It’s not been a good day so far for disabled
people. To begin with there was a ruling against wheelchair users having the
right to priority over buggies in wheelchair designated areas on buses http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-30376446.
This was followed by the decision from the High Court to find the government’s
closure of the ILF lawful.
For Duncan-Smith and the coalition this is
yet another victory of common sense neo-liberalism against the tyranny of the
welfare state. Because that is exactly how they perceive the situation. Thus should
we get another Tory-led coalition then the ILF will end.
We must also be aware that Labour is
harbouring similar plans for the ILF. Which does not bode well for us, however I
think we as disabled people still have some bargaining chips remaining; and I’m
not writing us off while there are still five months of campaigning left.
Though not an ideas person, I am willing to
get behind the campaign and help spread the message amongst trade unionists. So
it looks as though there will be no let-up in 2015…
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