It’s the week before Strictly Come Dancing heads to the iconic Blackpool, so expect them all to care about this northern town more than a desperate MP tonight. Nobody wants to go before they get to dance in the legendary Tower Ballroom. But one has to, so on with the show… I do hope nobody...
The Assisted Dying Bill is back in the House of Lords chambers today. Thankfully, it appears that the horrific bill is finally due to be properly scrutinised by the Lords. Previously, on the Assisted Dying Bill The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, to give it its full name, has had...
Sex workers in Scotland are taking to Scottish Parliament to protest against a bill which they say would threaten their safety. MSP Ash Regan is currently championing the Prostitution (Offences and Support) (Scotland) Bill. This bill would make it illegal to pay for sex in Scotland and clo...
Good news – it’s disability pay gap day! Hey, disabled people, how do you fancy working for absolutely nothing from now until the end of the year? This would, of course, be whilst the government and media continue to call you a lazy scrounger? Well, if you answered “fuck off, of course not...
Just as we were all getting ready for bed last night, some news broke on social media. As tweeted by many corporate media journalists, including Alex Wickham of Bloomberg, Wes Streeting is allegedly planning to oust Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Wickham tweeted that there were “a series of ...
Disability Arts Online (DAO) today launched Cripping Culture: A Journey into Disability Arts Heritage, an archival initiative preserving the history of disability arts and activism.The timely project fights erasure and champions the storied history of disability activism against the backdr...
A queer MP has hit out at billionaires who are funding transphobia. One of the newest members of the Women and Equalities Committee, Nadia Whittome, told The Mirror that the government isn’t doing enough to stand up for trans people against the tirade of hate they’re experiencing in the me...
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) are finally facing some resistance to the rumoured changes to the Motability scheme. Disabled communities have already raised the alarm about the prospect of the DWP gutting the Motability scheme that allows disabled and chronically ill people to ...
And we’re back for another week of Strictly. Whilst it’s felt like quite a slow time, I also can’t believe we’re already halfway through! But the halfway point also means the pressure is ramping up as we get closer and closer to Blackpool, so who’s gonna rise to the occasion and who’ll fal...
Batten down the hatches, everyone. Purple Tuesday is upon us. Yep, alongside disabled people being told we’re all worthless scroungers for daring to buy ourselves something nice, today we’re inundated with social media posts about disabled people’s “buying power” Purple Tuesday doesn’t hel...