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Draft letter to disabled people's organisations in marginal constituencies.
How do we persuade you to talk to all the people you can that you don't know about Operation Purple Vote?
Philip J Connolly
Jan 15, 20242 min read
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Election year is part one of our great reset. 2024 is Our Year!
The Government has downgraded the voice of disabled people within Whitehall departments by abolishing the post of Minister for Disabled...
Philip J Connolly
Jan 8, 20242 min read
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When did the Government leave?
Conservative MP and ex-climate adviser Chris Skidmore has warned of a "vacuum and silence" in government on climate change. BBC 5/7/2023
Philip J Connolly
Nov 6, 20232 min read
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Journalists here is your chance to balance the neo nasty stories maligning disabled people
Changes are being proposed to the criteria within the Work Capability Assessment, the main test for health related out of work benefit.
Philip J Connolly
Oct 24, 20232 min read
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UKIM to VIM
On the 17th of August 2023 the UK Independent Mechanism (UKIM) reported on the progress in implementing the United Nations Convention on...
Philip J Connolly
Aug 23, 20232 min read
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You Heard it Here First - the DRN Team Effort and Also General Election Dates Inside
Operation Purple Vote (OPV) is looking to set up an Artificial Intelligence (AI) facility to support the Disability Resilience Network (DRN)
Philip J Connolly
Aug 7, 20232 min read
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Historic Mission
How we are where we are with disability politics in 2023.
Philip J Connolly
Jul 24, 20233 min read
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Transforming Support and Creating Uncertainty and Inconsistency
Below we set out the uncertainties and inconsistencies raised by the recent DWP white paper.
Philip J Connolly
Jun 12, 20235 min read
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pAIn?
How will Artificial Intelligence impact on the disability workforce?
Philip J Connolly
May 9, 20232 min read
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The Emperor Exposed
Disability Resilience Network response to Disability Confident, trade bodies and the UK government.
Philip J Connolly
Apr 25, 20233 min read
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Looking For a Black Swan
There are many legitimate influences on good policy making but one essential element is the asking of questions. If we ask better...
Philip J Connolly
Feb 28, 20233 min read
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The Social Value Act, the Disability Employment Gap and the Need for Action on the Ground.
An Open Letter to the UK’s Disability Charities In recent years, I have been researching the use of the Social Value Act in the UK. This...
Chris Lonsdale
Feb 7, 20235 min read
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The beautiful game just got more beautiful - here's how the DRN did it! Looking back from 2025.
The beautiful game just got more beautiful - here's how the DRN did it!
Philip J Connolly
Jan 17, 20231 min read
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Disabled people and the General Election
It is still up to two years to the general election so why act now? In a word - timing.
Philip J Connolly
Nov 1, 20224 min read
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Disability, Self-Sufficiency and Mutualism
Ok, so you've signed a petition, been on a march, added your details to the sum of evidence and yet still been ignored. What’s left?...
Philip J Connolly
Aug 18, 20223 min read
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The Unity Plan: how the DRN builds an inclusive economy with you
2000 people have connected with the Disability Resilience Network - the DRN. It is our hope that you can be connected too!
Philip J Connolly
May 5, 20223 min read
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"To the metaverse and back to the universe"
Your invitation to join the DRN purple trade mission and secure your place at our exhibition
Philip J Connolly
Apr 25, 20224 min read
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The Inclusive Economy - The Disability Resilience Network (DRN) Goal Â
The DRN is a network and we are already welding national representation to local activism. Our evolving structure will allow us to conduct c
Philip J Connolly
Jan 10, 20223 min read
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