I just set off home after attending a protest at the Department of work and Pensions against the closure of the Independent Living fund. Wile I do not get the ILF personally, I feel solidarity is vital. After all, unlike a Tory, I don’t just care about myself. It was a good, well organised and well attended event, with over fifty people with various disabilities there. There were some good speeches, and some good songs; there was even a running gag about getting the disabilities minister to come out for a cup of tea.

Whether such protests achieve anything, of course, is debatable. After al, the government has already simply ignored a high court ruling saying the closure of the ILF was illegal. It seems the Condems don’t care who they hurt, or how many laws they break, or how many they kill as long as they cut the state and lower taxes for their rich pals.