The British Conservative government's austerity policies have killed at least 120,000 people - mostly the sick and disabled. Read about some of the victims at [calumslist.org]

I've witnessed some of the suffering first hand and I know of two young people, at a homelessness charity I once volunteered with, who killed themselves.

Ken Loach's film 'I, Daniel Blake' captures the new, deliberately cruel benefits sanctions culture foisted upon us and my heart goes out to David Brown (see link at the bottom of the page) who killed himself because he felt belittled by the system.

Exactly why this 'sanctions' culture is so cruel is explained in this link:

[anotherangryvoice.blogspot.co.uk]

Apologies. There is a lot of information in this post, but to finish, this screenshot exposes the inhumanity, so prevalent in contemporary politics. Polly MacKenzie's tweets make my blood run cold:

[gazettelive.co.uk]