Reposted by Catherine EdgsonDisabled People Against Cuts - DPAC @dis-ppl-protest.bsky.social · 15h#TimmsReview #PIP Timms Review rebellion: reject youth disability cuts dpac.uk.net/2026/10/timm...dpac.uk.net 063
Catherine Edgson @catherineedgson.bsky.social · 12hAfter reading papers from this week covering the Labour conference, l have more concerns (welfare) and need to write about it officially This afternoon is movie time though so it will need to wait a bit 000
Reposted by Catherine EdgsonFrances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 18h“Two years since crushing defeat, the Tories have made no substantive efforts for reputation rehabilitation. Are they regretful of Brexit? What about Partygate or austerity?” My col. ahead of Tory conference on the vandals of Britain. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comI’m not buying into the ‘Keminaissance’. If the Tories lowered the bar any further, they’d be Reform UK | Frances RyanRather than ridding the Conservatives of their ‘nasty party’ status, Badenoch has a plan – to cut benefits for young people and demonise the unemployed, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan 46223
Catherine Edgson @catherineedgson.bsky.social · 16hArgh Damn ear infection Not much choice with seeing people Enhanced access GP chambers stopped booking appointments for my GP surgery 3 weeks ago for some weird reason. Pharmacies can only help with kids 111 - we’re very busy, call back within 24 hours 🫠 Ffs 🤦♀️static.klipy.comRobert Downey Jr. Facepalm MemeALT: Robert Downey Jr. Facepalm Meme 110
Catherine Edgson @catherineedgson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Lesson for today After an unsatisfactory appointment with a new registrar for orthopaedics (ankles) Called back to make an appointment. Managed to see the consultant today and we have a better plan that is actually going to be helpful rather than just do physio can come back in 6 months 100
Catherine Edgson @catherineedgson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I think we know this already but after news today Going to say F**k the Tories! 😡 How dare you try to control benefit claimant spending when you lost control of the economy for 14 years Where are all the jobs guys? 020
Catherine Edgson @catherineedgson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Letter to @andyburnham.bsky.social @labouruk.bsky.social Dear PM, While I understand that there are several media stories, think tanks & the Tories imploring you to cut welfare spending in the autumn budget, I’d ask that you also see it from the side of disabled people and not cut welfare. 111
Catherine Edgson @catherineedgson.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Being on the left doesn’t excuse you from being ableist or gatekeeping disability support Like this guy Just don’t ok. 120
Catherine Edgson @catherineedgson.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Just trying to correct misinformation from a clickbait article then miss Susan pops up (aka Karen) with “mental health? I work, I have all these problems, I’ve never claimed anything” blah 😒 Girl, listen! You don’t get to decide who can have benefits PIP is not an out of work benefit & MH is real! 010
Catherine Edgson @catherineedgson.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Was neurology helpful? I have no idea The appointment ended with me getting upset, again 😞 I don’t know why either Visual symptoms and migraines might be more blood pressure related Ok? 😳 She was very interested about how neurodivergence, above symptoms and fatigue all interconnected though 🤔static.klipy.comConfused White Cat Asks WhyALT: Confused White Cat Asks Why 030
Catherine Edgson @catherineedgson.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Trolls are weird Reality check comment from me on i paper Article saying the benefit reforms (cuts) will be delayed until 2027* Then this man child with a weird baby hulk type statue as a profile pic Uses the ridiculous predictable line “get a job you work shy lazy benefits scroungers” Omg 🙄🤦🏼 110
Catherine Edgson @catherineedgson.bsky.social · 23/08/2026This! Also divide and rule pitting taxpayers against disabled and benefit claimants Especially from the Tories and Reform Even Labour in parts and from the media Punching down instead of taxing the rich 042
Catherine Edgson @catherineedgson.bsky.social · 22/08/2026A fair few new followers since I was here last Thank you all so much Welcome 🙏🏻 I can only apologise for not being around so much Been posting mostly on other platforms Hope you’re all managing ok with the media storm that has been this week especially for the disabled communitystatic.klipy.comCute Ghosts Sending Extra LoveALT: Cute Ghosts Sending Extra Love 010
Catherine Edgson @catherineedgson.bsky.social · 29/07/2026@andyburnham.bsky.social Don’t cut welfare or restrict it for younger people or add conditions PIP is non means tested and for all disabled people who need it to help with extra costs, it is not an out of work benefit Rhetoric this week against disabled people has been horrendous My comments:👇 110
Catherine Edgson @catherineedgson.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Any conversation about cost of living immediately falls into the “working people” trap and media commentators discuss welfare cuts at the same time Big 🚩 especially as a disabled person 😬 This doesn’t feel like change It feels the same as the last few years where anyone not working is excluded 110
Reposted by Catherine EdgsonHelen @helenm40.bsky.social · 21/07/2026@andyburnham.bsky.social Your decision to keep hard right figures like Mahmood, McFadden & Phillipson in place signals your utter contempt for British people, especially refugees, the disabled & the LGBTQ community. Why did you bother staging a coup to offer more of the same misery? 108925
Catherine Edgson @catherineedgson.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Recent minister announcements Wes Streeting is defence secretary Oh god 😳 Lucy Powell replaced Bridget Phillipson as education sec Angela Rayner for housing secretary More here www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukWho's in Andy Burnham's new Labour cabinet?An in-depth look at which Labour MPs have been appointed to cabinet roles by new Prime Minister Andy Burnham 101
Catherine Edgson @catherineedgson.bsky.social · 20/07/2026For Keir Starmer Lammy Kendall Jones Steven’s Reed Reeves Kylestatic.klipy.comThe Simpsons Homer SimpsonALT: The Simpsons Homer Simpson 010
Reposted by Catherine EdgsonThe Socialist Dad @thesocialistdad.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Somehow Burnham the champion of the left, looks even more right wing than Starmer 3182
Catherine Edgson @catherineedgson.bsky.social · 20/07/2026www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cg... Tories are happy about Healey and want to cut benefits to fund defence How about Fck off kemi! This is why his appointment is worrying We know this will happen Pat McFadden annoyingly stays as Work and pensions Ffs 🤦♀️ Yvette cooper now in health 🤔bbc.co.ukHealey appointed chancellor and Miliband becomes foreign secretary as Andy Burnham picks cabinetMeanwhile Shabana Mahmood will stay on as home secretary as new Prime Minister Andy Burnham forms his top team. 010
Catherine Edgson @catherineedgson.bsky.social · 20/07/2026While some of the cabinet sackings have made me happy including Lammy, Kendall etc Less ecstatic at Mahmoud coming back as Home Secretary and the guy who resigned over lack of defence spending is now chancellor John Healey Not what you want to see when Labour are prioritising war over welfare 😬static.klipy.comBob Belcher's Surprised 'Oh God' MomentALT: Bob Belcher's Surprised 'Oh God' Moment 010
Catherine Edgson @catherineedgson.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Some important priorities for @andyburnham.bsky.social - Protect welfare don’t cut it - Listen to disabled people - Help everyone with cost of living not just “working people & families” - Allowing Milburn/blairites to influence DWP policy is very worrying - No new oil/gas drilling - Fund the NHS 010
Catherine Edgson @catherineedgson.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Some don’t want to believe chronic illness… Fine But don’t deny my reality that fatigue, pain and illness is in fact valid and real and I’m not able to do everything they want in their timing especially when you don’t see the crash or fall Invisible, fluctuating, dynamic doesn’t mean imaginary 000
Catherine Edgson @catherineedgson.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Wordle 1,847 3/6 ⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🙌🏻 Recent stats 030
Catherine Edgson @catherineedgson.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Me after lunch 😴 Energy drained 🪫 Increased pain Brain fog esp. doing puzzles Fatigue Currently horizontal 🫠 Busy day with errands responding to Timms review campaign statements, research interview Activism brain still going & responding to things as I see them No more deep dives/reading thostatic.klipy.comR2-D2 Falls in DesertALT: R2-D2 Falls in Desert 010
Catherine Edgson @catherineedgson.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Interim report of the Timms review is out I’ve briefly looked at it as well as sharing thoughts based on media coverage and DWP comments about concerns around cuts/restrictions for neurodivergence and mental health Not helped by continued media attacks Why are these conditions targeted so much? 110
Catherine Edgson @catherineedgson.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Stop going after the poor when they’ve already had enough cuts and austerity Tax the super rich! Cutting welfare is the easy scapegoat It needs to stop We need change This ⬇️ 010
Reposted by Catherine EdgsonCatherine Edgson @catherineedgson.bsky.social · 29/06/2026🧵 Dear CSJ Have you ever thought that maybe the rise in mental health cases, claims etc was due to the pandemic, the 🌎 going to 💩 or more awareness? Or that mental health services have long waiting lists, lack of funding or people just being ill? www.centreforsocialjustice.org.uk/newsroom/hal...centreforsocialjustice.org.ukHalf a million extra out of work benefit claimants for each PM losing job since 2019, analysis reveals - The Centre for Social JusticeBritain has added more than half a million people to the out of work benefit caseload for every Prime Minister to occupy No10 since 2019, according to new 111
Reposted by Catherine EdgsonScribbler Pen @scribblerpen.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Can we already stop calling the badly misnamed Centre for Social Justice a think-tank, when it's a lobby group very like the badly misnamed Taxpayers Alliance? It lobbies for social security cuts, keeping the working class out of universities, the usual #Milburn www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...independent.co.ukBurnham will push for welfare reform and knows it’s ‘necessary’, welfare tsar saysFormer health secretary Alan Milburn says he and the presumptive prime minister have already ‘discussed privately’ the issue of welfare reform 32010
Catherine Edgson @catherineedgson.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Wordle 1,838 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛🟨🟩 ⬛⬛🟨⬛🟩 ⬛⬛⬛🟩⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🤔 000
Catherine Edgson @catherineedgson.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Jubilee bridge, London Eye, Southbank, River Thames 000
Catherine Edgson @catherineedgson.bsky.social · 29/06/2026🧵 Dear CSJ Have you ever thought that maybe the rise in mental health cases, claims etc was due to the pandemic, the 🌎 going to 💩 or more awareness? Or that mental health services have long waiting lists, lack of funding or people just being ill? www.centreforsocialjustice.org.uk/newsroom/hal...centreforsocialjustice.org.ukHalf a million extra out of work benefit claimants for each PM losing job since 2019, analysis reveals - The Centre for Social JusticeBritain has added more than half a million people to the out of work benefit caseload for every Prime Minister to occupy No10 since 2019, according to new 111
Catherine Edgson @catherineedgson.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Just did a long rant video on Instagram after reading the CSJ piece Great coverage once again by the canary and @rachelcdailey.bsky.social on this His links to this think tank, Purnell, Milburn, Blair And their views on welfare as well as hints to cut it to fund defence is a concern 😕 120
Catherine Edgson @catherineedgson.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Facebook has been interesting today Comments can become a dumpster 🔥 This one was 🤔 So there was an article where my previous employer West London NHS had upset the transphobes, Tories and the telegraph for defying the Supreme Court ruling and allowing trans women to be in women’s spaces Amazingstatic.klipy.comTrans Rights Are Human Rights | TDOVALT: Trans Rights Are Human Rights | TDOV 111
Catherine Edgson @catherineedgson.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Been posting on threads a lot this week Especially about chronic illness, neurodivergence and this heatwave 🥵 Definitely been struggling More pain, more feeling stuck Not much productivity tbh Anyone else? This morning my body had had enough Flared, crashed Missed our first local pride 🥺 🏳️🌈static.klipy.comTired Hamster Takes a NapALT: Tired Hamster Takes a Nap 110
Reposted by Catherine EdgsonBuDS Disability Service @buds-disability.bsky.social · 22/06/2026The Met Office has issued their first Red heat warning for Wednesday and Thursday, covering a large part of Southern England & the Midlands. A Red warning means that there is a danger to life to everyone. BuDS has prepared advice on how to keep yourself safe at the link. buds.org.uk/extreme-weat...buds.org.ukExtreme Weather Warning: June 2026Temperatures across England will be dangerously high this week 01211
Catherine Edgson @catherineedgson.bsky.social · 22/06/2026🫠 This is just the beginning of the heatwave 🥵static.klipy.comCat Cooling Off with Fan on a Hot DayALT: Cat Cooling Off with Fan on a Hot Day 010
Reposted by Catherine EdgsonGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Look after yourselves this week, in our record-breaking heat. And don't let this or any government backtrack on its climate commitments: both to prevent the worst and to help us adapt to the escalating impacts to which - unfortunately and infuriatingly - we are now committed. #35YearsOfFailure 20930264
Catherine Edgson @catherineedgson.bsky.social · 22/06/2026So, Starmer has resigned 🤔 Will the next one continue the tainted legacy of the Labour Party Going further right, abandoning the left to chase votes Tough immigration policies Crackdown on protest rights Putting Israel 1st Cuts to welfare benefits with more to come NHS privatisation ⬆️ billsstatic.klipy.comWorried Kermit the FrogALT: Worried Kermit the Frog 000
Catherine Edgson @catherineedgson.bsky.social · 22/06/2026@cineworld.bsky.social Only Emily Blunt could make me see an alien movie 😆 boxd.it/eS0Vi5boxd.itA ★★★½ review of Disclosure Day (2026)Better than expected As an Emily blunt fan, this was very good 000
Catherine Edgson @catherineedgson.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Repost from my threads Dear @patmcfaddenmp.bsky.social WTH 😳 How dare you suggest that PIP could be cut for autism, mental health and adhd or not rule them out These are my conditions Yes I’m chronically ill as well But these are the main ones PIP is not based on condition 1/4 🧵 100
Catherine Edgson @catherineedgson.bsky.social · 14/06/2026Many MPs & think tanks on the right oppose wealth tax Instead they want you to punch down To cut welfare to spend on defence To push more disabled, low income, children & pensioners into further poverty But an answer is don’t punch down, tax the wealthy instead The current economy favours the rich 040
Reposted by Catherine Edgsonflyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 13/06/2026The huge welfare cuts Labour secretly planned offscreen then sprung on the public didn’t fail because MPs were weak and timorous. They failed because the public recoiled in horror and disgust. Hoon et al *have to* tell themselves it was the former, because the latter is an insuperable barrier. 2621456