THE MONTHLY MOSQUITO

Labelled Disabled!

I believe that the Shadow work and pensions secretary Liam Byrne is correct in what he stated, that there should be just one single evaluation for all health and social needs.

Nonetheless, not every individual disabled person remains disabled long term and, some do recover from their condition, but then a great deal of them don’t. That’s why we should call on people every two years for up to five years, when after that time, they should never be called again, unless they have a long-standing or severe disability in the first place, then they should never be called.

Nevertheless, if they have recently been diagnosed, then only after two years should they be called in for a casual discussion, just to make sure that nothing has changed and, if they can’t get in for a discussion, then it should be discussed over the phone.

The discussion should be casual and, they should be asked a few questions and, not interrogated on if their circumstances has changed and, if they have not, then they should be allowed to carry on as they are, so long as a doctors certificate is sent in without exception every six months for up to five years and, no more after that.

There will always be people that will cheat the system, the same as there will always be politicians that will apparently deceive the people, it is what we do as human beings, especially if it makes us a buck or two, but that’s why we have fraud officers for inside the DWP and, when someone is caught on the fiddle, they are taken to court and, I believe that the same should be for anyone in government, when it is discovered that they are on the fiddle, then legal action should be taken against them because it is not one rule for the people and, a supplementary law for government.

There should be no examination system. If a person has been considered disabled by a hospital or doctor, then that should be enough to satisfy the DWP that a person is very ill, after all why would a doctor lie about one of his or her patients?

Freudian slip!

Lord Freud must believe that the citizens of England are really ignorant individuals, for him to state that there was no evidence between rising food bank use and, the Coalition governments welfare changes.

Anyone with an speck of savvy would perceive that there was a connection between rising food bank use and welfare changes, you definitely don’t have to be a rocket scientist to realise that; even my granddaughter who’s seven could figure that one out.

There is without doubt a break down in the welfare system, which means that families are going hungry. The issues in this break down need to be addressed urgently before families not only go hungry, but a good deal of them will eventually expire.

Food banks are in danger of being overwhelmed and, the demand for food parcels is in explosive numbers.

One London food bank said it had been forced to write to its local job centre to object because of the rise in people attending the food bank and, that they were struggling to gather enough food to manage with that rise in demand since April.

The only reason that there’s been a rise in people attending food banks since April is because of benefit delays, sanctions and, financial difficulties connected to the bedroom tax and abolition of council tax relief.

Benefits are being suspended for foolish and illogical reasons and, also those who can’t pay for their bedroom tax and, are unable to relocate to smaller homes just because there’s not enough smaller homes to go around.

Just because the people of England are on benefits, doesn’t make them stupid, ignorant or scroungers. The people of England aren’t foolish, they know what’s going on, it’s right in front of their eyes and, they’re not uneducated, nor do they want to live off the generosity of others, but of course it’s not generosity any longer because generosity is to give without asking for anything in return.

Now that generosity has been warped and twisted and, now because after years of giving and not receiving, the people have been lead to believe by the government that anyone who is taking without giving is a scrounger, but to give charity should be given with virtue because generosity was once widely recognised in society as a desirable trait.

Axe that Tax!

The term “horrific” is the only word I could use because care givers are being forced to cut back on basics, such as food and electricity because of the under occupancy law that was brought in by the tory government.

Nonetheless, this is only what I would expect from an Edwardian government because they have no empathy for the people of what was Great Britain and, I’m embarrassed to call myself British, as I am sure many other people of this society are.

We are not British any longer, especially in the manufacturing sector, which has got smaller in the last 30 years.

Bedroom Tax as the people have promptly nicknamed it, has had a negative effect on those people and families caring for the disabled, who need an extra room because now they are having to pay for the other room, which means they are having to cut back on food, electricity and heating.

It’s having a horrifying impact on families that are already trying to care for their sick and disabled relations and, the government are penalising them for being sick and disabled.

Members of the Government seemingly gave £25 million in discretionary payments to help protect care givers and disabled people when the policy was sent into orbit in April, but now it has rocketed out of control.

A great deal of disabled people have been refused discretionary payments because they are being given Disability Allowance, only DLA is not means tested, so consequently should not be taken into consideration.

There is no meaning to the definition “further financial assistance” in law, it’s up to a person to explain what it means, yet in nearly all cases a claimant is required to prove that they are incapable to meet housing costs from their available income, even though Disability Living Allowance is not listed as available income.

Disability Living Allowance is a non-taxable benefit that is meant to help disabled people with extra living costs that they have because of their disability.

Even Though there are no regulations in the Discretionary Housing Payment guidelines to stop local authorities taking into consideration DLA, they are required to take into consideration the grounds why DLA was considered in the first place. By taking DLA into consideration when making a ruling means that they are differentiating that person or persons.

Taking Disability Living Allowance into consideration means that a local authorities decision to do so is against the law and, has complete indifference for that person or persons disabilities.

Inherit that Merit

Locating a job these days is made far too difficult for people. Instead of having to first sort out a Curriculum Vitae, people should be given job interviews on merit.

When I was younger, I could sign up with a job agency, I was sent out for job interviews, I was given a small exam and, if they thought I was worth giving a trial, then I would be given a trial for around one month and, if they didn’t like me after that month, then I would get dismissed.

It was much easier and, I would get sent for jobs that I’d never done before, but still got the job on trial and, I would bungle my way through and, still get the job at the end of it.

There appears that so much goes into locating a job. You have to make up your C.V. then you have to make sure it’s in the right colour, the right font etc. What difference does it make if it’s the right colour or the right font and, why do we need them anyhow.

Wouldn’t be easier to just get to the job interview and, then they have us fill in a questionnaire of one or two pages while we’re waiting and, then have the interview.

It would save everyone a lot of time and money and, would get additional people back into work. We need to start making it easier because otherwise people start to find that job searching is becoming dull and, they can’t be bothered.

It must be like steps, you sign up with an agency, they send you for the interview, you fill in a questionnaire while you’re there, you take a small test, if needed, you have the interview, if they like you, they take you on a trial basis… bomp, bomp, bomp!

Sometimes people who have no qualifications might look as if they can’t do a particular job, but in all honesty, they can. Just because they might not have it on paper, does not mean they don’t have it in their heads.

Trials just means that they are given the opportunity to display what they can do in that month and, if they can’t, then at least they’ve tried, which gives them more motivation to try again.

Some might say that it will wreck their self respect, but I don’t think so because when going for the job, they would’ve been told it was a trial, to be given a opportunity to exhibit ones knowledge, that’s how we finally figure out what type of job is suitable for us, because not every job is.

As well, employees should be made to give “apprentices” to people who have just come of education facilities and, also older people who have not because in life not everyone is the same and, not everyone has been given the same possibilities in life.

Businesses don’t want to give “apprentices” to people these because it costs them too much money, it’s all about money. Therefore, the government should bring in a law that companies have to give “apprentices” to people and, not only that, they have to pay them a salary as well and, a liberal salary, not stupid wages.

So, to give a person some incentives to work as an “apprentice”, the employer should be made to pay them the equivalent amount as they would get on benefit, plus the government should still cover their housing benefit, council tax and foot their prescription charges, dental and glasses and, to make sure this happens and, is put in place, each “apprentice” can then be given a pass to display that they qualify to all these things, without it being disputed all the time and, bringing about stress to that person.

Interns with concerns

This is a fascinating subject and, I think that I have earlier to this written an article on this subject.

Politics is a riveting subject for some people and, very dull for others and, I frequently find that when I tell people I’m interested in politics that I get the cold shoulder from them and, then they vanish from sight, or change the subject.

Nonetheless, politics changes our lives and, the way that we live daily and, those people who have educated themselves in it and, have gone to University and, want to work in Parliament, there is only one thing stopping them and, that is that they cannot afford to work for free.

University students and, not just those wanting to work in Parliament, finance themselves and, as well, work part time to make ends meet and, also continue to study.

Nonetheless, there is a Catch 22 situation because they can’t get a job afterwards without practical experience and, they as well, can’t get experience without getting a job.

Unsalaried internships in Parliament are closing opportunities on people, making it very hard for them to get a job and, it also means that graduates get barred out of the political system because, as well as needing a job, even if they were willing to do it for nothing, they still have to live and, living these days is very expensive, so the chances of getting a job are very narrow.

I’m not sure if it’s just me thinking this way, but maybe we have far too many people trying to get onto the political ladder, but I’m not just talking about politics here, I’m talking about anyone that has gone to University and, then comes out and, can’t get work because they are too inexperienced.

I’m sure that politicians won’t take on trainees and, pay them because they know full well, that interns who have to work for nothing, can’t afford work for nothing unless they have mummies and daddies to foot the tab because politicians only seem to come from an elitist society.

Knighthood for the do good!

It appears that anyone that is anyone these days gets a knighthood and, all because they competed against somebody else playing tennis.

I must admit, I’m not a keen fan of tennis, but I did follow a portion of it and, that was only because it exceeded Eastenders!

Andy Murray, a Wimbledon hero, well I am not sure about that, especially after all that money he gets for winning.

A hero is someone who is admired for their endurance. I guess it did take a certain amount of endurance to play a tournament like that, but bravery, no, not unless he was the faint-hearted lion in the Wizard of Oz and, his opposition was the Wicked Witch of the West!

I do take my hat off to the man though, he did work very hard to be a winner and, he merits a pat on the back for that and, also some acknowledgement and media press, but a knighthood? In the words of John McEnroe: You cannot be serious.

Boris Johnson the Funny Bunny

He in fact, is a unmindful buffoon at times, particularly with comments like: Why do women go to university? To find men to marry…

He might have a wondering eye for the fair sex, but he certainly has a wondering brain to go with it and, if it wonders anymore, it may wander off to Timbuktu.

Nonetheless, you have to give him some recognition because he appears to get away with it. Although I’m not sure all the ladies might agree, especially those who have worked hard at University.

Mind you, he’s an excellent one to assert his opinion. How many women has he got impaled, feet first under the kick boards of the kitchen sink, not many, I don’t suspect, bearing in mind, he’s divorced because of his extra-marital relations.

I’m sure it was, at the time, a very locker-room joke, but some jokes are left better unspoken, then to ruffle the feathers of women around the world.

The Tumour of Ill Humour

This is not the first time I’ve come across this thing from G.P’s working in the Basildon and, Wickford area, although I will not identify any health centre specifically.

Three senior doctors missed a man’s brain tumour the size of a tennis ball, even though he had gone there with speech problems and, they decided to treat him with depression.

Even as a lay person I would realise that if a person was afflicted with speech problems that this could mean a number of things that could be wrong with this man.

It could have meant that he may have had a reaction to medication that he may have taken, or had a stroke, Intracranial Hematoma, a mini stroke, Brain aneurysm, Brain Infection, or finally a Brain tumour.

Nonetheless, three certified doctors diagnosed him with depression. Not on one occasion in that four weeks could these doctors see that this man was suffering from more than depression.

Three G.P’s prescribed Chris Buckley with 20mgs of the medication called Citalopram and, sleeping tablets. Did they believe that they could sleep this mans brain tumour away, even when this man was almost mute, or did this signify that it made their life less challenging because that way they didn’t have to fork out for expensive medication to treat this man because Citalopram is cost-effective.

Chris Buckley even lost the use of his hand and, this should have been a huge sign that something was severely wrong in the space separating the loss of speech and, the loss of hand movement.

At this present time, the associates of Robert Frew Surgery in Wickford, Essex face no further action by the General Medical Council after unbiased specialist G.P’s gave contradictory opinions on the standard of care.

There was no standard of care and, how can it be impartial and, specialist if they were opposing findings on this mans care.

These three G.P’s evaluation of Chris Buckley fell critically beneath what should be required of a fairly accomplished G.P. and, they all failed to examine other causes of this man’s condition, instead it was just easier and cheaper to palm him off with medication for depression.

Taking Blood from a Stone

The government need to reverse this bedroom tax, or whatever they call it before it’s too late. People are ending up in debt just because they can’t afford to pay it and, some just won’t pay it out of principle.

You can’t take blood from a stone, but the government will darn well aspire to, so long as that person’s still alive and kicking, they will take anything they can from them to make them suffer.

I’m sure they must get significant enjoyment out of taking money from people that really don’t have it and, when they don’t cough up, they just make them homeless.

Although, I was always lead to believe that the council or housing association could only get a court order if one were in breach of their tenure, such as serious anti-social behaviour, like drug -dealing, family violence and rent arrears.

It does not say non-payment of under occupancy and, if our homes are under utilised, is that not down to the council or housing association to place us somewhere else?

After all, the council or housing association did move those people there in the first place and, if they knew the home was far too large for them, why didn’t they say no to their moving there and, put them somewhere else?

The reason that people are being put into living quarters that are notably to large for them is because the councils and housing association don’t have the space any longer and, the government know this, so then they made a decision that one had to shell out for the extra space.

Why should we and, why should the burden be on the people, after all, it’s not our home, we rent from the the powers that be or housing associations, but of course it gives them a reason to boot them out of their living quarters that some have lived in for longer than 30 years.

Nevertheless, it’s not about the additional rooms that people have it’s all about the money that the government will recover for those extra rooms, but what they fail to realise is this.

If one makes a law that states a person has to pay for the other bedrooms and, then that person doesn’t have the financial structure to pay for it because the government has also decreased benefits, put up council tax and, has also told us people have to pay for extra space, then the government need to take a gander at the figures and, then they would realise that after all these things, people just do not have the financial structure to pay for extra space.

Now we get down to the nitty gritty of everything.

Whilst the government are rubbing their hands at the same time, believing they will rake the money in from the poor, the poor aren’t going to foot the bill because they don’t have it, which means the government won’t get the funds they thought they would – It’s not rocket science, it’s common sense.

Consequently the government have got a never-ending revolving door that’s going to whack them in the face because one cannot take what people don’t have.

Of course, you can take them to court, you can pack them off to prison, but how many people are they going to have room for in prison, when prisons are already overwhelmed with prisoners.

Besides the fact, it’s not an offence to live in your home, year after year, make that place your home, put nice things into it, bring up your children, have memories, to be told that you’re not allowed anything, it was not at any time yours, it in no way was and, it’s not at any time going to be!

Nonetheless, the elbow grease put into that home is down to the tenant, they made that home what it is, they made it nice; they made it suitable, they made a home. They put love, sweat and tears into that home, they gave it that vital spark and; they spent money on it over time.

Who is going to make amends them for all the love, sweat, tears and money they put into it?

When they knock down a council estate and, they have to move those residents and, then those residents are given a lump sum for the trouble of moving and, it’s quite a large lump sum.

Consequently, when they’re asking a resident to downsize, they should pay them for the trouble because after all, they fork out rent, the councils and housing associations own that property, it’s theirs, so the onus is constantly on them, not the rent payer.

Iain Duncan Smith Taking the Fifth

What can I say about Iain Duncan Smith, well not a lot, in fact? What can I say about ATOS, well not a lot?

Whatever I would like to express about each of them is beside the point because that’s my personal point of view and, who in point of fact gives a damn what I believe.

However, when I listen about how the ATOS corporation is operating and, how it’s skewered against the claimant, then that gives me a right to say something.

I comprehend the doctrine of what the government were trying to do at the start. Striving to coax out the shirkers from the workers, but now as stated by the government, everyone who is jobless is a bum and, it seems to be that the disabled are slacker than the able bodied.

ATOS is not a good system and, clearly the welfare tests are not working correctly because if they were, the public wouldn’t have gone to food banks to get through this governments cuts in benefit.

If the tests at ATOS are being staged to find people fit for work so that they can cut off their benefits, then without a doubt something is amuck within the government.

People with cancer are being sent back to work. If you send a person back out to work who is having chemotherapy, they are open to all kinds of infection and illnesses, especially pneumonia, which can be the ultimate cause of death in itself.

The government know exactly what they’re doing, but they have no consideration for human life. If they did, then they wouldn’t allow this to happen.

I’m aware that there are claimants who get money and, they shouldn’t, but that’s what DWP employ fraud officers for. They have employed fraud officers for years to find out who is cheating the system, so don’t you think they already knew who was deceiving the system before, but that wasn’t good enough; they had to go one further and, pick on everyone.

Politics is a government that forms a regime. That gives us a set of regulations or social standards and, controls its interactions within the community, which implies dictatorship.

Any dictatorship is power and, we have been dominated for many years and, we have been locked up by these invisible bars, but we can only be kept in the cages that we do not see.

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