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Bullying leaves permanent psychological scarring and young people become adept at learning what hurts, verbally and psychologically. Looks, personality and status are all easy targets, and particularly difficult to change.
— Dawn Foster
The majority of us don't do what's best for us all the time because life is complicated and busy - and creating excuses is so much easier than getting on with the business of wellbeing.
— Dawn Foster
I'm learning to believe that my epilepsy doesn't disbar me from being considered attractive, so if I think I look palatable in A&E I'll damn well Instagram it.
— Dawn Foster
Children are more perceptive than we give them credit for: the poorest kids know their place as surely as the wealthiest children are aware of their station.
— Dawn Foster
I'd no more listen to a physicist's advice on my fertility than I would let a mechanic cut my hair.
— Dawn Foster
Homelessness can be complex, and some rough sleepers will refuse help when living on the street becomes entrenched. But fining people, confiscating tents, and forcing people to move on from certain areas will do nothing to combat the core issues that cause homelessness.
— Dawn Foster
The bedroom tax turfed people, many of them disabled, out of their homes, while the government disseminated myths about people living it up in council houses the size of small mansions.
— Dawn Foster
The impact of punitive government measures is long-lasting and widens inequality and social discord.
— Dawn Foster
Faith is about offering emotional and practical help to your neighbours while expecting nothing in return: you do so simply because you think it's needed.
— Dawn Foster
Public opinion isn't formed independently, but driven by narratives from the political class and the media.
— Dawn Foster
Modern life undermines any attempt at building communities and making connections with people without commerce.
— Dawn Foster
Equality legislation, and audits on gender pay gaps, ethnicity and disability, - within companies and public authorities - all aim to stamp out the informal transfer of power through social networks, in favour of appointment through genuine merit.
— Dawn Foster
Many regard freemasonry as an 18th-century boys' club, all funny aprons and comedic handshakes. That's good for the masons themselves, but it's our mistake. The most senior figures are listed, but surely that's a sop because, all the while, the vast majority of lay members, 'the brotherhood,' remain anonymous.
— Dawn Foster
Joining a union makes it more powerful and in turn strengthens the rights of all workers.
— Dawn Foster
There is no golden age of public spending for the working class under any form of Conservative future, only the endless pursuit of tax breaks for the comfortably-off.
— Dawn Foster
Supporting and publicising the campaigns of smaller unions pressures bosses to accept workers' demands.
— Dawn Foster
Women can be as destructive, possessive and prone to rage as men, it turns out: but discovering that is what terrifies them, while exhilarating women.
— Dawn Foster
I've had grateful messages from people thanking me for being open about health on social media: from others with epilepsy who feel less alone; from a man who shows his daughter my tweets and Instagram pictures, and says she feels much less of a pariah knowing others are in the same boat; and from people asking for coping mechanisms and tips.
— Dawn Foster
Passing a beggar who asks for money causes discomfort - and so it should. The act of facing and acknowledging human suffering and hardship on this scale ought to imprint itself on a society that has such glaring divides in income and comfort.
— Dawn Foster
For years I avoided loose fruit and veg - an absolute minefield - simply because it was impossible to tell how much they would come to at the till.
— Dawn Foster
Here's why people don't live on oats and water: if you're cash poor, you're likely also time poor, and speed is of the essence when your job starts at the same time as your children's day at school.
— Dawn Foster
If Freemasons won't be completely open about their membership, should we not say that in all cases membership is incompatible with public service? Asking public servants to either confirm they are not a member of a masonic organisation or to be open when they are won't fully excise the backroom deals or the stench of privilege.
— Dawn Foster
Making it compulsory to show identification before voting risks compromising a basic human right by creating further barriers for people who may no longer have an acceptable form of ID, thanks to the often unpredictable and chaotic lifestyle homelessness can cause.
— Dawn Foster
Supporting people to stay in their homes is surely a better method of reducing homelessness than acting after the fact.
— Dawn Foster
Focusing on the gifted always leaves people behind, and portrays working-class people as a repellent hinterland that 'gifted' and 'talented' children need rescuing from.
— Dawn Foster
Empathy is an uncomfortable force in politics.
— Dawn Foster
Throughout the west, the rise of populism has shaken establishments, with politicians and commentators asking why there has been a resurgent interest in socialism, and a growth of the far right on the opposite side.
— Dawn Foster
Almost all the people I've met in temporary accommodation fell behind with their rent because of benefit cuts, or found their landlord was no longer willing to keep them on since their income had been frozen.
— Dawn Foster
For children with special educational needs to receive the help they need to thrive in education, councils need targeted funding that properly addresses the costs of including children in mainstream classrooms with support, or creating space in specialist schools.
— Dawn Foster
The homeless often feel invisible, allowed to plummet through widening holes in the social safety net, then hidden in doorways from which people avert their eyes.
— Dawn Foster
I want to know when my friends need help, as well as when they're happy; when they're vulnerable, as well as when they feel strong.
— Dawn Foster
Housing, not buying, should be a right - and available and affordable for all. Right to buy is devastating our housing system, just as rail privatisation has devastated our transport infrastructure.
— Dawn Foster
If shelter is a human right, why not create a national housing service to provide homes for everyone who doesn't have one?
— Dawn Foster
Decades of anti-migrant rhetoric in parliament and the press has resulted in few voters having realistic ideas of the genuine level of migration, on both a national level and in their local community.
— Dawn Foster
While, legally, universal suffrage has been achieved for all undetained citizens over the age of 18, many people still find it difficult to vote in elections.
— Dawn Foster
Human life is fragile, and the threat posed to individuals in politics cannot be overlooked.
— Dawn Foster
Sitting on public transport is an occasionally exasperating experience if you have the temerity to attempt travelling while female.
— Dawn Foster
A smart society recognises the benefits of treating problems before they escalate, either through helping people quit smoking or moving them out of mould-blighted bedsits. A compassionate society also tries to limit human misery and suffering wherever possible.
— Dawn Foster
People never know what to do with women who write, especially about lust, in a way that isn't sanitised and held back.
— Dawn Foster
Winter is always the hardest period for rough sleepers because of the climate and the post-Christmas dip in generosity towards anyone begging. And there's a genuine risk to life for anyone having to sleep out as temperatures plummet.
— Dawn Foster
None of us are as insulated from poverty as we think.
— Dawn Foster
Standing in mass on Sundays with 500 other people, shaking hands with the people around you, catching the eye of small children, entertaining the prospect of causing a scene, to make them laugh, is an opportunity to feel part of something bigger than yourself, and rooted in your community.
— Dawn Foster
Towards the tail end of primary school, I was pulled aside by my headteacher and told I was joining a scheme for 'gifted and talented' children, that would run from my 10th birthday until I was 16.
— Dawn Foster
Most people pass through the doors of a hospital as a last resort. By the time you reach a bed, you've probably made a lot of small-scale decisions that, if they didn't cause your affliction, may have exacerbated your symptoms.
— Dawn Foster
Illness, especially chronic illness, can be very isolating. Not only does it limit how and when you can socialise, it causes you to feel unattractive.
— Dawn Foster
We can find any number of ways to criminalise begging, but when we do so, aren't we attacking the problem from entirely the wrong angle? Banning begging or rough sleeping treats street homelessness as a lifestyle choice that can be discouraged through threats of legal action and heavy-handed policing.
— Dawn Foster
It should be obvious that banning begging or criminalising rough sleeping will do little to combat homelessness.
— Dawn Foster
Cooking requires time, effort and fuel: increasing numbers of people I've visited can't even afford to turn on the kettle for a cup of tea as they eke out every penny to feed their extortionate gas and electric meters.
— Dawn Foster
The mental baggage involved in attempting to feed yourself when poor is immense. Being able to go into a supermarket and buy what you both need and want is incredibly freeing, but it's a luxury not appreciated by anyone who hasn't experienced longterm hardship.
— Dawn Foster
No one joins the masons for the handshakes. It must be for the benefits it can bring.
— Dawn Foster
For homeless and formerly homeless people, losing their ID and then having to apply for and afford new ID is insurmountably difficult.
— Dawn Foster
Focusing only on street homelessness is resource-intensive, and acts after the rough sleeper has already endured significant hardship and trauma. Acting before people are homeless makes far more sense, economically and for the long-term wellbeing of a household.
— Dawn Foster
Every rough sleeper is the product of political decisions that have created a safety net riddled with gaping holes. No one wants to sleep outdoors in sub-zero temperatures, but far too many will, while politicians continue to cut welfare provision and bludgeon councils with austeritymeasures.
— Dawn Foster
Poverty is a trap: it should be eradicated. It's no real answer just lifting a few children from families stuck on low wages into a different social milieu.
— Dawn Foster
As austerity has drained the blood from public services, preventive services have been the first to suffer.
— Dawn Foster
The academisation of schools under New Labour helped the Conservatives bring free schools into being. They said the new model would allow enthused parents to open schools. Instead, most free schools and academies are run by large chains that can outsource their IT facilities, cleaning services and other non-teaching jobs.
— Dawn Foster
Exceptional teaching requires more time and space for teachers to address the differing needs of a classroom, with assistance in staffing and funding.
— Dawn Foster
Housing is predominantly presented as a generational issue: millennials aren't able to get on the property ladder in the same way their parents were. But while it's true that intergenerational fairness is an issue, this way of presenting the housing crisis glosses over much.
— Dawn Foster
Renters didn't used to be cursed: social housing offered millions of people a steady, safe and secure home for an affordable price.
— Dawn Foster
Disasters can also be averted, which is why the rigorous approach after Ronan Point was the correct response.
— Dawn Foster
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