Why I Hope For A Yes Vote #IndyRef
Readers, I don’t live in Scotland. So it has taken me a long time to really think, to really care, about the Independence Referendum.
However, I kow many disability campaigners from Scotland through Facebook. Recently, I’ve started following their arguments about how much better an independent Scotland would be for disabled people. An independent Scotland, they’ve been saying, wouldn’t need to follow the welfare ‘reforms’ that have made life so difficult for disabled people in England.
I am, at my roots, a disabled person. Anything that improves the lives of any disabled people, anywhere in the world, has to be a good thing in my eyes.
So, readers, I thought it might be nice to have a Yes vote, but still, I don’t live in Scotland, so I didn’t really care.
Until this popped up in my email inbox:
Confirmation that disabled people in an independent Scotland will not be transferred to PIP, but will get to keep DLA.
Readers, the welfare ‘reform’ that has upset me most of all has been the introduction of PIP and the phasing out of DLA. Unleess government policy changes significantly very soon, this ‘reform’ will affect me personally. The thought scares me stiff.
So now I hope against hope that there is a Yes vote on Thursday, so that disabled people in Scotland won’t have to face my worst financial fear.
Same Difference 
I also am a registered disabled person . I am a member of the SNP & also Plaid Cymru. I was born in England & for most of my life lived in London or Berkshire. I was not born in Wales though I currently live in Wales today & become reborn. I believe in the principles of humanity & I follow no religious creed & nor obey or follow any Monarchist agenda. I hope to die a free man, unshackled from the political hypocrisy decreed by this current UK Lib/Con Government & the Labour Progress Party.
I sincerely hope that you continue to learn from others in Scotland that no person is an island unto themselves.
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both David Cameron and Gordon brown along with Tony Blair have caused this situation in Scotland wonting their independence and the sooner David Cameron leaves office so much the better for the world as a whole
as for Salmond running Scotland better then as of now i sincerely hope he does better as it would be impossible to makes things worse
The uk stinks in the eyes of many countries and this needs to change and fast as if we carry on as we are we’ll all have to watch our backs when holidaying and that would be a disaster for all concerned
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