This is completely unacceptable.

So, basically, people's health will be assessed not by a doctor, but by a contractor - inevitably, given targets and incentives to find them healthy.

What could go wrong. ~AA

I imagine 'get better or we cut your support' will work brilliantly for people suffering from debilitating anxiety.

Then again, if you're happy to victimise refugees, why wouldn't you attack sick people, in a quest for - WHAT? Losing 150 seats instead of 170?

Really vile. ~AA

Sunak's policy speech on people signed-off sick did not contain one mention or oblique acknowledgment to Long Covid, or the 7.7m NHS waiting list, or the virtual dismantling of local support, talking therapy, and early intervention.

It's EVERYONE ELSE that must 'do better'. ~AA

Sunak tries to brush off questions about the scandal surrounding alegations against Tory MP Menzies.

VY: Why did you take so long to start an investigation?
RS: The investigation is ongoing now, so I can't tell you.

How is he SO BAD at every aspect of this job? ~AA

Multi-millionaire Sunak without a financial worry in the world vows to 'crack down' on some of the most vulnerable people in society and force them back to work.

NB Not one mention by Sunak about how much his new welfare policy will cost to test and roll out or what savings he hopes it can deliver. And not one question about that from journalists.

If Labour had made an identical announcement, it would be the first thing that came up. ~AA

What does this clown know about everyday life, he tried to buy petrol with his shoe ffs 😂🤣

The only thing Rishi Sunak can do to improve the mental health of the country is to call a General Election. ~AA

SUNAK: 'I will never dismiss or downplay the illnesses people have.'

SUNAK (53 seconds later): Rising numbers with depression and anxiety are down to an 'over-medicalising everyday challenges'. 🤔~AA

Here is Rishi Sunak setting back the campaign for mental health parity at least a decade.

This is un-evidenced, performative cruelty.

It's disgusting.

Happy to comment on the allegations against Angela Rayner for weeks, including at #PMQs , though. ~AA

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