Reproduced by kind permission of Crippen
So it’s finally happened. Having limped along for a few more miles, the Tory Party has eventually imploded taking with it the various members who had been awarded the meaningless title of Minister for Disabled People. Meaningless, in that not one of them had displayed any interests in working with the 16 million disabled people who currently reside in the UK, choosing to ignore our voices and allowing institutions like the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to put the boot in whenever we were at our most vulnerable.
Crippen prepares for more of the same
So, what’s going to change? Well, if the past record of the Labour Party and its lack of interest in anything that related to disability is anything to go by, nothing! When even the Labour Party’s own Disabled Members Council reported on being ignored at Conference when they had repeatedly tried to challenge the lack of access, we can expect to be disregarded in the same way.
So, what are we going to do about it?
If you’re available on Thursday 18th July at 12 noon and would like to join a day of action in Parliament Square, London organised by various Disabled People’s Organisations including Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC), Recovery in the Bin, Bromley & Croydon Unite Community then here’s where you’ll get your voice heard.
Here’s your chance to join with other disabled people to both challenge the incoming government and demand our rightful place at the heart of rebuilding our society and also celebrate our history and culture with an afternoon of music, art, theatre and more.
If you, your group, organisation or campaign would like to join with others in presenting your own policy solutions or demands in a creative way – If you are a disabled creative – an artist, musician or performer, and you would like to join in then please get in touch with event facilitator DPAC.
Description of cartoon for those using screen reading software
A large hand holding a drawing pen is putting the finishing touches to a caricature of Sir Keir Starmer. The lower body is coloured in, whilst the head is newly created in plain black ink. In a waste bin at Starmer’s feet are caricatures of Tory ministers Rishi Sunak, Iain Duncan Smith, Tom Pursglove and Therese Coffey, each with a large red cross across their face. Starmer is holding a card which has written upon it ‘Disabled – what disabled?!’ A word bubble from Crippen (off screen) is saying: “Same old upper-class people with the same old policies … just means that I’ll be creating the same old cartoons but with different heads!”
