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I'm not quite a frothing berserker but I am getting rather cross with our government messing with the good stuff.

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KateMiddIeton · 29/11/2011 15:17

Just off the top of my head:

  • Student fees
  • Public sector workers terms and conditions (otherwise known as moving the goal posts after the match has started)
  • Women (Report on Fawcett legal challenge result here)
  • Sure Start
  • NHS
  • Erosion of employment rights
  • Removal of EMA
  • Removal of universal child benefit
  • Unfair changes to DLA
  • Unfair changes to ESA assessment

I am getting more and more fed up that these decisions are being made to take away some of the things we should be most proud of and that took years to be achieved.

This thread is a safe haven for some ranting as I know some of us are feeling sick and tired of it all.

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AnyFucker · 30/11/2011 22:07

I cannot make my Twitter account do anything Sad

I think my laptop must be missing some vital programe or summat

tiredemma · 30/11/2011 22:08

I really love you lot.

i might even join Twitter

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KateMiddIeton · 30/11/2011 22:12

I wasn't convinced hully but actually now I think it's sort of brilliant. It's memorable, short, no-one else is using it and it makes people go "eh?"

I am tweet Zac and Vince

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SpringHeeledJack · 30/11/2011 22:13

hold on

is there an easier way than c&p'ing, line by line?

#baffled

northernmonkey · 30/11/2011 22:14

Thats it girls.. we're getting the point out now :)
I think there may be an easier way.
If you follow one of us (i'm Mnorthernmonkey) then retweet what we have posted

LaydeeC · 30/11/2011 22:15

@razors
when I sign up do I have to put in my real name and email? and is it identifiable when you subsequently tweet?
I don't even facebook... so know literally nothing about this type of media but I really want to let those libdems know how I feel and support this campaign to help get it off the ground

SpringHeeledJack · 30/11/2011 22:15

of course

fuckinell Grin

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KateMiddIeton · 30/11/2011 22:15

@ZacGoldsmith

@vincecable

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KateMiddIeton · 30/11/2011 22:17

No need to put your real name on Twitter.

You will want a real email to activate your account but that is private.

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TeWihara · 30/11/2011 22:18

garlicnutter Yes please! I would set up the blog myself but I am pretty heavily up duffed and therefore can't really reliable keep it going, will PM you something quickly.

ttosca · 30/11/2011 22:19

George Osborne's every blow falls on those with less not more

With his autumn statement, the chancellor has declared class war: a Tory assault on the public sector and the poor

www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/nov/29/osborne-class-war-autumn-statement

SpringHeeledJack · 30/11/2011 22:19

if you want to be double extra secretive, set up a new email account just for twitter like wot I did then quickly forgot it in tangled web of online aliases

razors · 30/11/2011 22:19

LaydeeC No you don't have to use your real name - you use a nickname such as we do here - you will need an email address.

northernmonkey · 30/11/2011 22:19

I have to go to bed now but will check in tomorrow

SpringHeeledJack · 30/11/2011 22:21

...incidentally was anyone marching in London today and thinking- this'll never get anywhere- we're all being much too nice/decent" ??

bring on the frothage, I say

LaydeeC · 30/11/2011 22:26

lol @shj
it's not even like I have anything to hide but I have an unusual name (but not terribly exciting) name (I'd be the only one on facebook if i used it) so would be outed in real life. Not that that would bother me particularly but wouldn't want work getting in a lather or suggesting I had been disreputable...
I will give it a go and see where I get.
Because I'm a luddite I may be back for more help.

FuckYouGideon · 30/11/2011 22:26

I deleted my previous Twitter account but have swung into action under a pseudonym.

If you want extra peace of mind, you can unclick the box which allows people to search for you using your email address.

northernmonkey · 30/11/2011 22:27

I changed my name both real and twitter one very quickly tonight. Took me 5 mins

SpringHeeledJack · 30/11/2011 22:32

my trouble with twitter (twubble?) is that I only follow people I agree with. As a result I have a v skewed view of the Real World Grin

razors · 30/11/2011 22:35

Bed time for me too - night night fellow campaigners

tiredemma · 30/11/2011 22:47

FuckyouGideon.

The best name on here.

I heart you.

FuckYouGideon · 30/11/2011 22:58

Thanks Emma. Blush I came up with it in a virulent rage last night.

CardyMow · 30/11/2011 23:12

I can't tweet that message to my local, Lib Dem MP - he doesn't have a Twitter account, according to the spreadsheet posted earlier. Angry.

LaydeeC · 30/11/2011 23:14

Right, I have now tweeted all those libdem @s along with nick clegg - I think!
Funny that, it is only a tiny tiny step but I feel I have done a little something to let these thieving fuckers know that I am not happy. Wish that it were more than 140 characters but it is probably a good thing.
Still laughing at Pickles ate my pension - fab!

Night all.

FuckYouGideon · 30/11/2011 23:15

Night from me as well. Unlikely to be active till Sunday as have visitors from tomorrow till then.