MEDIA WATCH Autism is in the news again and it isn't good. It rarely is. Yesterday, 18th February 2022, a couple were jailed for 6 years each for keeping their son locked in a filthy attic. Matthew Langley, 22, who has learning difficulties and suffers from irritable bowel syndrome, double-incontinence and arthritis, was found severely …
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People with learning difficulties should not vote.
According to this news story a man was told at a polling station that he should not be voting. What can I say, other than if true I find this really shocking. The idea of disenfranchising people is not what democracy is about. The story says that the returning officer has launched an …
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