Mental Incapacity

Religious freedom is once again under attack: the court of appeal has ruled against the faith-based community at the Department of Workfare and Privation. The court upheld a previous ruling that the fitness-for-work test discriminates against people with learning difficulties, mental health problems and autism, despite such people being nearly as handy as immigrants for generating healthy debate in the scumbag press. A judicial review is also underway, but the Government has no intention of bothering its henchmen at ATOS Healthcare just when winter's coming on. The brilliant Iain Duncan Smith did not comment, being too busy sharing a smug with George Osborne, whose autumn statement of self-congratulation has kept the headlines away from both the court's judgement and the ongoing Universal Credit fiasco. Nevertheless, a spokesbeing was extruded to proclaim that "significant improvements" are being made, and that day-to-day persecution of the disabled will continue as usual because the judgement is a bit complicated.