tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27874443.post3429053107788828941..comments2024-01-27T18:00:54.268+00:00Comments on This Is My Blog: DeservingMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11639094548415759560noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27874443.post-61215571050142714112011-05-06T17:46:40.135+01:002011-05-06T17:46:40.135+01:00I wish I could disagree with all of you but I can&...I wish I could disagree with all of you but I can't. <br /><br /><br />It really is a very worrying situation for so many people.fairyhedgehoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14141089706966852951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27874443.post-39588417226086171742011-04-28T06:40:27.870+01:002011-04-28T06:40:27.870+01:00Oh, it's even better than that.
Some of the &...Oh, it's even better than that.<br /><br />Some of the 'abandoned' claims will be people who died of their conditions. Others will be people who, due to temporary illness, couldn't meet the 'available for work' criteria of JSA but were always likely to recover in the weeks or months before the process ground through. And still more will be those people too ill to deal with the claims process - all 'genuine' claimants.<br /><br />Then, of those found 'fit to work', many will appeal and at the moment the success rate of appeals is very high - the <i>lowest</i> figure I've seen is 40%.<br /><br />And finally, I haven't seen the figures this is based on, but some are counting the Work Related Activity Group ("genuinely disabled and disadvantaged in the job market but may, with appropriate support, be capable of doing <i>some</i> work in the future") as Fit For Work, which is a very misleading interpretation.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11639094548415759560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27874443.post-54633069082726900602011-04-28T06:15:41.476+01:002011-04-28T06:15:41.476+01:00I see the misinformation campaign is already under...I see the misinformation campaign is already underway.<br /><br />Local news headline reads "DWP figures show 60% of people claiming sickness benefits are actually fit for work."<br /><br />But the actual facts (that don't matter, because people only remember headlines) are that 60% of people <b>applying for</b> sickness benefits have their claims rejected for being fit for work <b>or</b> drop their application.<br /><br />Which kinda implies that most if not all of those people managing to sucessfully <b>claim</b> sickness benefits, actually deserve them, yes?<br /><br />Grrrrr!Pandora Caitiffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02912184784443896172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27874443.post-47289013288575452702011-04-24T15:26:14.677+01:002011-04-24T15:26:14.677+01:00Terrifyingly, Pandora, I think you're pretty c...Terrifyingly, Pandora, I think you're pretty close to the mark.<br />I'm not sure whether it's worse to consider Cameron &c to be wilfully doing this with full knowledge of their actions and consequences, or that they are doing things under the blind belief that "it's helping" somehow.<br />My money's on the former. It's a collection of politicians after all (I can't find a valid collective noun for politicians. The UK system would imply a house or a party. Neither 'feel' right to me).evilsteviehttp://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/sorry-but-I-dont-trust-politicians-at-all-2274236.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27874443.post-56612577587692130052011-04-23T12:33:29.519+01:002011-04-23T12:33:29.519+01:00I was under the impression that Cameron's plan...I was under the impression that Cameron's plan was to demonise the most vulnerable, kick them into the gutter (where they are unlikely to see voting against him as a priority over something like gettiong food and shelter), and hope they die before anyone realises they are human beings with rights and feelings.<br /><br />I might be a bit of a cynic...Pandora Caitiffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02912184784443896172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27874443.post-62277193291614601072011-04-22T12:09:15.852+01:002011-04-22T12:09:15.852+01:00Any chance of you cross-posting this on WtB?Any chance of you cross-posting this on WtB?Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16714918894319998184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27874443.post-25852221271530405802011-04-22T11:21:57.769+01:002011-04-22T11:21:57.769+01:00Much of my disability (in addition to St.4 COPD an...Much of my disability (in addition to St.4 COPD and Cl.4 heart failure), is a direct result of being struck by lightning while out walking in the hills of North Wales.<br /><br />Does that make it my own fault in whatever despicable, perverted, morass passes for Cameron's mind? <br /><br />After all, I willingly put myself in a position where that risk was considerably higher than it would be, say, in the High Street.<br /><br />Just a thought . . .Ron Graveshttp://ronsrants.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27874443.post-25893284980095882022011-04-22T11:04:13.430+01:002011-04-22T11:04:13.430+01:00Wat back in mid-70s I worked for a firm where the ...Wat back in mid-70s I worked for a firm where the CEO decided to appoint someone in Personnel/HR to positively sweep for those in those days called disabled whenever a vacancy was posted. Took longer but in general terms it worked,Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13657902425257354006noreply@blogger.com