Thank you for this update and your insights into the challenges ahead - as you say, without money it's difficult to believe this can achieve the required changes. Grateful for your highlighting of this.
I have zero confidence that the plan will be funded considering the austerity spending cuts of this government of red tories.
Today's guardian reports that the planned cuts to NHS England, DhSC, and all of the ICBs around the country could lead to upto 100,000 job cuts which will have a hugely disruptive impact on the delivery of health services. On top of this there is the 7 billion in cuts to disability benefits and billions more cuts to public spending due to be announced in June.
The ME community has to wake up to the realities of this government which has been criticised twice in the last year by the UN for it's violations of disabled people's human rights and failure to address poverty.
The ME community needs to join the fight back against this reactionary government and it's austerity plans.
Stop unrealistically raising people's hopes it is irresponsible. The adult thing to do is to be honest with people about this governments austerity agenda.
The cuts are extremely concerning and I hate the lack of recognition of (let alone lack of human compassion for) disabled people from this government. I’m shocked a Labour government would behave this way. I’m hurt so many people don’t seem to care what happens to our community.
However I’ve personally found the #Thereforme campaign has given me a lot of hope and I feel there’s an urgency, a consistency, and a want to engage with the ME community regularly that I haven’t felt from other campaigns. I do understand your frustration with trying to lobby a government that look like they won’t listen, but I personally have no idea what else we could all try. I’m sure if there are other ways the community can fight as well as keeping pressure on the government the #Thereforme campaign would be up for hearing ideas.
I’m interested to understand what you feel might be a better way to fight for the ME and LC communities if not trying to lobby the government? I don’t mean that antagonistically, I just genuinely wonder what other realistic option you feel there is?
Thank you for this update and your insights into the challenges ahead - as you say, without money it's difficult to believe this can achieve the required changes. Grateful for your highlighting of this.
I have zero confidence that the plan will be funded considering the austerity spending cuts of this government of red tories.
Today's guardian reports that the planned cuts to NHS England, DhSC, and all of the ICBs around the country could lead to upto 100,000 job cuts which will have a hugely disruptive impact on the delivery of health services. On top of this there is the 7 billion in cuts to disability benefits and billions more cuts to public spending due to be announced in June.
The ME community has to wake up to the realities of this government which has been criticised twice in the last year by the UN for it's violations of disabled people's human rights and failure to address poverty.
The ME community needs to join the fight back against this reactionary government and it's austerity plans.
Stop unrealistically raising people's hopes it is irresponsible. The adult thing to do is to be honest with people about this governments austerity agenda.
The cuts are extremely concerning and I hate the lack of recognition of (let alone lack of human compassion for) disabled people from this government. I’m shocked a Labour government would behave this way. I’m hurt so many people don’t seem to care what happens to our community.
However I’ve personally found the #Thereforme campaign has given me a lot of hope and I feel there’s an urgency, a consistency, and a want to engage with the ME community regularly that I haven’t felt from other campaigns. I do understand your frustration with trying to lobby a government that look like they won’t listen, but I personally have no idea what else we could all try. I’m sure if there are other ways the community can fight as well as keeping pressure on the government the #Thereforme campaign would be up for hearing ideas.
I’m interested to understand what you feel might be a better way to fight for the ME and LC communities if not trying to lobby the government? I don’t mean that antagonistically, I just genuinely wonder what other realistic option you feel there is?