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Teri

@mettlesome-teri.bsky.social
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Disabled/Disability activist. Eco-populist. Political blogger. Socialist. Equality. Green Party. #LoveNotHate 🇵🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Ed Miliband: ".. we didn't join the initial conflict.. we were deeply worried there wasn't a proper plan.." "Is there a proper plan now?" ".. the plan now has to be to de-escalate this conflict" You're helping the US to bomb Iran!
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez criticises the US and Israel for their attack on Iran, "I say to the right and the far-right, they cannot support those who set the world on fire and then complain about the smoke caused by that fire"
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Pat Andrea @oaktreedance.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
The regime is taking over media.
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
So that’s now three Brits — Ghislaine Maxwell, Former Prince known as Andrew, Peter Mandelson — arrested as a result of Jeffery Epstein. Come US. You bang on about habeas corpus, warrantless searches, Magna Carta and the rule of law Have you really surrendered to King Donald?
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☢️ Uranium Oracle 🇬🇧🇪🇺💚 @uraniumgirl.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Holy Shit! How on earth did this get past vetting? Farage literally had a meltdown over the failure of reforms vetting procedures and yet here he is failing to vet someone properly.
thecanary.co
Reform's Gorton candidate Goodwin accused of sexual harassment
Reform Gorton and Denton candidate Matt Goodwin is accused of sexually harassing a GB News staffer - and Farage knew
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John McDonnell MP @johnmcdonnellmp.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
With extensive financial links between Cabinet Office ministers & Labour Together now revealed plus ex senior LT staffer holding post in Cabinet Office ethics team, it’s ludicrous for Keir Starmer to expect people to believe this is an independent inquiry.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
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leigh @lefty-leigh.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
keir starmer gives permission to rich landowners to slaughter bambi and family urgh
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
None of the entitled Reform Ltd leaders give a damn about working class people meme via Life after the Tories Destruction of Britain
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Teri @mettlesome-teri.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
This is what you lose if you vote Reform Party 👇🏻 every protection fought for over decades. Don’t let U.K. become fascist USA on steroids. Fight back. Protect your freedoms. Protect our way of life. #ProtectYourRights #AVoteForReformIsAVoteForFascism
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On The Threshold @intothewoods8.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Labour seem to hate disabled, sick and neurodivergent people more than the Tories. Genuinely evil people in this government.
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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
notorious radical left communist rag says tax the rich
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The Palestine Project @palestineproject.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
The UK government is facing intensifying scrutiny after the High Court ruled that its proscription of direct action group Palestine Action was "unlawful" and "disproportionate", a decision that has thrown ongoing prosecutions and police enforcement (costing £10m) into question.
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Lawyer: UK in ’moral and legal void’ over Palestine Action ban
Former government lawyer tells Anadolu UK is in “moral and legal void” as Palestine Action ban ruled unlawful and £10m spent enforcing it.
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Teri @mettlesome-teri.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Solidarity ✊🏻
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Bradley Whitford @bradleywhitford.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
johnfugelsang.substack.com/p/trump-is-a...
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Trump is a Dirty Old Whore, Wearing Too Much Makeup, Willing To Do Anything for a Dollar.
The Clean Air Act Funeral. Imagine cheering for more pollution, while claiming you’re “pro-life.”
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Teri @mettlesome-teri.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Suella Braverman; “We will scrap the equalities minister. The Britain that I love is being ripped apart by diversity, equality and inclusion.” Equality; age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage/civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity, race, religion, sex/ sexual orientation. #Fascism
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Teri @mettlesome-teri.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
In January 2021, it was revealed that the Labour Party hired Assaf Kaplan, a former intelligence officer in the elite Israeli military cyber-warfare Unit 8200, to a role involving social media monitoring. Spying on membership to eject them from party. #StarmerIsALiar
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Reform are always obsessively challenging others to debates. But my invitation to debate Nigel Farage - leader to leader - still hasn’t been taken up. What are they running from? The Green Party will stop Reform. Join.greenparty.org.uk
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16/02/2026
Ossoff: "Among today's false prophets are the election deniers who indulge this president's obsession with overturning the 2020 election. Hear me when I say this -- they tell a lie so absurd, and therefore so debasing, that the act of telling it proves the teller's total and humiliating submission."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/02/2026
Gov. Tim Walz: "They left us with deep damage. Generational trauma. Economic ruin in some cases. The left us with many unanswered questions. Where are our children? Where and what is the process of the investigation into those that were responsible for the deaths of Renee and Alex?"
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
A Government of cowards. Rather than tackle inequality - they've gone for pensioners, disabled people and now it's people fleeing war and persecution. They can't get away with this. Join.greenparty.org.uk
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Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Our country is in crisis. Bills are too high. People are being forced to live in mouldy, unaffordable homes. One in three kids is living in poverty. The budget is this government's chance to turn things around: it's time to cut bills and tax billionaires.
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
"It is fair to say that, but for the most robust Labour Party supporters, the arrival of Keir Starmer’s government has been an exasperating disappointment. All over social media, Labour voters are threatening to put their cross elsewhere; but where?"
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Show us some love, Labour, or it’s all over between us
Starmer's caution frustrates Labour’s base – timid policies, broken promises, and no bold vision in sight
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Labour MPs speak up against the govt for treating vulnerable people as criminals. Govt to 24/7 snoop on the bank accounts of all benefit claimants. Take money without court order, no right of appeal. The same won't apply to tax dodgers, money launderers, scammers, other recipients of public money.
theguardian.com
Should benefit claimants risk having their bank accounts spied upon and driving licences revoked? I don’t think so | Neil Duncan-Jordan
MPs like me are horrified by proposals to treat vulnerable people as suspects simply because they need state support, says Neil Duncan-Jordan, the Labour MP for Poole
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
1. Because this issue is critical, but has received remarkably little coverage, here's a thread pulling out the key themes from my article yesterday, on the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, which puts decades of environmental protections to the torch. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Labour’s great nature sellout is the worst attack on England’s ecosystems I’ve seen in my lifetime | George Monbiot
The horrifying planning bill, which rips up environmental protections, was drafted with CEOs in mind. We know because Keir Starmer told us, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Swansea Bay News @swanseabaynews.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Swansea MP ‘politely declines’ disability group public meeting call Torsten Bell, Labour MP for Swansea West, has “politely declined” to meet with the disability groups Swansea Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) and Swansea University Against Disability Cuts (UADC) over planned disability benefit…
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Swansea MP ‘politely declines’ disability group public meeting call
Torsten Bell, Labour MP for Swansea West, has “politely declined” to meet with the disability groups Swansea Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) and Swansea University Against Disability Cuts (UADC) over planned disability benefit cuts.
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Disabled People Against Cuts - DPAC @dis-ppl-protest.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
#DisabilityBenefits #LobbyMps Mass Lobby of MPs on disability Benefit Cuts 21.05.25 12 noon until 4pm Westminster Hall Parliament Please contact your MP & ask for a meeting on 21.05.25 Details here dpac.uk.net/2025/04/mass...
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Mass Lobby Against Benefit Cuts Event - DPAC
Date: 21st May 2025 Time: 12-4pm Organised by: Coalition Against Benefit Cuts, Disabled People Against Cuts, Disability Rights UK, WellAdapt Co-Sponsors:
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Paul Hindley 🏳️‍🌈🇬🇧🇪🇺🇺🇳 @paulhindley2210.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
The more I see of this Labour government, from disability welfare cuts, to keeping the two child benefit cap, to its transphobic, anti-immigrant, and pro-hard Brexit stances, the more I hate it. This isn’t a progressive government. It’s a Tory tribute act with a reddish hue. Labour isn’t working! 🥀
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Dr Jay Watts @shrinkatlarge.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Even the OBR has admitted past disability benefit reforms (like the move from DLA to PIP) didn’t save what was promised. And Universal Credit delays dragged on for years. But still—they press ahead though we are gaining real momentum against these deadly Cuts.
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Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
As someone who's covering the disability benefit cuts a lot at the moment, let me say this clearly: practically ALL the social media discussion about those cuts is happening on twitter and facebook. ALL. There's hardly anything on Bluesky. My Bluesky feed is full of Brits posting about America.
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Iain Porter @iainkporter.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
See more on the impacts of the Govt's disability benefit cuts here from @jrf-uk.bsky.social : www.jrf.org.uk/social-secur... 2/2
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Where will cuts to sickness and disability benefits fall hardest?
JRF analysis shows that more people receive social security for health issues and disabilities in Labour’s heartlands.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
People in North of England and Wales would be the hardest hit by disability benefit cuts. They will suffer three times the economic impact and with twice as many affected residents as London and the south-east. Deprived areas have more people with disabilities. No impact assessment from govt.
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Wales and north of England face disability cuts ‘double whammy’
Policy in Practice analysis shows twice as many people affected in north-east, north-west and Wales than in London and south-east
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Teri @mettlesome-teri.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Tell me Labour supporters on this app. Are you proud of Labour government? 👇🏻 Are you proud of the violence they’re about to unleash on the most impoverished and vulnerable in society? Do you sleep well at night? Your silence is complicit. Hold them to account. Speak out 🗣️🗣️🗣️
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Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
"How can you justify this?" I have written to Rachel Reeves to share my constituents' profound distress over the cuts to disability benefits. We are appalled by the government's cruelty - and we will not back down.
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Amnesty International UK @amnestyuk.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
🚨 £4.8bn in disability social security cuts — AND the govt ruled out input on the most damaging policies. They're breaking their own rules by shutting out people with disabilities from decisions that will directly affect their lives. An absolute sham. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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Labour benefit cuts consultation labeled a ‘sham’ as PIP changes not up for debate
Campaigners have called the conversation a ‘sham’ as people are invited to discuss only half of the proposals
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But Andrew Hickey Died Ten Years Ago This Very Night @andrewhickey.500songs.com · 15/04/2025
I have had to talk multiple friends out of suicide thanks to this government's cuts to disability benefits and transphobia, and I don't even *have* many friends. Maybe if you don't want to be yelled at, you wouldn't be complicit in that...
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
GDP jump offers Rachel Reeves some light. Will govt end dept cuts, disability benefit cuts; two child benefit cap, income tax threshold freeze? Average real wage unchanged since 2008. Growth hasn't trickled down. Need stronger unions and progressive taxation to help low/middle income earners.
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GDP jump offers Rachel Reeves some light as UK enters Trump tariff tunnel
Growth defied forecasts that chancellor had hobbled economy, but trade war casts long shadow
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
"More Labour MPs increase pressure on Keir Starmer to tax wealth over disability cuts amid rebellion fears" www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/mor...
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More Labour MPs increase pressure on Keir Starmer to tax wealth over disability cuts amid rebellion fears
The calls for a wealth tax come amid fears of an explosive government rebellion, The London Economic can exclusively reveal.
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Teri @mettlesome-teri.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Really disappointing to see Labour Party target disabled people and about to plunge 400k into deeper poverty and destitution including 50k children. With zero safeguards or safety net. Disabled people will die. How about you engage with people concerns instead of playing victim.
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Disability News Service @johnpring.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Leading disabled people’s organisations have written to work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall to express “serious concerns” about the human rights implications of her “incredibly dangerous” plans to cut spending on disability benefits.
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Disabled people’s organisations tell Kendall benefit cuts are ‘incredibly dangerous’ and consultation is a ‘sham’
Leading disabled people’s organisations (DPO) have written to work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall to express “serious concerns” about the human rights implications of her “incredibly dangerous”…
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Dr Jay Watts @shrinkatlarge.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
The public sees #DisabilityBenefits reforms as harsh. Even Labour voters are turning: – 44% say the reforms are too harsh – 42% of Labour voters agree – Just 16% say it built trust in Labour’s fiscal plans This isn’t strength. It’s cruelty. ‘More in Common’ public survey. tinyurl.com/5a5wt6wt
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Disabled People Against Cuts - DPAC @dis-ppl-protest.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
#WelfareNotWarfare Advice when protesting MPs on disability benefit cuts Graphic here

Alt text: 

White background with black text which says 
Protesting MPs Keep each other safe #WelfareNotWarfare 

Only directly protest MPs defending the cuts 
A lot of people visiting their mp are in desperate and traumatic situations refugees needing help with the Home office, disabled people needing help with the DWP, people grieving, struggling with housing etc, we don’t want to make their experience harder.  So therefore protesting outside an MP office consider these options; 

For MPs who have defended the cuts: 

Community events: 
See if your MP is attending community events like business events town hall where there will press already and protest there 

Office protests 
If you do protest at an office 
Have flyers ready to tell people why you’re there protesting 
Be welcoming to people going into the office 
Don’t bang on the windows and don’t block the door 

For MPs who have not defended cuts 
Protest outside a CLP meeting 
Labour held council meeting or local busy spots to talk to people about dangers to disabled people 

Celebrate supportive MPs hold an event to thank MPs who are condemning the cuts Show support to those who are standing up to Labour to encourage them to continue and encourage others to join them.  

Continue to write to, to call and set up meetings with all MPs 
Tell them to defy the whip, and condem the cuts if they want disabled people’s votes
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EuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Disability cuts, the two-child benefit cap, refusing to pay refuse a good wage, hiring PAs while not hiring qualified doctors, rising energy costs, cost of living increases, these are all vital facets of public infrastructure everyone depends on, especially the most vulnerable in society. Thread
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Disability benefit cuts for the poorest, but ... "Tax cuts for Elon Musk and other tech billionaires on the table, Starmer confirms www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/tax-cut...
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Tax cuts for Elon Musk and other tech billionaires on the table, Starmer confirms
It comes after Trump's 'liberation day' saw the majority of trading partners, including the UK, hit with tariffs
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
3m UK households will be hit by disability/incapacity benefit cuts. Sick/Disabled will be made ‘invisible’. Loss of benefits will “erase some of the most vulnerable people” from the system; increase poverty & homelessness; threaten survival. Oppose the cuts. Tax the rich.
theguardian.com
Ill and disabled people will be made ‘invisible’ by UK benefit cuts, say experts
Those who lose benefit payments will find it difficult to access care and support services, says Policy in Practice
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Adam Schiff @adamschiff.com · 09/04/2025
The President of the United States seems oddly focused on me. Shouldn't he be focused on the economy he's crashing?
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M a r c u s 🏳️‍🌈🇧🇧🇬🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Liz Kendall and Rachel Reeves are specifically planning to cause extreme poverty to and kill disabled people. When are we marching as this CANNOT stand.
The radical package of reforms will see:
• £5bn in savings by making it harder to qualify for Personal Independence Payments - a benefit not linked to work that is meant to help people with the additional costs of their disability
• Further savings by freezing PIP payments next year, so they do not rise with inflation
• Raising the basic rate for Universal Credit paid to those searching for work, or in work, while cutting the rate for those who are judged as unfit for work.
• A billion pounds of savings ploughed into a major investment for employment support for those who are looking for a job
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
'Has your department carried out an impact assessment of how many people will be affected by these cuts?' Welfare Secretary Liz Kendall is asked about plans to save billions of pounds from the benefits budget
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weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
I don't want Labour MPs to be 'uneasy' about a Labour Govt penalising the disabled instead of raising taxes on the wealthiest. I want them to be wracked with guilt and shame and questioning how they find themselves in a party that acts like the Tories. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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‘Don’t punish the vulnerable’: Labour MPs uneasy over planned welfare cuts
Ministers say ‘unsustainable’ rise in spending must be tackled but many backbenchers fear changes will not work
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