A Masterclass in Evasion: How the Labour Government Proved the UN Right Let's be clear. Many of us dared to hope. After the scorched-earth policies of the previous government against disabled people, the arrival of a Labour government felt like a chance to finally breathe. A chance for a government that would see us as people, not as a line on a balance sheet. That hope, was tragically premature. What I’m about to walk you through is a perfect, clinical example of how this Labour government is already learning to sideline, ignore, and gaslight the disabled community. It’s a story that shows how our concerns are systematically filtered out of the system until all that’s left are empty, polished phrases that mean absolutely nothing. It starts with a letter from the United Nations. Yes, that United Nations. Their Special Rapporteurs on the rights of persons with disabilities and extreme poverty wrote to the UK government expressing “alarm.” They stated bluntly that the “Pa...
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