We stand at a crossroads. All around us is a murky fog of capitalist lies and broken promises. On our campaign stalls, every week we meet more and more people looking for a way out of this mess that thirteen years of Tory rule has brought us to. The way forward cannot be found within this broken capitalist system.
Speaking for myself, I am long-term unemployed and the benefits system is not fit for purpose. People are sanctioned for being five minutes late for a jobcentre appointment. The PIP disability assessment scheme is grossly unfair with many applicants being denied, as I was recently. I took someone with me to my recent review assessment, and the report and decision bore little resemblance to the meeting we attended. I have heard many other horror stories about the process.
Living with hidden disabilities is hard enough, but the cost-of-living crisis has multiplied the cost of many basic items, some almost overnight. The removal of the Universal Credit uplift during the pandemic should never have happened. This trainwreck of a government lurches from one crisis to another, always at the expense of ordinary people.
While I am capable of working, provided reasonable adjustments are made, many people actually aren’t and the welfare system should be a safety net. Yet capitalists are chipping away at our rights. As far as I am concerned there is enough money for everyone not to have to struggle. Unfortunately it’s in the hands of the idle, rich exploitative class.
I am in the fight to the bitter bloody end. Who’s with me?
Reading Socialist Party member
