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CptAwesome posted:Hey guys, my friend has her first PIP assessment appointment this week. Could anyone point me in the direction of some good resources about how to prepare or what poo poo to expect them to pull? Look up the charity for the condition that caused your friend to apply for PIP, they will usually have specific guidance. For example, Mind has a lot of sample statements for mental health stuff. I found this very helpful, as there was a lot of stuff that I've just accepted as part of life and wouldn't have thought to mention. e: catte 
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CptAwesome posted:Hey guys, my friend has her first PIP assessment appointment this week. Could anyone point me in the direction of some good resources about how to prepare or what poo poo to expect them to pull? Don't wash, don't make eye contact. Go in your pyjamas and odd socks, and maybe douse yourself in some cheap cider first. If not making eye contact isn't working, make too much eye contact instead. If you can avoid going, do that. Just showing up can be grounds for failure. Good luck.
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After another five years of Tory government and no-deal Brexit, £10.50 will be barely enough to pay for a tenth of a pint of beer. And by then all beer will be recycled five times in Baron Farage's Freedom Vats.
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Sep 30, 2019 19:17
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Comrade Fakename posted:all beer will be recycled five times in Baron Farage's Freedom Vats. ah I see you're familiar with Wetherspoons
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Sep 30, 2019 19:18
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Nettle Soup posted:Don't wash, don't make eye contact. Go in your pyjamas and odd socks, and maybe douse yourself in some cheap cider first. Yeah very much do not "dress up smart" or anything because if you do that then it's evidence you can work.
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Sep 30, 2019 19:19
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Question: If we're supposed to be GLOBAL BRITAIN, why didn't we have an entry in the Mr Global beauty pageant? Also I think i'm gay now 
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Sep 30, 2019 19:19
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JeremoudCorbynejad posted:Also I think i'm not gay now
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Comrade Fakename posted:And by then all beer will be recycled five times in Baron Farage's Freedom Vats. It is every citizen's final duty to go into the tanks and become one with all the people.
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Sep 30, 2019 19:21
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CptAwesome posted:Hey guys, my friend has her first PIP assessment appointment this week. Could anyone point me in the direction of some good resources about how to prepare or what poo poo to expect them to pull? If you have to turn up in person, make sure to bring a chaperone who you know and trust. Say you wouldn't be able to make it in without the lift they gave you.
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Sep 30, 2019 19:22
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WhatEvil posted:Yeah very much do not "dress up smart" or anything because if you do that then it's evidence you can work. My jeans had a hole in the crotch. Smelly faded band shirt. My oldest trainers with holes in the soles. Didn't shave, trim beard or cut my hair for 5 months. Report says: "Well kempt, casually dressed"
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Sep 30, 2019 19:24
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mehall posted:Labour have committed to linking the minimum wage to cost of living so it gets regular increases unrelated to day-to-day political decision making Yeah that's super important. If minimum wage is not pegged to cost of living then you end up with wanker politicians arguing over how much to cut it in real terms but presented as generosity.
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CptAwesome posted:Hey guys, my friend has her first PIP assessment appointment this week. Could anyone point me in the direction of some good resources about how to prepare or what poo poo to expect them to pull? If they don't get it, definitely get the claimant to put forward a mandatory reconsideration and get the CAB onside plus anyone else they have ever worked with - if your MR goes through you will get backpaid PIP from the time you made the original claim.
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jBrereton posted:Turn up - not showing up makes it really fuckin easy for someone in an ATOS office to say "just a piss taking wastrel, not actually sick". You are your own best evidence. Not to get too far ahead of ourselves, but almost 90% of decisions are maintained at mandatory reconsideration. If you're turned down then a tribunal is your most likely recourse. I'm at 5 weeks after asking for reconsideration, so another 5 weeks to wait before they inevitably tell me to go away and I have to get in the queue for a tribunal. CAB have told me to expect the whole process to take around a year from my initial application
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Sep 30, 2019 19:33
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JeremoudCorbynejad posted:Question: Of. loving. Course.  Chaser. 
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Sep 30, 2019 19:36
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Can't fool me - these are all the Pillar men from Jojo's.  
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Sep 30, 2019 19:36
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I loved his films with Spiderwoman
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Sep 30, 2019 19:42
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Tarnop posted:My jeans had a hole in the crotch. Smelly faded band shirt. My oldest trainers with holes in the soles. Didn't shave, trim beard or cut my hair for 5 months. Should have worn a bin bag
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Sep 30, 2019 19:43
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JeremoudCorbynejad posted:Should have worn a bin bag "Able to afford latest eccentric fashions." Or "Not spending money on clothes, therefore clearly has some money saved up to spend on luxuries such as rent, or food. DENIED".
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Sep 30, 2019 19:45
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Contracting out decisions on state benefits to some private company is a pretty poo poo idea honestly
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Sep 30, 2019 19:47
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Tijuana Bibliophile posted:Contracting out decisions on state benefits to some private company is a pretty poo poo idea honestly Not if your objective is to kill poor people
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Sep 30, 2019 19:52
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Don't these people have PR people on what to say and not what to say lol
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The beeb have reversed the Naga Munchetty decision. The (single) complaint that kicked it all off is also very gammony.
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If the tories are still in power in 5 years time then something has gone horribly wrong and we are in the darkest timeline.
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Meanwhile the Guardian continues to think that the government was merely misinformed when they set up Universal Credit, rather than a deliberate and callous attempt to keep people off benefits by making them utterly miserable.The Guardian posted:The shocking failings of universal credit are justly blamed on the government having listened to the wrong people when setting it up. They do actually endorse Labour's plan, so baby steps I guess.
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Tarnop posted:Not to get too far ahead of ourselves, but almost 90% of decisions are maintained at mandatory reconsideration. If you're turned down then a tribunal is your most likely recourse. Assure your friend they'll almost certainly get what they are owed, it just takes having the endurance to overcome the obstacles and deliberate lies.
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Wachter posted:Not if your objective is to kill poor people Or give tax money to your mates who run said private companies.
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it rules that it rains like one cm and half the tube lines are delayed
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u brexit ukip it posted:Meanwhile the Guardian continues to think that the government was merely misinformed when they set up Universal Credit, rather than a deliberate and callous attempt to keep people off benefits by making them utterly miserable. Listening to Ian Duncan Smith is definitely listening to the wrong people. I doubt that's what they were going for though.
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Bobstar posted:The beeb have reversed the Naga Munchetty decision. quote:A spokesperson for the broadcaster said: “The appeal to the ECU focused on comments by one presenter, but the statement from the executive team on Friday is clear – the BBC is not impartial on racism. Racism is not an opinion and it is not a matter for debate. Racism is racism. Naga has the very clear support of the top of the organisation.” 
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So this... thing... is going round Reddit. Definitely don't look at it unless you're willing to use some serious brain bleach, but it's a pretty good description of Brexit as a whole, with bonus points for using crochet as a medium for political satire.  Link
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So, mild e/n I guess, so apologies in advance, but I need to write this somewhere. On Friday my pregnant partner calls the NHS with complaints of pains and bleeding. On Sunday we have an appointment for an ultrasound and within a few hours we've had a diagnosis of an ectopic pregnancy, blood tests, support and guidance on next steps. We've been looked after by both nurses and doctors at every step. An appointment is made for us to come back in on Tuesday to take a medical approach over surgery. At lunchtime today there were complications. My partner rings the hospital and is seen immediately for a followup scan. The medical route isn't an option any more and, within hours, she's in a ward and being prepared for surgery, which she's going in for later tonight. The nurses have looked after us this whole time and everyone's been super supportive. I'm posting this via their free WiFi and there's not going to be a huge bill for any of this when she's hopefully back home tomorrow evening. So gently caress the Tories for jeopardising any of this or for anyone who complains about the NHS being poo poo. I can't imagine how worse this would be if we were somewhere like the US.
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Sorry bud, glad she's getting looked after though. Bet you're glad the Tories invented the NHS right now huh! also I don't think anyone posted this bit of detail https://twitter.com/tomgara/status/1178677093607051271
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CptAwesome posted:Hey guys, my friend has her first PIP assessment appointment this week. Could anyone point me in the direction of some good resources about how to prepare or what poo poo to expect them to pull? From previous experience, EVERYTHING is a test. The uncomfy chairs in the waiting area, the amount of time you’ll have to wait, the length of the corridor, the steps up; the whole thing is designed to catch people out in “a lie”. Never mind if they’re having a good day or a bad day, if you can walk down that particular length of corridor unaided and maintain a decent level of eye contact with your interviewer, you are getting marked down severely. Absolutely gently caress everyone who works in those places, I hope their every sleep is a constant parade of nightmares.
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JeremoudCorbynejad posted:Also I think i'm gay now Ah, Tory Power Stance.
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Kin posted:So, mild e/n I guess, so apologies in advance, but I need to write this somewhere. On Friday my pregnant partner calls the NHS with complaints of pains and bleeding. Sorry to hear my dude, hope it all works out and is just a scare. Also is Mr. Sri Lanka also Mr. USA? They look very similar (seriously, this is not a racism joke or anything like that)
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Promising to just sack off the entire DWP and start afresh is one of the best things Labour has ever proposed. Sending my best wishes to Kin, I hope everything goes well bud.
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Beautiful Sri Lanka man is a breath of fresh air after all this bojo news
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quidditch it and quit it posted:From previous experience, EVERYTHING is a test. The uncomfy chairs in the waiting area, the amount of time you’ll have to wait, the length of the corridor, the steps up; the whole thing is designed to catch people out in “a lie”. Seconding this I had a DLA assessment in the 90s when I was paralyzed in all 4 limbs, on the first floor of a building with no lift and got picked up on how I got up there. I crocodile crawled with what little strength I had in my shoulders and hips, panicking about being late the whole way. If they were picky about that then I can only imagine how much worse it is now
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Doctor_Fruitbat posted:Promising to just sack off the entire DWP and start afresh is one of the best things Labour has ever proposed. Boy howdy that paragraph changes meaning a lot if you misread the fourth word slightly.
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