#  @leith1076 DWP Spin Decoder DWP Spin Decoder posts on X about pip, in the, health, money the most. They currently have [-----] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [------] engagements in the last [--] hours. ### Engagements: [------] [#](/creator/twitter::1764958018939072512/interactions)  - [--] Week [----------] +8,178% - [--] Month [----------] +279,066% - [--] Months [----------] +308% - [--] Year [----------] +55,799% ### Mentions: [--] [#](/creator/twitter::1764958018939072512/posts_active)  - [--] Week [--] +75% - [--] Month [--] +1,480% - [--] Months [---] -49% - [--] Year [---] +550% ### Followers: [-----] [#](/creator/twitter::1764958018939072512/followers)  - [--] Week [-----] +4.30% - [--] Month [-----] +11% - [--] Months [-----] +11% - [--] Year [-----] +27,519% ### CreatorRank: [-------] [#](/creator/twitter::1764958018939072512/influencer_rank)  ### Social Influence **Social category influence** [finance](/list/finance) 12% [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations) 1% [countries](/list/countries) 1% [social networks](/list/social-networks) 1% [technology brands](/list/technology-brands) 1% [formula 1](/list/formula-1) 1% **Social topic influence** [pip](/topic/pip) 9%, [in the](/topic/in-the) 6%, [health](/topic/health) 6%, [money](/topic/money) 6%, [the most](/topic/the-most) 4%, [prime minister](/topic/prime-minister) 3%, [element](/topic/element) #48, [up to](/topic/up-to) 3%, [countries](/topic/countries) 3%, [at least](/topic/at-least) 2% **Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by** [@realismhelps](/creator/undefined) [@andonshereads](/creator/undefined) [@nimbusdis](/creator/undefined) [@seanchuckle](/creator/undefined) [@nickstirkster](/creator/undefined) [@jasrichards2](/creator/undefined) [@ericaquak](/creator/undefined) [@britttheberean](/creator/undefined) [@zackkahn1](/creator/undefined) [@thalasophileone](/creator/undefined) [@telegraph](/creator/undefined) [@benrileysmith](/creator/undefined) [@pippacrerar](/creator/undefined) [@keirstarmer](/creator/undefined) [@iammukhtar](/creator/undefined) [@guardian](/creator/undefined) [@zackpolanski](/creator/undefined) [@frolix22](/creator/undefined) [@disidealist](/creator/undefined) [@nukedveterans](/creator/undefined) **Top assets mentioned** [Lancaster Colony Corp (LANC)](/topic/$lanc) [WORK (WORK)](/topic/work-work) ### Top Social Posts Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours ""Costs are not spiralling. Projected total welfare payments at around [--] per cent of national income a year are lower than when David Cameron was prime minister even though there are more pensioners." https://www.ft.com/content/ee67c643-01bc-41f6-a4e2-c738deef129e https://www.ft.com/content/ee67c643-01bc-41f6-a4e2-c738deef129e" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/2022083344163590234) 2026-02-12T23:00Z [----] followers, 17.9K engagements "Do shut up dear. The amount of GDP spent on welfare has remained unchanged for [--] years and the UK is one of the least generous in Europe when it comes to benefits. The only thing "soaring" is the mountains of horse manure produced by you and these "concerned' papers. Should the government act now to slash benefits There are concerns in the papers today that there could be no major overhaul to the welfare system for at least a year. That's despite costs potentially soaring to [---] billion by the next decade. What do you think https://t.co/9at2EUdufH Should the government act now to slash" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/2017026809657745454) 2026-01-30T00:07Z [----] followers, 28.5K engagements "Here is the graph on amount spent on working age benefits over time for those saying it's bullshit" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/2017204836777837012) 2026-01-30T11:54Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "The much hyped "sickfluencers" teaching people to scam benefits continue to be a massive failure as the percentage of successful PIP claims "soars" from 44% to 38%. 62% of claims are rejected despite the media saying you don't need to prove anything" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/2017210161471910326) 2026-01-30T12:15Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "A reminder that the proportion of people not working in the UK is actually at near record lows" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/2017316877253386367) 2026-01-30T19:19Z [----] followers, 122.4K engagements "A recent DWP Employer survey found that only 35% of employers feel confident about hiring disabled people. Another study found that 34% of employers did not believe disabled people possessed the ability to do the job. But all our media and government do is blame disabled people" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/2017345317427974653) 2026-01-30T21:12Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Newspapers reporting that medical professionals are swiftly leaving the DWP Assessor jobs after realising how deeply immoral the gig is. Imagine training in psychiatry to find yourself demanding a claimant explain why they haven't killed themselves yet. (Yes they do ask this)" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/2017705878414123517) 2026-01-31T21:05Z [----] followers, 23.7K engagements "In [----] the success rate for PIP applications was 52%. The current success rate is 38%. So much for it becoming easier As sickness benefit claims soar face-to-face assessments have halved under Labour. Ive been calling for a return to in-person PIP checks for over a year. Its obvious: you get better scrutiny - and fewer people chance their luck. I tell the @Telegraph As sickness benefit claims soar face-to-face assessments have halved under Labour. Ive been calling for a return to in-person PIP checks for over a year. Its obvious: you get better scrutiny - and fewer people chance their luck." [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/2017739992559243689) 2026-01-31T23:21Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "PIP is not an out of work benefit. Disabled people don't "sign on" like a mailing list. They are assessed and must provide evidence which is why 62% of PIP claims are rejected. Will you be "investigating" why the economic inactivity rate is actually LOWER than [--] years ago π1000 people every working day are being signed onto disability benefits following a surge in mental health claims. Now [---] million or one in four full-time workers are in roles where combined benefits would exceed their take-home pay after taxπ https://t.co/VYu4RwKLBZ π1000 people every working day are being signed onto" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/2018134519811863025) 2026-02-02T01:28Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "I'm sure the near impossibility of accessing mental health treatment in the UK now is in no way linked to people being unable to work due to poor mental health. Perish the thought" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/2018345297567473822) 2026-02-02T15:26Z [----] followers, 36K engagements "3.3 million currently receive incapacity benefits. The amount received is being cut in half from April because Labour reckons it will "incentivise" disabled people into work but the OBR forecast it will only lead to 15k disabled people moving into work by [----]. Shit theory eh" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/2019433817484992773) 2026-02-05T15:31Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "@benrileysmith I don't remember cuts to WFA or disability benefits being in the Labour manifesto and it didn't seem to bother Starmer's "allies" then" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/2019787773083803849) 2026-02-06T14:58Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Starmer would genuinely prefer Reform won the byelection than Labour as that would enable him and McWormtongue to blame it on the left for not voting for them- the actual strategy to win in 2029" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/2020217145083166832) 2026-02-07T19:24Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Why is Starmer bragging to his MPs about removing child benefit cap when they all know he didn't want to and was basically forced into it" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/2020833975426793472) 2026-02-09T12:15Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "@PippaCrerar You can always rely on Pippa to unquestionably swallow the Labour line" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/2020927731966542110) 2026-02-09T18:28Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Imagine being fact checked by David Icke. π« Two things Mr Lammy. Firstly he did not win a 'massive mandate'. He got in with a third of the vote in our ludicrous voting system with most people voting against him. Secondly the fact that he has chosen you a man known throughout Westminster as vacuous to be Deputy Prime Two things Mr Lammy. Firstly he did not win a 'massive mandate'. He got in with a third of the vote in our ludicrous voting system with most people voting against him. Secondly the fact that he has chosen you a man known throughout Westminster as vacuous to be Deputy Prime" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/2020983105109229872) 2026-02-09T22:08Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "A [----] study by Lancaster University found that over a million disabled people relied on remote working to remain in employment" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/2021173030219604188) 2026-02-10T10:42Z [----] followers, 20.7K engagements "A "decent' Prime Minister wouldn't cut the incomes of every disabled person declared unfit to work in half in a cost of living crisiswhile gaslighting them that he is doing them a favour actually" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/2021179509538447765) 2026-02-10T11:08Z [----] followers, 14.7K engagements "Starmer has won every medal at the winter Olympics. Congratulations to Starmer for winning the SuperBowl too. Starmer managed to win every Grammy Award and invented penicillin. Outstanding man. The Prime Minister was outstanding at Parliamentary Labour Party tonight fire and fight from an empowered PM in a unified Labour Party. A sticky wicket but - sincerely honestly outside of all bluff bluster and bollocks - it could not have gone better. The Prime Minister was outstanding at Parliamentary Labour Party tonight fire and fight from an empowered PM in a unified Labour Party. A sticky wicket" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/2021191447421050920) 2026-02-10T11:56Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "@Keir_Starmer Not putting more money into the pockets of disabled people though are you No you are taking 50% of their income because you reckon they should be starved into jobs that don't exist and don't want then" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/2021268463541539317) 2026-02-10T17:02Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Still waiting for government to announce how DWP job coaches plan to cure disabilities generate millions of vacancies and force employers to take on disabled people. Don't keep us in suspense Pat you big tease" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/2021270955310317576) 2026-02-10T17:12Z [----] followers, 10K engagements "@I_amMukhtar It's a cooking show right" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/2021688020835901943) 2026-02-11T20:49Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Here is the average economic inactivity rate in the UK since [----] (includes disabled not looking for work): 2010-23.5 2011-23.3 2012-23 2013-22.5 2014-22.2 2015-22.1 2016-21.8 2017-21.5 2018-21.2 2019-20.8 2020-21.2 2021-21.6 2022-21.9 2023-21.7 2024-21.8 2025-20.8 "Soaring"" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/2021617565123146066) 2026-02-11T16:09Z [----] followers, 41.8K engagements ""Now girls line up nicely so Commander Goodwin can get a good look at you"" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/2022734856380362923) 2026-02-14T18:09Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "The most morally indefensible thing you've seen in politics SO FAR The [--] benefit cut is the most morally indefensible thing Ive seen in politics Gordon Brown @guardian https://t.co/S7j6UrtnT8 The [--] benefit cut is the most morally indefensible thing Ive seen in politics Gordon Brown @guardian https://t.co/S7j6UrtnT8" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/1945973254763466925) 2025-07-17T22:25Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Reform appear to be saying that disabled people have no excuse not to be in work with the growth of working from home while simultaneously arguing that it should be banned. π€" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/2020993161368306020) 2026-02-09T22:48Z [----] followers, 21.9K engagements "Not one single pothole would be filled by stopping kids with "mild anxiety" getting free taxi rides because no kid gets free taxis for "mild anxiety". Every time my car whacks in to one I thank the SEND legislation that forces councils to spend an ever increasing proportion of my council tax providing private taxis to school for kids with mild anxiety instead of fixing our potholes. Every time my car whacks in to one I thank the SEND legislation that forces councils to spend an ever increasing proportion of my council tax providing private taxis to school for kids with mild anxiety instead of" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/2022729516657840355) 2026-02-14T17:47Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Narrator: Labour did not make Britain a country where the voices of disabled people are heard not ignored Labour will make Britain a country where the voices of disabled people are heard not ignored: http://t.co/1TFE96EQZ9 Labour will make Britain a country where the voices of disabled people are heard not ignored: http://t.co/1TFE96EQZ9" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/2022762224129802291) 2026-02-14T19:57Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "It's only illogical if you assume they have any interest in helping disabled people into work. They dont-its just to save money. I'm also old enough to remember them briefing the papers about how it was really about appearing "tough" to try and win over Reform voters. Cutting the health element of Universal Credit for new claimants before implementing adequate employment support for Disabled people is illogical. π Join the campaign: https://t.co/gQkfQJ5rwT https://t.co/9YeWP42adq Cutting the health element of Universal Credit for new claimants before implementing adequate employment support" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/2022771712417312773) 2026-02-14T20:35Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "You led the charge to cut disability benefits by 50%. Not sure you should be criticising others about austerity. .@ZackPolanski wants you to forget he was a pro-austerity LibDem. And he really wants you to forget his singing. .@ZackPolanski wants you to forget he was a pro-austerity LibDem. And he really wants you to forget his singing" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/2022795661276512277) 2026-02-14T22:10Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Despite what the DWP would have you believe the vast majority of people declared medically unfit to work are out of work because they are medically unfit to work - not because they need to be punished with a 50% reduction of vital support as an "incentive"" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/2021218043662139626) 2026-02-10T13:41Z [----] followers, 13.2K engagements "Any politician that claims the DWP give disability benefits for "mild anxiety" has clearly never looked at the actual criteria for receiving it" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/2021539816832393497) 2026-02-11T11:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Tesco Chief: Replaces workers with self service machines Also Tesco Chief: Why are people out of work Cut their benefits" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/2021576087621312700) 2026-02-11T13:24Z [----] followers, 39.9K engagements "When employers always have hundreds of applicants to choose from they basically never go for someone who has been out of work for a long time. Another barrier faced by disabled people trying to get back to work that governments do literally nothing about" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/2022310722558910624) 2026-02-13T14:03Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "RT @leith1076: The most morally indefensible thing you've seen in politics SO FAR" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/2022709685896282596) 2026-02-14T16:29Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "RT @leith1076: Yes that [--] a week cut was grim and shameful wasn't it Yvette Out of interest how would you describe an up to [---] a week" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/2022723334212141371) 2026-02-14T17:23Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "RT @frolix22: Serious stuff. But Britain's media have helped the Labour right spread countless smear campaigns. The big difference here is" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/2022821069682344336) 2026-02-14T23:51Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Why does Jeremy Vine never stop talking about people on benefits Should benefits claimants be made to pick litter This is a suggestion from campaign group Clean Up Britain - they say jobseekers on universal credit should have to do four hours of litter picking a month or lose their benefits. What are your thoughts on this https://t.co/u4FWvFQoz1 Should benefits claimants be made to pick litter This is a suggestion from campaign group Clean Up Britain - they say jobseekers on universal credit should have to do four hours of litter picking a month or lose their benefits. What are your thoughts" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/2022255416067981542) 2026-02-13T10:23Z [----] followers, 10.2K engagements "RT @DisIdealist: Dont look at the price of your weekly shop. Ignore your energy bill. Dont listen to your disabled or elderly relatives" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/2022743579962065122) 2026-02-14T18:43Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Ultimately this line didn't make it on to the manifesto Do you want people bullied off benefits Because thats whats happening John Harris http://t.co/v7tI9hA1EW huge misery & cruelty here Do you want people bullied off benefits Because thats whats happening John Harris http://t.co/v7tI9hA1EW huge misery & cruelty here" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/2022760917931274500) 2026-02-14T19:52Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "When I worked in employment support virtually every single client was already volunteering or doing unpaid care. The idea every unemployed person spends their time driving around town in their Motability Ferraris drinking champagne and cackling at the taxpayer is inaccurate" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/2022791871664197661) 2026-02-14T21:55Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "If we are going to force benefits recipients to pick up litter I say we extend it to landlords too who receive most of it via UC Housing element payments" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/2022741457501647194) 2026-02-14T18:35Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Great article from Emily Thornberry: "Now the government tries to divide us into scroungers and strivers or to use the new dog-whistle phrase fairness to people on benefits and to the taxpayer. This is dangerous dishonest and divisive." https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2015/10/welfare-bill-disaster-start-finish https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2015/10/welfare-bill-disaster-start-finish" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/1945588128070164795) 2025-07-16T20:55Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Oh my. It appears the alliance between Labour and the Times to pump out endless negative propaganda about disabled people has hit a stumbling block. How sad. Where will we read out Stephen Timms articles now This story is INSANE. It appears that Labour Together didnt just commission a report on British journalists. Bad enough. This was a smear job attempting to connect Sunday Times journos to Moscow () Then parts of it shared with security state () https://t.co/ldJ4vqvYok This story is INSANE. It appears that Labour Together didnt just commission a report on British journalists. Bad enough." [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/2022818987973763500) 2026-02-14T23:43Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "30 p/w is vital to many disabled people & those too unwell to work. Agree Say no to Tory cuts with us #StopESACuts https://t.co/D54PlCNG6T [--] p/w is vital to many disabled people & those too unwell to work. Agree Say no to Tory cuts with us #StopESACuts https://t.co/D54PlCNG6T" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/2022834277503664257) 2026-02-15T00:44Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "RT @NukedVeterans: In Argentina a disabled libertarian spoke before Congress telling them to cut disability pensions because 'disabled pe" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/2022769179154071818) 2026-02-14T20:25Z [----] followers, [----] engagements ""The Bill includes a [--] a week cut to ESA for people who the system accepts cant work because of a long-term sickness or disability. And what for Apparently the cut will give disabled people an incentive to work. So the government says its doing them a favour" π€ The Welfare Bill is a disaster from start to finish https://t.co/4aSLIjTH21 The Welfare Bill is a disaster from start to finish https://t.co/4aSLIjTH21" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/2023102463138758956) 2026-02-15T18:29Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "If only we had a Disabilities Minister willing to push back against the endless falsehoods about Motability etc. Instead he spends his time plotting and scheming against the disabled he is supposed to represent and help with the occasional bit of gaslighting on Twitter" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/1957898586932265096) 2025-08-19T20:12Z [----] followers, 11.6K engagements ""Almost [------] intensive work search claimants have been job-seeking for more than five years" Oh I thought all you had to do to get a job was simply apply. Doesn't bode well for the millions of disabled people the government want to blackmail into work. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gz9njvj43o https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gz9njvj43o" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/1975544988428870035) 2025-10-07T12:53Z [----] followers, 13.5K engagements "Labour claimed they would end the demonisation of people claiming disability benefits but up turns Starmer in the Times today calling it a "lifestyle choice" #Starmer #Disability" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/1890847438501536186) 2025-02-15T19:35Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@Seanchuckle Well he is penning letters in the Times calling claiming disability benefits a "lifestyle choice" that shouldn't be tolerated so I think we can guess where he is going to get the money from" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/1891111213926326747) 2025-02-16T13:03Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@johnpringdns @PlutoPress @CommonsWorkPen @stephenctimms @alison71359459 They are planning to cut 60% of disabled people's income and sanction everyone who can't find a job. No wonder Timms is spinning hard for the DWP- they know what this will lead to" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/1892637126602232096) 2025-02-20T18:07Z [--] followers, [---] engagements "@LeftieStats According to Timms' favourite newspaper. The Times they are now cutting more than [--] billion and removing 60% of all income from claimants.and forcing them to look for work so they can be sanctioned" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/1892915402868412453) 2025-02-21T12:32Z [--] followers, [----] engagements "@afneil No money for pensioners and the disabled. Infinite money for the government to go out on the p*ss" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/1893336737390149790) 2025-02-22T16:27Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "A cut in PIP is also a cut in carer's allowance for those that care for them- you know the ones that save the taxpayer an estimated [---] billion pounds a year. #DisabilityBenefits" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/1900905445977420197) 2025-03-15T13:42Z [----] followers, 87.9K engagements "@Channel4News WTF has young people being out of work work got to do with cutting PIP. PIP has nothing to do with work and is claimed by all ages up to retirement age" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/1905748384545411562) 2025-03-28T22:26Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "@DrFrancesRyan They need to clarify what happens to adults still yet to be transferred from indefinite DLA. I fail to see why they should not also have "protection" but they probably haven't even thought of it" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/1939736227478896660) 2025-06-30T17:22Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "If only journalists were as upset at the hundreds of thousands of disabled people soon to be unable to afford to live as they are over a few tears from Reeves" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/1940388573397881031) 2025-07-02T12:34Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Lots of talk in the press at the moment about how easy it supposedly is to get a motability car. If so why not junk your current car and apply for one then Tell them you have acne and it's yours right" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/1940751135536730207) 2025-07-03T12:35Z [----] followers, 41K engagements "Your regular reminder that over half of disabled people who apply for PIP are rejected and a huge proportion that do get it have to take it to court. The media are lying when they claim it's like signing up to a mailing list" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/1943353638321328398) 2025-07-10T16:56Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Far right Tory MPs like Natalie Elphicke are welcomed by Starmer with arms open wide. MPs refusing to impose life destroying cuts on vulnerable people Oh no" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/1945505348103631028) 2025-07-16T15:26Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "If all disabled people on benefits must suffer because of the existence of benefit fraud does that mean all taxpayers must suffer and pay more tax because of the existence of tax fraud That how it works" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/1998116444127600856) 2025-12-08T19:44Z [----] followers, 17.2K engagements "Every discussion of disability benefits on TV is nothing but a collection of ignorant journalists and talking heads with zero personal experience or knowledge outright lying about the subject repeatedly as they compete to demonise the most" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/1998121657085386855) 2025-12-08T20:05Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Thoughts and prayers for anyone who gets sick soon and discovers they can't "declare themselves unfit for work" and be given 71k a year and a free Mercedes Benz like the TV promised" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/1998161539799646718) 2025-12-08T22:43Z [----] followers, 20.3K engagements "Looking for a good documentary where someone on minimum wage suddenly declares themselves unfit for work and immediately begins a life of luxury on 71k a year. Any suggestions Top [--] lists preferred. Pat McFadden won't respond with his faves. π" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/1998480896106668073) 2025-12-09T19:52Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "3 of the countries in the G7 have higher economic inactivity rates than the UK. Despite media hype there is nothing remarkable about UK figures at all-in fact they are very average" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/1998505531594441136) 2025-12-09T21:30Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Weird how politicians think no "hard working taxpayers" have disabled relatives/loved ones on benefits or consider they may not want them hounded into financial destitution. Or realise that sneering at unpaid carers for being "economically inactive" is a bad look" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/1998517006161920007) 2025-12-09T22:15Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Research suggests that unpaid carers save the taxpayer at least [---] billion pounds a year yet according to our MPs they are just being "paid to sit on the sofa" and should just get back to work. Unsure they would like the result of that" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/1998744173051015641) 2025-12-10T13:18Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Helping a friend look for one of the millions of vacancies for fully remote jobs that are totally chill with inevitable low productivity and multiple absences caused by severe health issues-preferably one with zero other applicants that are supposedly everywhere. Struggling" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/1998811270276067555) 2025-12-10T17:45Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Poor old Labour. They just cut incapacity benefits by a record amount and the press and opposition are acting like it never happened. They must wonder why they bother π" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/1998885961938382877) 2025-12-10T22:42Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "300k healthy individuals have been part of the "intensive work search" part of UC for more than [--] years and can't find a job. Yet millions of disabled people are supposed to just casually stroll in any position they like by "incentivising" them via (greater) poverty" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/1999091158191054966) 2025-12-11T12:17Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Countries that have succeeded in getting more disabled people in work have done so via mandatory employment quotas and wage subsidies. They have not taken the UK approach of "cut and smear"-in fact they usually have much more generous disability benefits systems" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/1999096849412850170) 2025-12-11T12:40Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "The current economic inactivity rate is 21% and going down. Exactly [--] years ago it was 22.2% and there was no accompanying moral panic-indeed the Tories were bragging about how they had brought it down. Strange how it works" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/1999163390611325371) 2025-12-11T17:04Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "How strange. I thought people on benefits were supposed to be rolling in it yet apparently homelessness is on the rise. I'm sure cutting incapacity benefits in half will help tremendously though. Thanks Labour. More than [------] people don't have a permanent home including [------] children & [----] are sleeping rough every night Andy Burnham says the govts changes to welfare are making the problem worse #GMB https://t.co/li6HLEUIRI More than [------] people don't have a permanent home including [------] children & [----] are sleeping rough every night Andy Burnham says the govts changes to welfare are" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/1999191080546251180) 2025-12-11T18:54Z [----] followers, [----] engagements ""6 million people are choosing to sit at home on the sofa instead of working" say MPs- desperately hoping no vaguely competent journalist points out there are only 723k vacancies-most completely unsuitable or unobtainable for those currently not working" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/1998852387407278523) 2025-12-10T20:28Z [----] followers, 310.3K engagements "I see. So you want unpaid carers to go back to work do you As you are apparently too stupid to realise that the increase is because of people transferring from legacy benefits I guess you cannot grasp the consequences of that either. More people out of work. More people on benefits. Thats Labours Britain - taxing people who work to pay for those who stay home. https://t.co/6C4S8kKshW More people out of work. More people on benefits. Thats Labours Britain - taxing people who work to pay for those who stay home. https://t.co/6C4S8kKshW" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/2014827379361804600) 2026-01-23T22:27Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "U okay hun Weren't you the ones who suggested cutting the health element of UC in half to "incentivise" those greedy and lazy people claiming it into unsuitable jobs that don't even exist A dignified fair and respectful culture within a benefit system does not mean it is a soft touch. We can see this when comparing award rates for PIP and the relaunched Adult Disability Payments in the Scottish system. https://t.co/qJExis2oQ3 A dignified fair and respectful culture within a benefit system does not mean it is a soft touch. We can see this when comparing award rates for PIP and the relaunched" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/2017012543546335470) 2026-01-29T23:10Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Politicians and journalists like to talk about how too many people aren't working now. However the economic inactivity rate is lower than it was [--] years ago when the same people were bragging about how much they had brought it down" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/2017181404128321920) 2026-01-30T10:21Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "The rest of Europe must be extremely baffled by the UK's eternal obsession with "welfare spending spiralling out of control"" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/2017249762207060230) 2026-01-30T14:53Z [----] followers, 63.9K engagements "The "soaring" economic inactivity rate in the UK is lower than [--] of the other G7 countries and below the OECD global average (and going down). Moral panic is unjustified and manufactured" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/2017300952835891540) 2026-01-30T18:16Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "@trussliz Liz loves a good imminent financial collapse. Nostalgia" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/2017349454236357069) 2026-01-30T21:29Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Wondered how long this would take. The CSJ have been demanding it so of course. They will raise the retirement age and then start wailing about the "surge" of working age people on disability benefits. The work and pensions secretary has announced a review of the state pension age explaining that almost half of the working age population isn't saving anything for their retirement Full story β‘ https://t.co/LmRRsptzcq https://t.co/1q6TLaLbfN The work and pensions secretary has announced a review of the state pension age explaining that almost half of the working age population isn't saving" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/1947370191311995278) 2025-07-21T18:56Z [----] followers, 10.5K engagements "According to the Guardian Timms has said his PIP review won't be making cuts and claims stories about spiralling welfare costs are "bogus" as they are unchanged as a proportion of GDP-some of us have been saying that for a while now. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/29/labour-welfare-changes-politics-stephen-timms https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/29/labour-welfare-changes-politics-stephen-timms" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/2016879731048628714) 2026-01-29T14:22Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Percentage of GDP spent on working age welfare over time. Little evidence of that "soaring" we hear so much about" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/2017206207698616583) 2026-01-30T12:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "@csjthinktank @CamillaTominey @toryboypierce @dp_williamson @Daily_Express @Hack4Labour @SteveDarlingMP @LeeAndersonMP_ PIP isn't an out of work benefit. Housing and standard UC rate have nothing to do with disability. Incapacity benefits have just been cut in half. Economic inactivity is going down and lower than almost any point in the past [--] years. You are lying and morally repugnant" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/2018299277185827005) 2026-02-02T12:23Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "A reminder that the CSJ also want to raise the pension age to [--]. When they have finished with disabled people guess who's next" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/2018309058487328891) 2026-02-02T13:02Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Some great fact checking of the CSJ's latest nonsense. Yet journalists and MPs will just swallow whatever they say without question. @barnaclebum6 Now show the column with UC added to the workers pay So what this piece is actually saying is important that [---] M workers get such low pay they need UC to survive meagrely. THAT's THE HEADLINE And that even if you get PIP the most you will get more than them works out at https://t.co/1uMoPXYqKd @barnaclebum6 Now show the column with UC added to the workers pay So what this piece is actually saying is important that [---] M workers get such low pay" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/2018362232422219886) 2026-02-02T16:33Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "I reckon some "perverse incentives" were keeping him from leaving Labour Pat. That Peter Mandelson why doesnt he just go off and join the Tor.oh wait. It wasnt him that was parroting the Tory line. https://t.co/rhItXsTkmn That Peter Mandelson why doesnt he just go off and join the Tor.oh wait. It wasnt him that was parroting the Tory line. https://t.co/rhItXsTkmn" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/2018425077901996220) 2026-02-02T20:43Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Free prescriptions are now part of the "perverse incentives" for claiming benefits apparently. Let's make disabled people unable to afford their medications-I'm sure that will work wonders to improve their health and get them into work. @SirSimonClarke Poverty is bad & getting worse. I know lets pay some think tanks to write about how we are not poor & deprived enough & that's just unacceptable. Do you what kind of cunt you have to be to complain about free prescriptions https://t.co/soROTj6cua @SirSimonClarke Poverty is bad & getting worse. I know lets pay some think tanks to write about how" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/2018427818380541978) 2026-02-02T20:54Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "DWP Secretary Pat McFadden has been a friend of Mandelson's since the 90s even attending his wedding. Mandelson has praised him as "pure New Labour"" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/2018461974351483043) 2026-02-02T23:10Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Expenses act as a "perverse incentive" for MPs not to put in sufficient effort for their constituents. They may be well meaning but they are financially unsustainable. Worst of all it is a waste of potential for MPs to be "parked" on freebies rather than enjoying low pay" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/2019067227983478890) 2026-02-04T15:15Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "How long until McSweeney orders Starmer to resign in order to protect Morgan McSweeney" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/2019081893711405229) 2026-02-04T16:13Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Lord Falconer's belief that Mandelson is "one of the most talented politicians and thinkers in Labour of the last [--] years" is now almost as embarrassing as his Assisted Dying Bill he is trying to ram through the Lords" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/2019160611985440997) 2026-02-04T21:26Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "In what parallel universe is replacing Starmer as PM with Wes Streeting a good idea Who actually wants this" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/2019192349017141600) 2026-02-04T23:32Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "The amount of taxpayer money spent on accommodation for MPs has ballooned from [---] million a year in [----] to [----] million now. This is not sustainable" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/2019199898688831897) 2026-02-05T00:02Z [----] followers, 15.6K engagements "Perhaps the biggest problem with this government is that it is stacked full of people who firmly believe McSweeney is some sort of genius they cannot do without and who should never be questioned. It's a cult" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/2019403746015641933) 2026-02-05T13:32Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "I dare say Mandelson has a mountain of dirt he is sitting on and will in no way leak it out of bitterness. He just isn't that sort of guy" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/2019475013552734507) 2026-02-05T18:15Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Whitehall already calculating how much money they can save by bumping off the disabled and vulnerable with the Assisted Dying Bill. Did Lord Falconer come up with these changes on his own To balance the books for his Assisted Death service on the backs of the vulnerable Or Whitehall calculate costs of independent advocates or interpreters for assisted death service was excessive @SKinnock @wesstreeting Did Lord Falconer come up with these changes on his own To balance the books for his Assisted Death service on the backs of the vulnerable Or Whitehall calculate costs of independent advocates" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/2019528051416264736) 2026-02-05T21:46Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "@Seanchuckle I'm convinced most of the aren't real. They use use the same weird language buzzwords and phrases that sound like they came straight off a Starmer autocue" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/2019790077568676184) 2026-02-06T15:07Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Yes that [--] a week cut was grim and shameful wasn't it Yvette Out of interest how would you describe an up to [---] a week a cut for that same cohort You know hypothetically speaking and all. IDS leaves grim record (inc shameful 30pw cuts to ESA) but he is right to fight unfair divisive Osborne Budget now https://t.co/5v5uGIP22E IDS leaves grim record (inc shameful 30pw cuts to ESA) but he is right to fight unfair divisive Osborne Budget now https://t.co/5v5uGIP22E" [X Link](https://x.com/leith1076/status/1951277207927792014) 2025-08-01T13:41Z [----] followers, 17.3K engagements Limited data mode. Full metrics available with subscription: lunarcrush.com/pricing
@leith1076 DWP Spin DecoderDWP Spin Decoder posts on X about pip, in the, health, money the most. They currently have [-----] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [------] engagements in the last [--] hours.
Social category influence finance 12% travel destinations 1% countries 1% social networks 1% technology brands 1% formula 1 1%
Social topic influence pip 9%, in the 6%, health 6%, money 6%, the most 4%, prime minister 3%, element #48, up to 3%, countries 3%, at least 2%
Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by @realismhelps @andonshereads @nimbusdis @seanchuckle @nickstirkster @jasrichards2 @ericaquak @britttheberean @zackkahn1 @thalasophileone @telegraph @benrileysmith @pippacrerar @keirstarmer @iammukhtar @guardian @zackpolanski @frolix22 @disidealist @nukedveterans
Top assets mentioned Lancaster Colony Corp (LANC) WORK (WORK)
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours
""Costs are not spiralling. Projected total welfare payments at around [--] per cent of national income a year are lower than when David Cameron was prime minister even though there are more pensioners." https://www.ft.com/content/ee67c643-01bc-41f6-a4e2-c738deef129e https://www.ft.com/content/ee67c643-01bc-41f6-a4e2-c738deef129e"
X Link 2026-02-12T23:00Z [----] followers, 17.9K engagements
"Do shut up dear. The amount of GDP spent on welfare has remained unchanged for [--] years and the UK is one of the least generous in Europe when it comes to benefits. The only thing "soaring" is the mountains of horse manure produced by you and these "concerned' papers. Should the government act now to slash benefits There are concerns in the papers today that there could be no major overhaul to the welfare system for at least a year. That's despite costs potentially soaring to [---] billion by the next decade. What do you think https://t.co/9at2EUdufH Should the government act now to slash"
X Link 2026-01-30T00:07Z [----] followers, 28.5K engagements
"Here is the graph on amount spent on working age benefits over time for those saying it's bullshit"
X Link 2026-01-30T11:54Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"The much hyped "sickfluencers" teaching people to scam benefits continue to be a massive failure as the percentage of successful PIP claims "soars" from 44% to 38%. 62% of claims are rejected despite the media saying you don't need to prove anything"
X Link 2026-01-30T12:15Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"A reminder that the proportion of people not working in the UK is actually at near record lows"
X Link 2026-01-30T19:19Z [----] followers, 122.4K engagements
"A recent DWP Employer survey found that only 35% of employers feel confident about hiring disabled people. Another study found that 34% of employers did not believe disabled people possessed the ability to do the job. But all our media and government do is blame disabled people"
X Link 2026-01-30T21:12Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Newspapers reporting that medical professionals are swiftly leaving the DWP Assessor jobs after realising how deeply immoral the gig is. Imagine training in psychiatry to find yourself demanding a claimant explain why they haven't killed themselves yet. (Yes they do ask this)"
X Link 2026-01-31T21:05Z [----] followers, 23.7K engagements
"In [----] the success rate for PIP applications was 52%. The current success rate is 38%. So much for it becoming easier As sickness benefit claims soar face-to-face assessments have halved under Labour. Ive been calling for a return to in-person PIP checks for over a year. Its obvious: you get better scrutiny - and fewer people chance their luck. I tell the @Telegraph As sickness benefit claims soar face-to-face assessments have halved under Labour. Ive been calling for a return to in-person PIP checks for over a year. Its obvious: you get better scrutiny - and fewer people chance their luck."
X Link 2026-01-31T23:21Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"PIP is not an out of work benefit. Disabled people don't "sign on" like a mailing list. They are assessed and must provide evidence which is why 62% of PIP claims are rejected. Will you be "investigating" why the economic inactivity rate is actually LOWER than [--] years ago π1000 people every working day are being signed onto disability benefits following a surge in mental health claims. Now [---] million or one in four full-time workers are in roles where combined benefits would exceed their take-home pay after taxπ https://t.co/VYu4RwKLBZ π1000 people every working day are being signed onto"
X Link 2026-02-02T01:28Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"I'm sure the near impossibility of accessing mental health treatment in the UK now is in no way linked to people being unable to work due to poor mental health. Perish the thought"
X Link 2026-02-02T15:26Z [----] followers, 36K engagements
"3.3 million currently receive incapacity benefits. The amount received is being cut in half from April because Labour reckons it will "incentivise" disabled people into work but the OBR forecast it will only lead to 15k disabled people moving into work by [----]. Shit theory eh"
X Link 2026-02-05T15:31Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@benrileysmith I don't remember cuts to WFA or disability benefits being in the Labour manifesto and it didn't seem to bother Starmer's "allies" then"
X Link 2026-02-06T14:58Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Starmer would genuinely prefer Reform won the byelection than Labour as that would enable him and McWormtongue to blame it on the left for not voting for them- the actual strategy to win in 2029"
X Link 2026-02-07T19:24Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Why is Starmer bragging to his MPs about removing child benefit cap when they all know he didn't want to and was basically forced into it"
X Link 2026-02-09T12:15Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@PippaCrerar You can always rely on Pippa to unquestionably swallow the Labour line"
X Link 2026-02-09T18:28Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Imagine being fact checked by David Icke. π« Two things Mr Lammy. Firstly he did not win a 'massive mandate'. He got in with a third of the vote in our ludicrous voting system with most people voting against him. Secondly the fact that he has chosen you a man known throughout Westminster as vacuous to be Deputy Prime Two things Mr Lammy. Firstly he did not win a 'massive mandate'. He got in with a third of the vote in our ludicrous voting system with most people voting against him. Secondly the fact that he has chosen you a man known throughout Westminster as vacuous to be Deputy Prime"
X Link 2026-02-09T22:08Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"A [----] study by Lancaster University found that over a million disabled people relied on remote working to remain in employment"
X Link 2026-02-10T10:42Z [----] followers, 20.7K engagements
"A "decent' Prime Minister wouldn't cut the incomes of every disabled person declared unfit to work in half in a cost of living crisiswhile gaslighting them that he is doing them a favour actually"
X Link 2026-02-10T11:08Z [----] followers, 14.7K engagements
"Starmer has won every medal at the winter Olympics. Congratulations to Starmer for winning the SuperBowl too. Starmer managed to win every Grammy Award and invented penicillin. Outstanding man. The Prime Minister was outstanding at Parliamentary Labour Party tonight fire and fight from an empowered PM in a unified Labour Party. A sticky wicket but - sincerely honestly outside of all bluff bluster and bollocks - it could not have gone better. The Prime Minister was outstanding at Parliamentary Labour Party tonight fire and fight from an empowered PM in a unified Labour Party. A sticky wicket"
X Link 2026-02-10T11:56Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@Keir_Starmer Not putting more money into the pockets of disabled people though are you No you are taking 50% of their income because you reckon they should be starved into jobs that don't exist and don't want then"
X Link 2026-02-10T17:02Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Still waiting for government to announce how DWP job coaches plan to cure disabilities generate millions of vacancies and force employers to take on disabled people. Don't keep us in suspense Pat you big tease"
X Link 2026-02-10T17:12Z [----] followers, 10K engagements
"@I_amMukhtar It's a cooking show right"
X Link 2026-02-11T20:49Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Here is the average economic inactivity rate in the UK since [----] (includes disabled not looking for work): 2010-23.5 2011-23.3 2012-23 2013-22.5 2014-22.2 2015-22.1 2016-21.8 2017-21.5 2018-21.2 2019-20.8 2020-21.2 2021-21.6 2022-21.9 2023-21.7 2024-21.8 2025-20.8 "Soaring""
X Link 2026-02-11T16:09Z [----] followers, 41.8K engagements
""Now girls line up nicely so Commander Goodwin can get a good look at you""
X Link 2026-02-14T18:09Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"The most morally indefensible thing you've seen in politics SO FAR The [--] benefit cut is the most morally indefensible thing Ive seen in politics Gordon Brown @guardian https://t.co/S7j6UrtnT8 The [--] benefit cut is the most morally indefensible thing Ive seen in politics Gordon Brown @guardian https://t.co/S7j6UrtnT8"
X Link 2025-07-17T22:25Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Reform appear to be saying that disabled people have no excuse not to be in work with the growth of working from home while simultaneously arguing that it should be banned. π€"
X Link 2026-02-09T22:48Z [----] followers, 21.9K engagements
"Not one single pothole would be filled by stopping kids with "mild anxiety" getting free taxi rides because no kid gets free taxis for "mild anxiety". Every time my car whacks in to one I thank the SEND legislation that forces councils to spend an ever increasing proportion of my council tax providing private taxis to school for kids with mild anxiety instead of fixing our potholes. Every time my car whacks in to one I thank the SEND legislation that forces councils to spend an ever increasing proportion of my council tax providing private taxis to school for kids with mild anxiety instead of"
X Link 2026-02-14T17:47Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Narrator: Labour did not make Britain a country where the voices of disabled people are heard not ignored Labour will make Britain a country where the voices of disabled people are heard not ignored: http://t.co/1TFE96EQZ9 Labour will make Britain a country where the voices of disabled people are heard not ignored: http://t.co/1TFE96EQZ9"
X Link 2026-02-14T19:57Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"It's only illogical if you assume they have any interest in helping disabled people into work. They dont-its just to save money. I'm also old enough to remember them briefing the papers about how it was really about appearing "tough" to try and win over Reform voters. Cutting the health element of Universal Credit for new claimants before implementing adequate employment support for Disabled people is illogical. π Join the campaign: https://t.co/gQkfQJ5rwT https://t.co/9YeWP42adq Cutting the health element of Universal Credit for new claimants before implementing adequate employment support"
X Link 2026-02-14T20:35Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"You led the charge to cut disability benefits by 50%. Not sure you should be criticising others about austerity. .@ZackPolanski wants you to forget he was a pro-austerity LibDem. And he really wants you to forget his singing. .@ZackPolanski wants you to forget he was a pro-austerity LibDem. And he really wants you to forget his singing"
X Link 2026-02-14T22:10Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Despite what the DWP would have you believe the vast majority of people declared medically unfit to work are out of work because they are medically unfit to work - not because they need to be punished with a 50% reduction of vital support as an "incentive""
X Link 2026-02-10T13:41Z [----] followers, 13.2K engagements
"Any politician that claims the DWP give disability benefits for "mild anxiety" has clearly never looked at the actual criteria for receiving it"
X Link 2026-02-11T11:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Tesco Chief: Replaces workers with self service machines Also Tesco Chief: Why are people out of work Cut their benefits"
X Link 2026-02-11T13:24Z [----] followers, 39.9K engagements
"When employers always have hundreds of applicants to choose from they basically never go for someone who has been out of work for a long time. Another barrier faced by disabled people trying to get back to work that governments do literally nothing about"
X Link 2026-02-13T14:03Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"RT @leith1076: The most morally indefensible thing you've seen in politics SO FAR"
X Link 2026-02-14T16:29Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"RT @leith1076: Yes that [--] a week cut was grim and shameful wasn't it Yvette Out of interest how would you describe an up to [---] a week"
X Link 2026-02-14T17:23Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"RT @frolix22: Serious stuff. But Britain's media have helped the Labour right spread countless smear campaigns. The big difference here is"
X Link 2026-02-14T23:51Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Why does Jeremy Vine never stop talking about people on benefits Should benefits claimants be made to pick litter This is a suggestion from campaign group Clean Up Britain - they say jobseekers on universal credit should have to do four hours of litter picking a month or lose their benefits. What are your thoughts on this https://t.co/u4FWvFQoz1 Should benefits claimants be made to pick litter This is a suggestion from campaign group Clean Up Britain - they say jobseekers on universal credit should have to do four hours of litter picking a month or lose their benefits. What are your thoughts"
X Link 2026-02-13T10:23Z [----] followers, 10.2K engagements
"RT @DisIdealist: Dont look at the price of your weekly shop. Ignore your energy bill. Dont listen to your disabled or elderly relatives"
X Link 2026-02-14T18:43Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Ultimately this line didn't make it on to the manifesto Do you want people bullied off benefits Because thats whats happening John Harris http://t.co/v7tI9hA1EW huge misery & cruelty here Do you want people bullied off benefits Because thats whats happening John Harris http://t.co/v7tI9hA1EW huge misery & cruelty here"
X Link 2026-02-14T19:52Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"When I worked in employment support virtually every single client was already volunteering or doing unpaid care. The idea every unemployed person spends their time driving around town in their Motability Ferraris drinking champagne and cackling at the taxpayer is inaccurate"
X Link 2026-02-14T21:55Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"If we are going to force benefits recipients to pick up litter I say we extend it to landlords too who receive most of it via UC Housing element payments"
X Link 2026-02-14T18:35Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Great article from Emily Thornberry: "Now the government tries to divide us into scroungers and strivers or to use the new dog-whistle phrase fairness to people on benefits and to the taxpayer. This is dangerous dishonest and divisive." https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2015/10/welfare-bill-disaster-start-finish https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2015/10/welfare-bill-disaster-start-finish"
X Link 2025-07-16T20:55Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Oh my. It appears the alliance between Labour and the Times to pump out endless negative propaganda about disabled people has hit a stumbling block. How sad. Where will we read out Stephen Timms articles now This story is INSANE. It appears that Labour Together didnt just commission a report on British journalists. Bad enough. This was a smear job attempting to connect Sunday Times journos to Moscow () Then parts of it shared with security state () https://t.co/ldJ4vqvYok This story is INSANE. It appears that Labour Together didnt just commission a report on British journalists. Bad enough."
X Link 2026-02-14T23:43Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"30 p/w is vital to many disabled people & those too unwell to work. Agree Say no to Tory cuts with us #StopESACuts https://t.co/D54PlCNG6T [--] p/w is vital to many disabled people & those too unwell to work. Agree Say no to Tory cuts with us #StopESACuts https://t.co/D54PlCNG6T"
X Link 2026-02-15T00:44Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"RT @NukedVeterans: In Argentina a disabled libertarian spoke before Congress telling them to cut disability pensions because 'disabled pe"
X Link 2026-02-14T20:25Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
""The Bill includes a [--] a week cut to ESA for people who the system accepts cant work because of a long-term sickness or disability. And what for Apparently the cut will give disabled people an incentive to work. So the government says its doing them a favour" π€ The Welfare Bill is a disaster from start to finish https://t.co/4aSLIjTH21 The Welfare Bill is a disaster from start to finish https://t.co/4aSLIjTH21"
X Link 2026-02-15T18:29Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"If only we had a Disabilities Minister willing to push back against the endless falsehoods about Motability etc. Instead he spends his time plotting and scheming against the disabled he is supposed to represent and help with the occasional bit of gaslighting on Twitter"
X Link 2025-08-19T20:12Z [----] followers, 11.6K engagements
""Almost [------] intensive work search claimants have been job-seeking for more than five years" Oh I thought all you had to do to get a job was simply apply. Doesn't bode well for the millions of disabled people the government want to blackmail into work. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gz9njvj43o https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gz9njvj43o"
X Link 2025-10-07T12:53Z [----] followers, 13.5K engagements
"Labour claimed they would end the demonisation of people claiming disability benefits but up turns Starmer in the Times today calling it a "lifestyle choice" #Starmer #Disability"
X Link 2025-02-15T19:35Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@Seanchuckle Well he is penning letters in the Times calling claiming disability benefits a "lifestyle choice" that shouldn't be tolerated so I think we can guess where he is going to get the money from"
X Link 2025-02-16T13:03Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@johnpringdns @PlutoPress @CommonsWorkPen @stephenctimms @alison71359459 They are planning to cut 60% of disabled people's income and sanction everyone who can't find a job. No wonder Timms is spinning hard for the DWP- they know what this will lead to"
X Link 2025-02-20T18:07Z [--] followers, [---] engagements
"@LeftieStats According to Timms' favourite newspaper. The Times they are now cutting more than [--] billion and removing 60% of all income from claimants.and forcing them to look for work so they can be sanctioned"
X Link 2025-02-21T12:32Z [--] followers, [----] engagements
"@afneil No money for pensioners and the disabled. Infinite money for the government to go out on the p*ss"
X Link 2025-02-22T16:27Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"A cut in PIP is also a cut in carer's allowance for those that care for them- you know the ones that save the taxpayer an estimated [---] billion pounds a year. #DisabilityBenefits"
X Link 2025-03-15T13:42Z [----] followers, 87.9K engagements
"@Channel4News WTF has young people being out of work work got to do with cutting PIP. PIP has nothing to do with work and is claimed by all ages up to retirement age"
X Link 2025-03-28T22:26Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@DrFrancesRyan They need to clarify what happens to adults still yet to be transferred from indefinite DLA. I fail to see why they should not also have "protection" but they probably haven't even thought of it"
X Link 2025-06-30T17:22Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"If only journalists were as upset at the hundreds of thousands of disabled people soon to be unable to afford to live as they are over a few tears from Reeves"
X Link 2025-07-02T12:34Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Lots of talk in the press at the moment about how easy it supposedly is to get a motability car. If so why not junk your current car and apply for one then Tell them you have acne and it's yours right"
X Link 2025-07-03T12:35Z [----] followers, 41K engagements
"Your regular reminder that over half of disabled people who apply for PIP are rejected and a huge proportion that do get it have to take it to court. The media are lying when they claim it's like signing up to a mailing list"
X Link 2025-07-10T16:56Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Far right Tory MPs like Natalie Elphicke are welcomed by Starmer with arms open wide. MPs refusing to impose life destroying cuts on vulnerable people Oh no"
X Link 2025-07-16T15:26Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"If all disabled people on benefits must suffer because of the existence of benefit fraud does that mean all taxpayers must suffer and pay more tax because of the existence of tax fraud That how it works"
X Link 2025-12-08T19:44Z [----] followers, 17.2K engagements
"Every discussion of disability benefits on TV is nothing but a collection of ignorant journalists and talking heads with zero personal experience or knowledge outright lying about the subject repeatedly as they compete to demonise the most"
X Link 2025-12-08T20:05Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Thoughts and prayers for anyone who gets sick soon and discovers they can't "declare themselves unfit for work" and be given 71k a year and a free Mercedes Benz like the TV promised"
X Link 2025-12-08T22:43Z [----] followers, 20.3K engagements
"Looking for a good documentary where someone on minimum wage suddenly declares themselves unfit for work and immediately begins a life of luxury on 71k a year. Any suggestions Top [--] lists preferred. Pat McFadden won't respond with his faves. π"
X Link 2025-12-09T19:52Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"3 of the countries in the G7 have higher economic inactivity rates than the UK. Despite media hype there is nothing remarkable about UK figures at all-in fact they are very average"
X Link 2025-12-09T21:30Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Weird how politicians think no "hard working taxpayers" have disabled relatives/loved ones on benefits or consider they may not want them hounded into financial destitution. Or realise that sneering at unpaid carers for being "economically inactive" is a bad look"
X Link 2025-12-09T22:15Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Research suggests that unpaid carers save the taxpayer at least [---] billion pounds a year yet according to our MPs they are just being "paid to sit on the sofa" and should just get back to work. Unsure they would like the result of that"
X Link 2025-12-10T13:18Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Helping a friend look for one of the millions of vacancies for fully remote jobs that are totally chill with inevitable low productivity and multiple absences caused by severe health issues-preferably one with zero other applicants that are supposedly everywhere. Struggling"
X Link 2025-12-10T17:45Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Poor old Labour. They just cut incapacity benefits by a record amount and the press and opposition are acting like it never happened. They must wonder why they bother π"
X Link 2025-12-10T22:42Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"300k healthy individuals have been part of the "intensive work search" part of UC for more than [--] years and can't find a job. Yet millions of disabled people are supposed to just casually stroll in any position they like by "incentivising" them via (greater) poverty"
X Link 2025-12-11T12:17Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Countries that have succeeded in getting more disabled people in work have done so via mandatory employment quotas and wage subsidies. They have not taken the UK approach of "cut and smear"-in fact they usually have much more generous disability benefits systems"
X Link 2025-12-11T12:40Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"The current economic inactivity rate is 21% and going down. Exactly [--] years ago it was 22.2% and there was no accompanying moral panic-indeed the Tories were bragging about how they had brought it down. Strange how it works"
X Link 2025-12-11T17:04Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"How strange. I thought people on benefits were supposed to be rolling in it yet apparently homelessness is on the rise. I'm sure cutting incapacity benefits in half will help tremendously though. Thanks Labour. More than [------] people don't have a permanent home including [------] children & [----] are sleeping rough every night Andy Burnham says the govts changes to welfare are making the problem worse #GMB https://t.co/li6HLEUIRI More than [------] people don't have a permanent home including [------] children & [----] are sleeping rough every night Andy Burnham says the govts changes to welfare are"
X Link 2025-12-11T18:54Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
""6 million people are choosing to sit at home on the sofa instead of working" say MPs- desperately hoping no vaguely competent journalist points out there are only 723k vacancies-most completely unsuitable or unobtainable for those currently not working"
X Link 2025-12-10T20:28Z [----] followers, 310.3K engagements
"I see. So you want unpaid carers to go back to work do you As you are apparently too stupid to realise that the increase is because of people transferring from legacy benefits I guess you cannot grasp the consequences of that either. More people out of work. More people on benefits. Thats Labours Britain - taxing people who work to pay for those who stay home. https://t.co/6C4S8kKshW More people out of work. More people on benefits. Thats Labours Britain - taxing people who work to pay for those who stay home. https://t.co/6C4S8kKshW"
X Link 2026-01-23T22:27Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"U okay hun Weren't you the ones who suggested cutting the health element of UC in half to "incentivise" those greedy and lazy people claiming it into unsuitable jobs that don't even exist A dignified fair and respectful culture within a benefit system does not mean it is a soft touch. We can see this when comparing award rates for PIP and the relaunched Adult Disability Payments in the Scottish system. https://t.co/qJExis2oQ3 A dignified fair and respectful culture within a benefit system does not mean it is a soft touch. We can see this when comparing award rates for PIP and the relaunched"
X Link 2026-01-29T23:10Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Politicians and journalists like to talk about how too many people aren't working now. However the economic inactivity rate is lower than it was [--] years ago when the same people were bragging about how much they had brought it down"
X Link 2026-01-30T10:21Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"The rest of Europe must be extremely baffled by the UK's eternal obsession with "welfare spending spiralling out of control""
X Link 2026-01-30T14:53Z [----] followers, 63.9K engagements
"The "soaring" economic inactivity rate in the UK is lower than [--] of the other G7 countries and below the OECD global average (and going down). Moral panic is unjustified and manufactured"
X Link 2026-01-30T18:16Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@trussliz Liz loves a good imminent financial collapse. Nostalgia"
X Link 2026-01-30T21:29Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Wondered how long this would take. The CSJ have been demanding it so of course. They will raise the retirement age and then start wailing about the "surge" of working age people on disability benefits. The work and pensions secretary has announced a review of the state pension age explaining that almost half of the working age population isn't saving anything for their retirement Full story β‘ https://t.co/LmRRsptzcq https://t.co/1q6TLaLbfN The work and pensions secretary has announced a review of the state pension age explaining that almost half of the working age population isn't saving"
X Link 2025-07-21T18:56Z [----] followers, 10.5K engagements
"According to the Guardian Timms has said his PIP review won't be making cuts and claims stories about spiralling welfare costs are "bogus" as they are unchanged as a proportion of GDP-some of us have been saying that for a while now. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/29/labour-welfare-changes-politics-stephen-timms https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/29/labour-welfare-changes-politics-stephen-timms"
X Link 2026-01-29T14:22Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Percentage of GDP spent on working age welfare over time. Little evidence of that "soaring" we hear so much about"
X Link 2026-01-30T12:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@csjthinktank @CamillaTominey @toryboypierce @dp_williamson @Daily_Express @Hack4Labour @SteveDarlingMP @LeeAndersonMP_ PIP isn't an out of work benefit. Housing and standard UC rate have nothing to do with disability. Incapacity benefits have just been cut in half. Economic inactivity is going down and lower than almost any point in the past [--] years. You are lying and morally repugnant"
X Link 2026-02-02T12:23Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"A reminder that the CSJ also want to raise the pension age to [--]. When they have finished with disabled people guess who's next"
X Link 2026-02-02T13:02Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Some great fact checking of the CSJ's latest nonsense. Yet journalists and MPs will just swallow whatever they say without question. @barnaclebum6 Now show the column with UC added to the workers pay So what this piece is actually saying is important that [---] M workers get such low pay they need UC to survive meagrely. THAT's THE HEADLINE And that even if you get PIP the most you will get more than them works out at https://t.co/1uMoPXYqKd @barnaclebum6 Now show the column with UC added to the workers pay So what this piece is actually saying is important that [---] M workers get such low pay"
X Link 2026-02-02T16:33Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"I reckon some "perverse incentives" were keeping him from leaving Labour Pat. That Peter Mandelson why doesnt he just go off and join the Tor.oh wait. It wasnt him that was parroting the Tory line. https://t.co/rhItXsTkmn That Peter Mandelson why doesnt he just go off and join the Tor.oh wait. It wasnt him that was parroting the Tory line. https://t.co/rhItXsTkmn"
X Link 2026-02-02T20:43Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Free prescriptions are now part of the "perverse incentives" for claiming benefits apparently. Let's make disabled people unable to afford their medications-I'm sure that will work wonders to improve their health and get them into work. @SirSimonClarke Poverty is bad & getting worse. I know lets pay some think tanks to write about how we are not poor & deprived enough & that's just unacceptable. Do you what kind of cunt you have to be to complain about free prescriptions https://t.co/soROTj6cua @SirSimonClarke Poverty is bad & getting worse. I know lets pay some think tanks to write about how"
X Link 2026-02-02T20:54Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"DWP Secretary Pat McFadden has been a friend of Mandelson's since the 90s even attending his wedding. Mandelson has praised him as "pure New Labour""
X Link 2026-02-02T23:10Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Expenses act as a "perverse incentive" for MPs not to put in sufficient effort for their constituents. They may be well meaning but they are financially unsustainable. Worst of all it is a waste of potential for MPs to be "parked" on freebies rather than enjoying low pay"
X Link 2026-02-04T15:15Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"How long until McSweeney orders Starmer to resign in order to protect Morgan McSweeney"
X Link 2026-02-04T16:13Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Lord Falconer's belief that Mandelson is "one of the most talented politicians and thinkers in Labour of the last [--] years" is now almost as embarrassing as his Assisted Dying Bill he is trying to ram through the Lords"
X Link 2026-02-04T21:26Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"In what parallel universe is replacing Starmer as PM with Wes Streeting a good idea Who actually wants this"
X Link 2026-02-04T23:32Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"The amount of taxpayer money spent on accommodation for MPs has ballooned from [---] million a year in [----] to [----] million now. This is not sustainable"
X Link 2026-02-05T00:02Z [----] followers, 15.6K engagements
"Perhaps the biggest problem with this government is that it is stacked full of people who firmly believe McSweeney is some sort of genius they cannot do without and who should never be questioned. It's a cult"
X Link 2026-02-05T13:32Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"I dare say Mandelson has a mountain of dirt he is sitting on and will in no way leak it out of bitterness. He just isn't that sort of guy"
X Link 2026-02-05T18:15Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Whitehall already calculating how much money they can save by bumping off the disabled and vulnerable with the Assisted Dying Bill. Did Lord Falconer come up with these changes on his own To balance the books for his Assisted Death service on the backs of the vulnerable Or Whitehall calculate costs of independent advocates or interpreters for assisted death service was excessive @SKinnock @wesstreeting Did Lord Falconer come up with these changes on his own To balance the books for his Assisted Death service on the backs of the vulnerable Or Whitehall calculate costs of independent advocates"
X Link 2026-02-05T21:46Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@Seanchuckle I'm convinced most of the aren't real. They use use the same weird language buzzwords and phrases that sound like they came straight off a Starmer autocue"
X Link 2026-02-06T15:07Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Yes that [--] a week cut was grim and shameful wasn't it Yvette Out of interest how would you describe an up to [---] a week a cut for that same cohort You know hypothetically speaking and all. IDS leaves grim record (inc shameful 30pw cuts to ESA) but he is right to fight unfair divisive Osborne Budget now https://t.co/5v5uGIP22E IDS leaves grim record (inc shameful 30pw cuts to ESA) but he is right to fight unfair divisive Osborne Budget now https://t.co/5v5uGIP22E"
X Link 2025-08-01T13:41Z [----] followers, 17.3K engagements
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