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1. Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Sunday, 23-Apr-2023 19:01:41 JST Aral Balkan

   “The committee received anonymous accounts from disabled people claiming they had been ‘tricked or tested’ by their assessors.

   These included claimants who were made to park further away than necessary from the assessment centre to check how far they could walk, and lifts being placed out of order to force claimants to climb the stairs.”

   https://voxpoliticalonline.com/2023/04/23/call-for-urgent-inquiry-into-covert-surveillance-in-benefit-assessments-disability-news-service/

   This is evil. There’s no other word for it. I hope as an atheist that I’m wrong and that these fuckers burn in hell.

   #dwp #uk

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Sunday, 23-Apr-2023 19:23:30 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Tim B

     @TLB73 I’m so sorry you had to go through that. I know it’s scant compensation but know that I make a point of humiliating Tories in in-person social situations every fucking chance I get and will continue to do so while I still have breath left in me.

   • Tim B (tlb73@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 23-Apr-2023 19:23:31 JST Tim B

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     @aral
     Is correct.
     They humiliated me.
     I am also an atheist and really really want a firey burning hell for them all to go reside in.
     But we all know they just keep getting away with it.
     (I did win a claim with local help and support)
     They also did me dirty in the 90's when I found myself on dialysis.

     To say I hate all tories is putting it mildly.

   • Eleanor Rees (eleanorrees@mas.to)'s status on Sunday, 23-Apr-2023 23:32:01 JST Eleanor Rees

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     • jo_the_hat

     @aral @jo_the_hat yeah, they tried the 'lift out of order' trick on me. Resulted in me collapsing in a corridor. They had to get first aiders to look after me until I'd recovered enough to speak and sit up. Then I still had to go through the assessment.

     I'd guess the criteria for working at the DWP include 'no capacity to feel shame'.

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Sunday, 23-Apr-2023 23:32:01 JST Aral Balkan

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     • jo_the_hat
     • Eleanor Rees

     @eleanorrees @jo_the_hat I am so so sorry, Eleanor. It boils my blood. Maybe one or two of them have consciences and can’t sleep well at night. But I wouldn’t bet on it.