Ruth Johnson retweeted
If you read one thing today take in this brave account of living with cancer during the pandemic.
"As my world fell apart, restrictions meant no one could hold my hand or give me a hug.
"I hold out hope there will be a clinical trial for me.
"Please #PlayYourPart to beat cancer."
"Just like science is our way out of the pandemic, science is our route to beating cancer. This offers me hope." In this moving account, Dundee cancer patient Ruth explains why she's urging Scots to #PlayYourPart to beat the disease.
Ruth Johnson retweeted
A must read from the incredibly brave and inspiring @Daily_Dora who I'm humbled to work with on the Business Beats Cancer Dundee board.
OPINION: Covid robbed me of my bucket list - supporting cancer research could be key to my su… thecourier.co.uk/fp/opinion/… via @thecourieruk
"I love this cookbook. It reminds me of one of my happiest birthdays in Florida when we went to Mackenzie Smith's restaurant on the beach and she made our breakfast," Ruth Johnson, Cancer Research UK Dundee Business Beats Cancer fundraiser and cancer patient. #WorldBookDay2021 📖
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Ctd4 @RishiSunak . It is worth noting that businesses were closed by the UK government, they were not closed by the pandemic. Therefore, the UK government have a responsibility to ALL taxpayers and not just those that they pick and choose. #ExcludedUK
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Ctd3 @RishiSunak No one should be worse off at the end of the pandemic than they were at the beginning. The exception would be if the whole country were in the same position, but they are not. You said “we are all in this together" that is very far from the case! #ExcludedUK
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Ctd1 @RishiSunak There are millions of us in this situation and whilst initially it was undoubtedly unfair, my wife and I accepted that it would be short lived. However, to be in this position one year later is grossly unfair and discriminating. #ExcludedUK
Ctd @RishiSunak I understand we are living in unprecedented times, but there is a huge divide in the support offered to business sectors and entrepreneurs. #ExcludedUK
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Q11 @RishiSunak 11.On 22nd February 2021 Prime Minister Johnson stated that the government will “do whatever it takes to protect jobs and livelihoods” What exactly will he be doing to support the jobs and livelihoods of the Excluded? #ExcludedUK
Q10C @RishiSunak . Why do you not have the correct checks in place and why are people being given grants who do not need them at the detriment of the Excluded who have been given nothing? #ExcludedUK
Q10B @RishiSunak Firstly, I find it offensive that you make this sweeping statement suggesting that I am a fraudster especially when you have personally devised and operate a system that is that is open to fraudulent activity. #ExcludedUK
Q10A @RishiSunak Many have been awarded grants which are not required and have been used for new cars, home improvements and the alike. #ExcludedUK
Q10 @RishiSunak You have been vocal in your opinion that company directors who take wages as dividends or newly self-employed may be fraudsters or open to criminal activity, yet the PAYE self-employed who have worked through the pandemic can apply for grants #ExcludedUK
Q9B @RishiSunak However, if someone logs into the Government Gateway system. They can easily see their tax paid and NI contributions using information provided by HMRC. Why is this information not being used to support the Excluded? #ExcludedUK
Q9A @RishiSunak Is this the real reason why you have discriminated against Directors of Small Businesses? #ExcludedUK
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Q9 @RishiSunak 9.HMRC has said that it has “no way of identifying which dividends people receive are in lieu of wages, and which are simply a return on capital, either in their own company or as a general investment”. #ExcludedUK
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Q8A @RishiSunak Why should anyone through no fault of their own have to lose all their savings because you do not want to believe they exist? #ExcludedUK
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Q8 @RishiSunak 8.Apart from the occasional piece of work giving some income, we survived by spending our retirement savings. Our savings have been decimated and we could lose everything because you have made arbitrary decisions about who you want to help #ExcludedUK
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Q7C @RishiSunak If this is the case, what are you doing to support the 1.5million? Why is living with literally no income for a year not classed as someone who really needs support? #ExcludedUK
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Q7B @RishiSunak You followed it up by “As I have said in my previous correspondence, that decision was taken to help target the support of those who really needed it” From this you believe that there are 1.5 million with no support. #ExcludedUK
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