Author: Doug Paulley

Wheelchair user and residential care user, sometimes thorn in the side of authorities.

Wheelchair spaces at the Supreme Court hearing

There’s a lot of interest in the court case being heard in the Supreme Court next Wednesday, 15th June 2016 – FirstGroup Plc (Respondent) v Paulley (Appellant), on “the reasonable adjustments which a bus company is required to make to accommodate disabled wheelchair users.” The number of wheelchair users supporting this case is humbling. It…

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The Consistency of Wetherspoons Portion Sizes

Back in July 2014, whilst on a day trip to Whitby, I ate at the Angel Wetherspoons’ pub. I sent this tweet. @jdwtweet I generally love your food but this at Angel Whitby is a little stingy!! pic.twitter.com/YRtkWct19O — Doug Paulley (@kingqueen3065) July 16, 2014 Wetherspoons responded by pulling the CCTV of our meal and…

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Leonard Cheshire’s bonfire of user empowerment

Governance failures I’ve already noted all is not well at Leonard Cheshire Disability (LCD): the Chief Executive and the Head of HR left at no notice. (LCD’s PR team told a Third Sector magazine journalist that Pelham would stay on until replaced, but now LCD refute having said any such thing.) Now the Interim Chief…

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