As it's in the news again - this is the post I wrote a few months ago on why the disability benefits bill has been going up. Essentially, you can't remove need by removing support - it just pops up as a cost somewhere else. [open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/t...](

The definition of madness

Governments need to stop making the same incredibly expensive mistake over and over again

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The definition of madness

Governments need to stop making the same incredibly expensive mistake over and over again

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My brief contribution to the bluesky discourse is that across all written social media there's been a tail off in use in the last few months because Trump's first few weeks caused a huge surge.