tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7999633524276247455.post8861000006001047729..comments2023-07-04T16:57:28.929+01:00Comments on Where's the Benefit?: Where are all the Politicians?Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16714918894319998184noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7999633524276247455.post-69485524402995896342011-01-17T22:37:50.264+00:002011-01-17T22:37:50.264+00:00In reply to Hessian Pepper's comment:
Perhaps...In reply to Hessian Pepper's comment:<br /><br />Perhaps MP's just think they'll prefer meeting with 'nice' young students (future voters?) than people with disabilities (who they probably imagine conform to some repulsive stereotype of hideous deformity or will be 'difficult').<br /><br />Likewise much of the media would probably prefer the front page to have photos of pretty A-level students protesting rather than one of those awful stock images of someone in a wheelchair looking glum.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7999633524276247455.post-48664902115876551422011-01-17T14:37:20.699+00:002011-01-17T14:37:20.699+00:00Brilliant post, and exactly what I've been won...Brilliant post, and exactly what I've been wondering - where ARE all the politicians (with the notable exception of Tom Clarke MP)? I've written to my own MP (Stephen Williams) three times on the subject of DLA cuts in care homes, and he has not even replied. Contrast this with the university reforms, where he not only responded to emails and letters, but dedicated a blog post to it and met with protesters. It seems sometimes as if politicians, the media and even certain quarters of the anti-cuts movement are happy to let what are arguably the cruellest cuts of all pass by in silence.Lucy Serieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07820866715125284389noreply@blogger.com