Used to work in pro wrestling, mma, esports and politics, now I have a real job. AuDHD he/him
Scotland, United Kingdom
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Training for what, and with what prospects of actual employment at the end?
Young people should have legal guarantee to job or training, says Milburn bbc.in/4C6XbUg
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🔴 One in ten members of the House of Lords is paid for selling political knowledge gained from their role
Many work for human rights abusing foreign regimes
Why do we let this happen in Westminster?
Must read from @AdamRamsay on Democracy for Sale democracyforsale.substack.co…
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If Kevin McKenna actually believed this bill was "the biggest threat to gay rights since Section 28", he'd support it
The proposed Conversion Practices bill risks an authoritarian government usurping the role of parents in their children’s lives. It may also be the biggest threat to gay rights since Section 28: my column in @heraldscotland
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a war crime. another war crime.
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Young people to no longer get main sickness benefit, PIP under Milburn plan.
Milburn/Timms reviews will cut social security. Spending, as % of GDP, static since 2013.
Silence on corporate welfare, £741bn of tax not collected over last 19 yrs.
Class war
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I’m deeply disappointed that Alan Milburn has chosen to discuss potentially life-changing welfare proposals in the media before his report has even been published or scrutinised by Parliament.
This is not about Alan Milburn. It is about people’s lives.
Young disabled people in Norwich South who rely on PIP to live independently or get to work are now understandably asking: “Am I going to lose the support I depend on?”
And their MPs cannot give them an answer because we haven’t even seen the report.
To generate this kind of fear and uncertainty through media interviews is deeply irresponsible. These are people’s lives and livelihoods, not headlines to be managed or media opportunities to be seized.
I’ve written to the Speaker asking him to raise this with the Secretary of State. Parliament and those whose lives may be affected deserve answers, proper scrutiny and some basic respect.
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A personal piece from me for @heraldscotland's Unspun today:
'Where is the fairness in a system that is constantly changing the rules?
'Where is the fairness in a system which adopts a one-size-fits-all approach, based on London prices and problems?'
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Short term pain for long term gain that never materialises has been the argument of every government of my adult life
Anyone who thought the Milburn review would shrink from radicalism has just been proved wrong.
PIP and Universal Credit replaced for young people. The money moved into job support. More for those with the most severe conditions. Short-term pain for long-term gain, and he says so.
This is what our politics needs more of. Kudos to Alan and the team for taking the fight to the young NEETs crisis, one of the defining issues of our time. Tuesday's report looks like it has the answers.
Now we need the political will to turn review into reality.
Truly, no one is a hater like Bret Hart. The best there is, the best there was, the best there ever will be.
Bret Hart says WCW should have been sued over Goldberg’s lack of training ift.tt/wDNtb7P
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Good. Stuart Waiton is a dangerous fanatic who should have been deprived of influence in public life for a long time. Maybe at least since he was the anti-smacking ban guy.
Looks like Darren McGarvey is taking a stance against Abertay University hosting Justice for Innocent Men Scotland (JIMS), citing their views and treatment of "victims of male abuse", as he signals intention to renounce his honorary doctorate from Abertay.
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A true British wrestling legend, and one of the very best people I met in wrestling. Happy quarter century old man!
I’m no huge Ocon fan, but it is a real shame that one of the few drivers on the grid from a humble background has given way to a driver who brings in big revenue, again. The grid is posher than it’s ever been.
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We almost had two people convicted as criminals for the crime of asking MPs questions about policy
I wish it weren’t, but it’s amazing to see someone actually say this. A diagnosis entitles you to nothing in the UK. All government support is subject to an actual needs assessment. Because no two disabled people are the same, they’re individual people.
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Labour are always going "Where's our AOC? Our Zohran? Our El-Sayed?" and it's like brother if any of them had been in your party you would've expelled them faster than you can say "will you condemn"
I know this is hard to believe, but he was voted off for being incredibly annoying
Former WWE NXT wrestler voted off ‘Survivor 51’ ift.tt/PqRh2fD
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This is a Dolmio product, made by Mars Inc, who did $65bn in revenue last year. If you tell me this decision was made due to economic pressures exerted on Mars by artists and photographers, or as a result of decisions made by artists, I just don’t believe that.
