April Dwyer
@apes147
BSc ~ loves art, culture & music. Former HIV/AIDS activist. Retired from Education. Disability activist. Principled. She/Her.
From 1st April, even if the disabled, pensioners, unemployed & low paid, sat in the dark, didn’t turn on the heating and miss 2 meals a day; they still WOULDN’T be able to meet the cost of their bills! That’s reality @RishiSunak. You own this #CostOfLivingCrisis #EnergyCrisis
Rachel Maskell was the key figure for resisting Labour's disability benefits cuts. She has now lost the whip as punishment, because how dare she speak up for disabled people?
Thank you @DIsabilityNW for showing me around your new Community Hub this afternoon! Insightful discussions around supported banking and Direct Payments, and Access Cards. DENW do vital work here in #Preston and across the region. Give them a follow and show your support!
Great to see @connord_291 in our new Community Hub this afternoon- thanks for coming Connor and taking an interest in our work. #strongertogether
Good to see you Connor, well put the kettle on next time ☕️
Great to see @connord_291 in our new Community Hub this afternoon- thanks for coming Connor and taking an interest in our work. #strongertogether
‘Britain is broken..’ ‘Britain is lawless..’ @reformparty_uk hasn’t a single good thing to say about our proud country. I don’t know about anyone else, but I hardly find this rhetoric #patriotic and proud! If anything, I think these constant put downs are deliberately damaging!
I feel sick with worry every time my kids leave the house. Both parties have left us with no police, no prisons and no border control. Amidst all this, they focus on a new Islamaphobia law. Britain doesn’t need more speech laws. It needs more police, more prison cells, and a…
DWP staff have been caught stealing disabled people's benefit money The @theipaper reported the story, but don't think it downplayed DWP staff stealing from claimants - instead, focusing on... yes, you guessed it: benefit fraud. A 'few bad apples'??? thecanary.co/uk/analysis/20…
Gen X aren't defined by being the children of Boomers. We're far more shaped by being the last generation to reach adulthood without the Internet.
🚨 Watch out for this scam! PIP clients beware!! If you receive a call about a PIP review and are told that due to government changes/cuts to PIP you will no longer receive it: ❌ Do not give any information and politely end the call. ✅ DWP will normally send a letter to…
Shocked, I tell you…shocked! 🙄 #ReformLies #Lancashire
Despite promises, Reform now say council tax cuts ‘not going to happen’ Who would have guessed thelondoneconomic.com/politics/will-…
Does this #RedRiding 1974 currently showing on @NetflixUK get any better..? Because so far, all I’ve seen is Andrew Garfield shagging..🙄
This morning I attended the funeral of Royal Navy Veteran Leevi Francis-Walmsley (D255749F)after his sudden passing last week. Packed Crematorium, inside & out inc support of our Armed Forces community helped give Leevi the dignified farewell he deserved & showed how loved he was
So in a nutshell REFORM LIED TO YOU (don't say you were not warned) Reform says council tax cuts for struggling families are 'not going to happen' in areas it controls because of the cost of social care mol.im/a/14918381 via @MailOnline
In just a few hours, there will be thousands of drunken people descending upon the pubs and bars of our high streets…. If you see a teacher tonight, buy them a drink. They deserve it. #Teachers #SchoolsOut #SchoolsOutForSummer
I'm so glad that Reform UK are bringing the issues that matter to Lancashire County Council's Full Council meeting. Social Care? No. SEN? No. Flags. Yep. Flags. 🙄
Reform tackling the big issues in Lancashire I see…
Lancashire county councillors will be asked today to rethink the process for determining which flags should fly over council buildings. blogpreston.co.uk/2025/07/reform…
You were a Conservative Councillor at the time @SarahForRuncorn. Remember this?
This is a national scandal. £7 billion of taxpayers money has been spent importing 24,000 Afghan migrants — with no security checks on who is coming into our country. For two years, the then Tory government covered it up. Only Reform UK will put British people first. Sign our…
Is defending disabled people from punitive welfare cuts really a sackable offence? If Labour can’t tolerate basic compassion, what exactly do they stand for?
Sources confirm Labour have suspended three MPs - Neil Duncan-Jordan, Brian Leishman and Chris Hinchcliff, who were active in the welfare rebellion - over "breaches of party discipline." Rachel Maskell understood to be meeting whips now.
Next Tuesday, all Veterans and families welcome - we’ve got food, brews, a WWII quiz and a singer. @Gillylancs love you to join us too !
📢 Calling all Veterans - the Sandbag Veterans Café is going on Tour! 📅 Tuesday 22 July 🕰️ 10am - 1pm 📌 The MET: St Bernard's Hub, Elswick Road, Ashton, PR2 1NT 🚌 Transport is available, if needed please contact Emma at [email protected]