Oh Come All Ye Faithful, Frothy and Triumphant! Oh Come Lefties, Come Ye to anti ConDem-nay-tion!

[KateMiddlet0n]

Fed up of the ConDems robbing the poorest and most vulnerable blind? Sympathetic to the squeezed middle? Have you eyes that can see the horrors that await the dismantling of our welfare state and all that is great and good in UK?

Then you're a frother. This is our safe-space to rally, vent and get organised. You are also welcome if you want to be better informed and/or do something.

#Frothers don't join - #frothers ARE. Check out the blog for information and actions you can take, like us on www.facebook.com/frothers Facebook for bite-sized chunks of frothiness you can read, like and share, or get ye to Twitter and tweet your frustrations using the #frothers hashtag or follow us @TMC_frothers.

Our blog toomanycuts.blogspot.com

Facebook www.facebook.com/frothers

Twitter Twitter.com/tmc_frothers

This is our 4th thread now!

a frothy baby in the offing??

Marking my place, to catch up later.

How you doing Te?

Okay - it's stopped now.

Will try and distract DD and see if anything else happens

MrsM, I'm having a homebirth exactly because of that! 2 guaranteed midwives, local hospital keeps turning people away

ooh bookmarking, why have I not known about this?? Only been an MNer since 2008

I had a homebirth. It was good as births go. The one-to-one MW care was great.

Am sticking me head round the door. I am here even if I don't say much because I can't make a coherent argument that extends beyond shouting BASTARDS!!

Our lot run different teams for hospital and community round here MrsM (Kingston).

It does mean though that you have no idea when the MW is coming to do your postnatal checks as they have to cover homebirths.

Clown

marking place.

When are you due, Te?

A frothy birth. That would be something lovely to celebrate.

Bookmarking has not been around for that long, I don't think

< clocks in >

Yes - that's what happens here, they send you to the nearest hospital, but it's fairly rural so it can be an hour plus journey and giving birth in the car park in reality... The HB team is seperate, but if the hospital is short they go in sometimes I think.

Due in 2 weeks so a bit early. Might have just been BH.

Afternoon

Fantabulous title, darling.

What Clown said.

Just found this thread, and had a quick peek at the Blog. Feel I have found my spiritual home.

welcome, ginfox

have you see the other 3 threads ? (prepare for a long read)

I'll summarise for Gin. We got pissed off/rage-y/mucho saddo at the bastardisation of our welfare state.

We had a group hug on a thread.

A bright spark said "let's start a blog!"

Another said "let's get out onto Twitter and spread the news"

And, lo, the blog was born and the #frothers they did come forth and multiple, until they were a very great number and attracted the attention of The Guardian newspaper amongst others.

After some days in the wilderness, buttons were added to the blog with petition links for those that wished to Do Something.

And here we are!

you are all so fab

It was a PM on Twitter as it happens. To Zoe Williams.

I don't think she does. Bidisha wrote a lovely blog post too for which I am extremely grateful

They're good sorts those ladies at The Guardian.

It would be nice to get something in a more right wing paper (they probably wouldn't link to us!) about the 'deserving' poor being hit too, since they're so obsessed with the concept.