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Labour votes AGAINST letting disabled people use the bus for free before 9:30am (www.thecanary.co)

submitted 2 days ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk

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The restrictions also mean that disabled people can’t get a bus for free after 11 pm, because we don’t have social lives or jobs...

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[–] Redfox8@mander.xyz 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Maybe if there was a public transport system still running that was not just a cash cow and stifled for the benefit of big oil then it wouldn't matter who used it when.

Some people wake very early and may only be well enough during rush hour to travel.. and yet they're not supported in doing so, even though it'd cost relative pennies.

Oh and re your last Q, disabled people aren't allowed to go out on the lash or to the theatre etc, they're disabled so should be tucked up in bed staring at the samecwall they've been staring at all daytime. It saves the government tens of pounds a year that!

PS I'm not being narky at you, rather the system.

[–] i_am_not_a_robot@feddit.uk 6 points 1 day ago

Yes, buses should be for the benefit of all. Unfortunately they are mostly run by private companies who want to make a profit.

(Also I see that I got downvoted for trying to provide a balanced view of why this is even a policy, aren't the votes supposed to be "adds to the discussion" not "I agree"?)