Frances Ryan
@DrFrancesRyan
Guardian columnist and journalist. Author of Crippled (out now) and Who Wants Normal? (2025) E: [email protected]
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https://www.theguardian.com/profile/frances-ryan 07-05-2011 15:14:23
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Frances Ryan The Guardian It is horrific. Frances, may I ask for your help? I am disabled and standing for Westminster. I'd like to get in contact with other disabled candidates so we can stand together against this ableist government and give a voice to those who aren't being heard. Could you publicise?
Housebound people told to get a job. Benefit sanctions increased. Mandatory work placements. The Tories have launched a new assault on benefit claimants - and are doing it all for show.
My col. in today’s The Guardian theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
The Telegraph’s tweet has now been viewed over a million times. My interview with Angela Rayner 🌹 for British Vogue talks in detail about the sexist classism female working class MPs are subjected to. Thank you to the Telegraph for making the point so perfectly!
It is more than possible to “make work way” without forcing people on benefits to live in penury. No cleaner can pay the rent because a cancer patient has to skip meals. The Tories pretend otherwise because it’s in their interests to stoke division and fear. #AutumnStatement