Steve Topple

Forced treatments, sectionings, deaths, assisted suicides: the reality of #MEcfs in the UK in just THREE MONTHS of 2024. People aren't going to like what I've written here. But it needs saying. I would urge everyone involved with #BringMillieHome to read: thecanary.co/opinion/2024/0…

TONIGHT 🌕 We're hosting the online launch of @RachelCDailey's new book "Ramping Up Rights" about the ongoing history of disability activism in the UK. Join us from 6-7:30pm live on our Instagram where she'll be in convo with @MrTopple, taking your questions too #TakingThePIP

How many more Jodey Whitings will the DWP kill before it's stopped? The coroner, media, & MPs are all claiming the DWP is making changes. But Jodey Whiting's death was emblematic of a deadly system; one that is only getting worse, writes @RachelCDailey thecanary.co/opinion/2025/0…

Jeremy and Zarah's new left party surges towards half a million sign ups The Corbyn-Sultana new left party project is off to a flying start - and if the numbers are anything to go by, Labour is screwed thecanary.co/uk/news/2025/0…

Owen Jones just called for Corbyn-Sultana party to join forces with the Greens @owenjonesjourno and @_we_deserve_ have started a campaign for an electoral alliance after the launch of the Corbyn-Sultana party. But should them and the Greens join forces? thecanary.co/uk/news/2025/0…

DWP report admits the move from ESA to Universal Credit is a disaster for many disabled people It shows that it is failing to properly support many disabled people with Managed Migration - leading to people falling through the cracks #TakingThePIP thecanary.co/uk/analysis/20…

This kind of collaborative attitude is what the left badly needs: “I really like Jeremy & Zarah both as people & also as politicians. I’m supportive of anything they’re setting up.” Cooperation, alliances, solidarity. Faced with the threat of Reform, anything less is not enough

The UK Left need to learn fucking fast to not fuck each other over, & to be Ruthless too, Because the UK's Political & Media Class Have spent a Decade making a Reform Landslide a Certainty, & they're Not going to let you fuck up that Project, or Play clean with any of you.

I've been involved with #myalgicencephalomyelitis for decades, there are monthly suicides, no treatments, very little proper research and after all this time this is the answer. I absolutely despair.

(Not sure if anyone can see my posts anymore tbh but...) I'm trying to find anyone who has experienced any #ActivistAnomalies over the years using social media platforms. This has been happening to me since 2016 and I know that this has affected 1/5

Many other people too. I am convinced that these tactics against activists, campaigners and anyone trying to speak out against injustice is effectively a modern version of being blacklisted. And I want to take it further...!!! From being #Shadowbanned to the random changes 2/5

In algorithms, along with the loss of followers, posts, likes and notifications. We have been suppressed, unable to communicate and as a result this has had a serious impact on activists, campaigners, campaigns and the path of their success. It has also had an impact on 3/5

The direction of politics and political outcomes, with many now suffering human rights violations as a result. As a #Disabled activist, using social media platforms have often been the only way I can communicate, have a voice and be actively involved in fighting for 4/5

My rights. Without these platforms and them allowing us to communicate properly all of our voices along with our rights are lost. So if you have any experience of this or specifically any evidence of this please contact me, my DMs (should) be open. ✌️🫶✊️ 5/5

Important thread - this has been happening for years...

DWP cuts fallout continues as Zarah Sultana slams Starmer over MPs losing the whip Starmer/McSweeney boot four MPs out of the PLP over their stance on cuts to disabled people's benefits, as the last piece of moral fibre leaves Downing Street @zarahsultana thecanary.co/uk/news/2025/0…

I am exactly nine years sober today after 10 years of prior chaos and I mostly have @NicolaCJeffery to thank for it ❤️

The DWP has claimed it has 'saved £1 billion' - but in reality, it hasn't at all In the latest twisted move by the DWP, it is now trumpeting a success over something that was its fault in the first place #TakingThePIP #DisabilityRebellion thecanary.co/uk/analysis/20…

Yet another report the DWP is trying to bury. So much for Labour's government of integrity 🙃 #DisabilityRebellion

The DWP is refusing to release a report into deaths of disabled people Buried for four years, we only know about it thanks to the persistence of @johnpringdns, but even now, the DWP is standing firm. What is in it that is so damning? #DisabilityRebellion thecanary.co/uk/analysis/20…

Autistic man with ME/CFS forced into psychiatric hospital in Ukraine Marc's story is a window into the reality of life with #MEcfs under military siege - but also a microcosm of the abuse of patients globally. @wordsbyHG spoke with him #SevereME thecanary.co/global/world-a…