This is horrific, but we also need to talk about how we got here. Disabled people don’t suddenly become “the scourge of the earth” in the public imagination for no reason. For months, we’ve seen relentless clickbait headlines and inflammatory coverage about disability benefits, “scroungers”, “worklessness”, soaring claims, the “benefits bill”, often stripped of context and designed to provoke outrage. And Ben, I have to say, some of your own headlines and coverage have contributed to that climate. You cannot repeatedly frame disabled and chronically ill people as a problem to be solved, a burden on taxpayers or people who need to be pushed and prodded, and then be surprised when that rhetoric spills out into the real world. Sandra being spat at and called “the scourge of the earth” should be a wake-up call. Words matter. Headlines matter. And disabled people are living with the consequences. petition.parliament.uk/petit…