have to dry your self with a flannel after a shower because  you havnt the energy to hold a towel .

how do you explain the problems you have with aspergers, that certain noises that other people cant hear are driving you mad, how do you explain that some one sat next to you is making you feel sick due to there deodarant or perfume .the list goes on and on 

its worring me sick the thought of loosing mine and my sons bennifit.

it takes so much energy  and when you havnt much to start with its tough.

thank god for people like you . you should be really proud of yourself 

we all need help with differant things for differant reasons .

 

Hi Tis,

Your first paragraph in that last message is exactly what the women said to me with Dyspraxia and Aspergers Syndrome. It seems like they are asking the same questions, but rephrasing them - it throws many people. And, like you stated it makes you feel like you want to give up before you start.

By the way, that 20 minute duration time is a default time DWP uses for many questions, obviously they will not tell you this or how it is used throughout one day.

The pain I suffer from is, "I could say I cannot sit for more than 20 minutes, without pain occurring, it is intermittent therefore trying to measure such a problem in time is impossible and is that bad I have to dry myself with a flannel, the reason for this is a towel takes to much energy from me, hence prolonging the pain itself. With a flannel I feel relief from the numbness in my [insert area or areas here]."

Just an example, really - but if it was me, I would go further in to depth -

There is two things that you need to know.

If you are covered by ATOS, then the so called Health Official is not what they say they are. ATOS mainly employs paramedics, and these have been bought out by ATOS for £30k a year. They only have to a degree to be a paramedic

Or if your area is covered by Maximus, then the so-called Health Official is just an Occupational Therapist, whom have been bought by the DWP, at £60k a year.

Therefore, look at your case again and think, these people will not be specialists in your disorders. They are not even qualified doctors!!! So, what are they going to know about you and how your condition affects you? They aren't, so the only information that they know about you is what you as an individual as put on you application for DLA or PIP depending on your Postcode. Try and get it backed up, by naming a Consultant, Occupational Therapist (one you know) and of course your GP. There are spaces in the form for these, however if you have other Consultants that see you for minor things or any other disorder put their names down. If you have been checked at all for cancer put this down.

Basically, you have to prove to a bunch or one nobody, that you have the issues. Actually, you cannot prove everything, that's me exaggerating the issues, be honest - if you are moving about restlessly, it is obvious you are not comfortable sitting down, then again it can be painful standing.

Everything you can think of is/or should be mentioned on the form, you do not leave anything off. If you do, you can use it an appeal anyway, the DWP doesn't like appeals.

Regards,

Les.

thanks les i am going to write stuff down ready for when i need someone to fill out the form ,but i am still dreading it .

a friend of mine before the changes failed twice ,she had a list of written staements from doctors and specialists and even her dentist , she has double incontience, vertigo , rashes and constant itching ,and loads more infact there is no cure she was posined in hospital after  being given the wrong medication it damaged her liver . and its turminal theres no way back . still they turned her down .

Yes Tiswas, there are those who help and those who are helped. What I like here on the forum is that we help and we are helped. 

Hi Tis,

Regardless of changes, the DWP must give you Full DLA or PIP on Terminal Cases - there is special form. I will send you the details if need be. Terminal Cases are lot in the same league as any DLA or PIP case, whoever told your friend otherwise was incorrect to do so.

And, BTW, george I did see your message but I'm just off to bed here at 12.40am.

It's the way forums should be run, help those that help us. I found out quite a lot I didn't know, not just from this forum though.

Regards,

Les.

I hope you slept well; bless you Les.

I wish there was something I could do, I could ask him if he'd go on an assertiveness course, I never thought of that! Thanks 

In schools it seems that they care about children with learning diffculties but don't consider that perhaps bright shy kids can also have difficulty with being at school.

I still squirm about a school memory. We were all asked to memorise a poem and say it in front of the class a week later. I was petrified and lost sleep over it. I was afraid of going red and being looked at by all those eyes. It was an awful experience, I forgot the poem and stood there wishing I was anywhere else but there!

My son hated school and college but his science and maths teachers said he was brilliant. In maths he wouldn't write anything down so the teacher would ask him a question, he'd work it out in his head and say the answer almost instantly. That's no use in a exam.

Wow that's amazing Les! I'll definitely find out if there's something like that here. Thanks 

He did his first year of carpentry and joinery in college but we moved here and he was going to do the second year with this local college but they dropped that course that year because not enough people applied for it. So he didn't get his qualification. I wonder if it's too late for him to finish it if they still do that course. I'd probably have to pay for it now. I'll have to phone them.

 

Hi Georgia,

I do not how old your boy is? But there loopholes in the system. We were claiming Child Tax Credit and Child Benefit until our son reached the age of 20 years old. If you are on Benefits then you are also entitled to a child component in Housing Benefit and Council Tax.

It depends if you are on benefits, and which ones, and how long for. You could fall in the loophole in Child Tax Credit unit. Basically, their ways around the Child Tax Credit system, that many employee's of the HMRC do not even know exists. It is there, but unless you ask the correct question, actually rephrase that to ask the correct query, they will be lost, the answer is not even on their systems, which just goes to prove how many other people do not know about it. It took me one phone call to get £1,477 deducted from being Taxed on, the woman at HMRC said she was sorry but no one has ever brought that to my attention before.

Schools these days, do not bring up children to a level of common sense, and what it is like in the outside world. Back in our days it was a case of leaving school and walk in to a job! Well, in most cases - I was a little different I got a job before leaving school, basically I only attended school for the exams, even then I did not "revise" - and that word was drummed in to our heads! I spent longer in school due to taking "O" Levels, back then they were around £6 a time, so not passing them was not a good idea, you would end up facing your parents asking why you failed or got a low grade.

Nowadays, some children leave school not knowing what to do, or even how to present yourself at job interviews. Many companies these days use online software to deal with applications, which saves the companies money by relying on keywords, to be entered during the online application form or tests, the software throws out default letters to people they are not interested in. This is why so many people get turned down for jobs, other tactics used is writing paragraphs about yourself in general, put one word in there wrong and its send them a default letter. So, basically you have to hit the "companies" keywords, or at least some of them to even get an interview.

So, now you have a child that has passed numerous exams for a career they opted for in their Options Year 9, which has got them nowhere, well not exactly - first call is College or Connexions (Google will normally show centres near you). You may ask is there any difference between the two, not really - Connexions is a more outgoing place, plus they give incentives to work for, like Computer Tablets, etc - normally given out at the end of year. While doing these courses you can also do part-time work upto 16 hours a week. If you think one would conflict with the other, then just in form them, Connexions are quite flexiable.

Regards,

Les

Regards,

Les.

trust me hun they dont do much for children with dissabilitys in school i could tell you many stories about the few weeks travis spent in school,not to mention other parents i met with the same problems .

the money is diverted to imergraient children to teach them english 

but i take your point that shyness is also a disability .

are you sure your son isent also high functioning Aspergers .

they tend to be loners or maybe have a freind or two that they stick with 

and in males mathes and science are there strong points does he ahave obessions , did he play as a child ,my son just used to do memeory games which he always one, and line up his cars in a straight line and then put them away. and he loved to collect things 

travis is very good at maths ,to i give him stuff to add up and he dosent even write it down just looks at the figures and adds it up in his head 

and subtracts and if you ask him what day say the 25 june will be he wil tell you in few seconds . his not to bothered about science ,

its more about countries and flags he knows just about every flag there is and what colours there are and whats on them .

with aspergers women its normaly english and words that there good at 

and music i have this ability to hear a song  and never forget it 

my dad had record called passing strangers by billy ekstein and sarah vaghan i loved it , and have never forgotten it and its still ranks as one of my faverites along with mario lanza be my love, and drink,drink,drink from the student prince.  i just love music and words . 

have you ever heard the song ,EVE OF DESTRUCTION Barry 

magurie its on you tube , its agreat anti war song along with donavons universal soldier  .

,buffy saint maries soldier blue . its the words so powerful and moving ,i also adore the song by bob dylan hurrican about a world class black boxer fitted up for a crime so he could fight for the title .of world champion.

look up the song eve of destruction the words are amazing . 

 

loop hole there is terminal they want to no how long my dad had the same problem when he was terminal with bowl cancer ,my brother sorted it .

my friend is terminal in the sence theres no cure and eventuly its going to kill her but its a slow acting and could take a number of years ,

she wouldnt try again anyway she was so devasted by the way they made her feel .

shes a good person worked hard all her life and a very positve person

that was her downful she went with a positve frame of mind and it went against her.even with a mountain of evidence.for her.

i think it was because she was close to retireament and if she got it before she would keep it after retirement ,where after retirement you only get one

part of it . which i think is the dissability in the old system .

but thanks very much for your offer of help

mostly so 

Are you living in my head? I should be charging rent! 

Danny Maths, me English. Donovan's Universal Soldier is one of my all time favs, and I recently bought a Buffy Saint Marie CD because I heard her song 'No No Kashagesh'. Kashagesh means greedy pigs!

They have a trick to catch people out. They purposefully put their office up stairs. A guy was refused DLA because he manged to make it up there. They didn't take into account how long it took him!

Hi Tiswas, When my wife was a special needs teacher at a special needs school where there were super facilities and much could be done for the pupils. My wife got great satisfaction from her work. One area distressed her. That was when a parent took a pupil out of the school and insisted on her child being placed in an 'ordinary' school. I can understand the move improved her coffee mornings. I would be a surprise if it furthered her child's education as very different techniques are needed. 

Fathers do likewise, just in case you want to jump on me. Not that I would mind. 

Oooh Tina George is getting frisky, look out! 

Sorry George, just far too good to resist.

some parents think that main stream school with normal kids is better there words not mine.after all what is normal . iv found my square hole now and no more headaches from trying to be battered in to round ones! because i just do not fit.

georgia go stand in the corner this minute , and stop laughing .

so what do you do then les just refuse to climb them or what ,this is so unfair on us ,i can climb the stairs but it takes me an age and absolutly knackers me esp on a humid day not to mention the pain it sets of. 

but most people like this gentleman think they have no option so do there best and then get punished .

sorry this was meant for les

well i think sister we living in the twilight zone . 

maybe we were sisters in a past life or maybe we are spirit sisters now if you believe in that . but it is kinda of spookey ,how we connect on several issues at the same time and have love of the words etc .

well it sounds a nicer way to say it isuppose . universal soldier is a brilliant song i think buffy did a version some time ago , but donavons my faverite.

Yes Miss, sorry. 

Smart Alecs are seldom smart enough. I expect that there was no lift either. Catch 22 really. If you can get there you are not eligable; if you cannot you will not be able to apply.

Ouch. I hope I am wrong, please tell I'm wrong, but only if it is the truth.

No lifts!

the naughty corner ah god they would have the teacher in court now proberly

 

how do you get round that then 

I couldn't get out of bed to get to mine. I had no idea what to do. I'd said in the form that I virtually bed ridden but they said I'd have to travel 30 miles to see them.

Thankfully the lady that ran the local ME group went in my place with doctor's evidence and her opinion. They told her they still needed to see me so they arranged a home visit. She was here so I coped with it and they saw for themselves.

god hun so unfair 

Hi Tis,

I'd have a job of getting up any stairs, to see the so called Health Offcials. We have no stairs in the home, we got our bungalow on RDG - I have only ever been to 2 meeting with DWP Official Doctors, that was when I first claimed DLA and the second time was when I fully lost ALL my DLA.

On both occassions and because of my disorder it was a case of seeing a doctor on a ground floor, since I cannot climb stairs at all. I lost all my DLA when I moved from my parents house to my girlfriends house and had to change doctors. My new doctor had never seen me, and nor had he seen my records, which were in transit from Cheltenham. So, he filled the DWP form saying I was fit and well, this totally contradicted the DWP's own doctors notes!!! When I found what had happened, I wrote to my own new Doctor asking why he filled a DWP form without even seeing my Hospital Records or even me at the time. Before I had chance to book an appointment to see him, I got letter apologizing for not waiting of my records which clearly shows I was not in any state to work. The DWP then sent me to see a private Doctor on their behalf in Gloucester, but getting was a pain - so I got a Taxi in. The Doctor gave me a quick going over and could see I was in no state to work at all, he said considering the DWP took a GP's find's over their own Official Doctor at the time, he would make sure that would never happen again. I did not know what he meant by that statement at all. He aided me out of his office and asked his secretary to order a taxi - The taxi guy arrived and the doctor came back out and said to the taxi guy the price roughly from where I was to where I was living, I can't remember what it was now, but the doctor paid the fee and said Les remember what I said. I said thank you very much. The taxi man was cheerful and took me home, he got out and helped me, and said here you are, he wanted to give me half the taxi fare back, I said no it's okay keep it, the doctor paid you to bring me home, so its not mine anyway - in the end I managed to persuade him to take it, after I said you are probably missing calls and honestly I do not want the money. 

Two weeks later the DLA Award was overturned and all back pay was returned to me, but with one difference this time it was Awarded indefinitely.

When I was Invalidity Benefit it was changed to Incapacity Allowance, no interviews were made. Then last year they switched it to Contribution-based Employment and Support Allowance in the Support Group, again no interview required.

Last year, I applied for the DLA Middle Care Component increased to the DLA High Care Component - Again, no interview. However, the official that awarded the rate higher said you should have had applied for this rate a long time ago, the number of medications and health records does not need any back up from us seeing you, it is obvious by Outpatient Appointments, Doctors Appointments, Paramedic callouts, Doctor Callouts, and the numerous tests in hospital, and hospital stays and backed up by a numerous volumes of records, no work could be accomplished at this stage. But if there is any change in circumstances you must inform us. That took 5 months to process, i had a letter saying the award was still being looked at, due to the number of hospital records.

Today, has been one of those days where I have had excessive pain, even with a zimmer, it probably took me over 30 minutes just to get to sit down. Tramadol and Paracetamol was what I first took this morning, the pain was so intense, worse than I have ever experienced before. There's my wife saying my gawd your joints are clicking bad today, I felt terrible, and more tablets to take as from Monday! 

Regards,

Les.

You need to speak to the Care Ombudsman Les.

The Complex Care Team that's supposed to be helping me is making things worse. I've already spoken to the Care Ombudsman and if they don't get their act together soon I'll be reporting back to them.

wish i could suggest something to help .

hope life dosent get any tougher .for you .

You should know me, I always find ways around things in the end - it's just finding that path, in the first place, I have got ideas but not put them in to practice yet - see where they get me. It's stupid really, i have a fear of travelling too far from home, so places like Bristol or Birmingham are out the question. I have no reason, why that started about 4 years ago now, it's strange.

Regards,

Les.

new subject ,what did you get in your  christmas stocking when you were a kid .

Hello Les,

I feel it for you so much ,and while I agree with pretty much of what has been said in here ,I wonder just how it can be said Labour is also responsible ,to the best of my knowledge at no time did they bring about so much unemployment ,shut so many schools ,etc ,and at no time did they close hospitals  or care homes.yes they were reponsible for the banks ,but not for any of the other things .

Myabe though IF EVERYONE who has posted in here  decided to vote against the coalition ,maybe just maybe we can come away with a brand new Goverment who will have the interest of tis voters at heart of thier policies .

Let us not forget these people were NEVER EVER  ELECTED IN IN THE FIRST INSTANCE,they seem to forget this .

millyimp1322

IV JUST READ THAT THEY ARE NOT LETTING WOMEN CLAIM THE SAME AS MEN WHEN IT COMES TO MENTLE ILLNESS AND DEPRESSION.

Hi Milly,

Yes, I totally agree the Tories are not to blame for everything, and previously Labour was just as bad. Basically, you need to go further back when Margaret Thatcher was in power and what she did to this country, back then we demonstrations by Coal Miners, Postal Strikes, even the dreaded Poll Tax which changed to the Council Tax.

To be honest, I don't see any party making huge differences apart from what Tiswas has just mentioned regarding ESA and the Support Group, which will be made easier for men to get than a woman, that to me is a very sexist remark, which the Tories should be ashamed of, in my opinion. Sexist remarks were ruled out many years ago, and women fought for that right, why should the Coalition take that away years later? Well, actually it will only come in to force if the Tories get back in.

If you look at this country from various perspectives, you can see a Cold War coming from Russia, or a Civil War breaking out - and why, because we are still in the stupid EU. Not even the Tory MP for my area agrees with Cameron's decision on the EU, he's even published that on his own website. Cameron has made a lot of enemies in his own party, but then again you have Labour having problems, and even UKIP is starting to show different legislations than originally promised! LibDems, well they are lower in the polls than most.

To be honest, I haven't got a clue who to vote for - obviously this country needs change, but what happens to our futures of ourselves and our children?

Regards,

Les.

What what what?????? Did I read that correctly Tis? 

yes its what iv read on another site.i should have made a note of it i will see if i can find it in my trash .later .glad you rback hun 

Hi Georgia,

It is true, PM me your email address and I'll forward you the newsletter I have got with the same details in.  Glad to see your back!

Regards,

Les.

Dear Millyimp

You are an inspiration of optimism to me. I am so pessimistic not only of the abilities of the coalition but also of HM Opposition. I see the future as a situation of close run harm. To distinguish between harm and harm with nary a chink of light between we are left with the enduring political truth that the weakest and most vulnerable are always hurt the worst.

( Please excuse the opening irony. Politics makes me most dismal, most hopeless.)

It's pretty clear to me. Get the conservatives out! Anything's better than what they're doing and Labour are the only party in with a chance of doing it. I'm a member of the Green party but they're not going to get in. Why does it seem so complicated to people?

Tis and Les I've been under so much stress fighting for care that they're trying to stop that I crashed for several days. Still fighting and it's doing me in! Can you imagine many different people coming to your home looking at you asking the same questions but not listening and no care for almost a year? I didn't sleep all night from the stress and I was feeling suicidal. I'm drinking wine to calm me down, self medication.

Hi Georgia,

To be honest I think the Tories will colllapse under Cameron and his current sanctions, more so now than ever since he's trying to take away Equal Rights for Women (Well, part of anyway!). ESA should be the same for men and women, not changes if you suffer from mental problems, that is not even in your hands. The more you hear from this guy the worse it gets, and that is one of the most sexist remarks and sanctions I have ever heard in my life! Suffragettes did not fight for a right to vote in the late 19th and 20th centuries, and then have those certain equal rights for women taken away by David Cameron in the 21st Century, that is disgusting!!

Okay, I'm a man - but why should anyone let another guy to change history, which women fought for their rights a century ago, be allowed to change history today. They did not fight back then to have that changed by one man a century later! It is utterly disgusting, from anyone's point of view.

[Rant over - time for a soap, if you're a woman!) lol

@Georgia, what is it you are fighting for? A benefit, a carer or something else? I know quite a lot about the UK, more than most because my sister-in-law works for CAB, and as done for many years.

Regards,

Les.

it was a simuliar stuff to what your going thru that triggered my fibro 

i had endless meetings for travis after he started school and was removed after 2 weeks because they couldnt cope

, i had at for 4yrs prior they said it was me .then came endless meetings of about 10 people  all talking at me like i was some kind of moran 

kept asking my opioin then just doing what they had decided any way which failed like i said it would then there was another meeting ,on and on reapeting myself over and over ,its really got me down and think it was the start of my problems . 

only thing with drink hun it will make you even more tired ,and find even harder .but what can you do take a drink or slit your throat . i know what they would prefer . i think iv sent you that info i was on about in email .about women being treated differantly .in bennefit s

this is excatley why i go b-----ks when before refer to it being equal rights for women look closer and your see many things that arent . all smoke and mirrors

I'm fighting to get care back because they've taken away my direct payments and carers. Fighting really hard and it's wearing me out. I'm on the edge, was suicdal the other night and called the Samaritans.

Sometimes I just wanna give up but I don't.

I know I am out of step but none of you have been able to to engender any hope into my pessimism for the results of the upcoming election.

 A Tory came canvassing yesterday. He stood there silent, resigned as I politely, Ok ok I told him a few things without raising my voice or using any naughty words.

to make him feel a bit better I concluded "there is no one in sight who is likely to do the least good. Not Dave, not George, not Ed , not Ed and NOT. Er not um not um er ugh mm O yes ugh Cleg."

 

Hi George,

I'm going to PM you a song, mind you theres some real bad ones on the net, this one isn't too bad. I seen one Tory video with over 450 million views!!!! But that one was really bad language.....lol

Regards,

Les.

Thanks Les. Satire to be really good must be really true. That one is true.