comment by PawlBawron (U1055)
posted 4 minutes ago
Haha, it's hardly a rant.

I'm simply pointing out that I had the guy weighed up from the moment he conned his way into the Labour leadership.

His 'one rule for them another for us" opposition rants are now making him a laughing stock and quite rightly so.
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Weird way of saying ‘yes’ but okay!

People like Paul getting upset over £300 reminds of stuff like Piers Morgan getting upset at vegan sausage rolls

comment by Robbing Hoody - keepy up arbiter. Don’t ... (U6374)
posted 1 minute ago
I see a lot of noise but nothing tangible other than grumbling about £300.

They’ve increased the pension by a higher amount than that anyway, they are proactively trying to engage with people not accessing their allowed benefits and more over if they do this they would then be eligible for further support on top of that.

Your complaints are more than vacuous and the reason we’re in this mess is because of the Tories and Brexit whilst simultaneously asset stripping the countries infrastructure.

Vile people may quickly forget austerity, windrush, Brexit, Track and Trace and embezzlement but the rest of us won’t.
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There we go

Yes, there are tangible things in there and not just moaning from right wing snowflakes getting upset at very little indeed.

comment by Robbing Hoody - keepy up arbiter. Don’t talk to me unless you can do ten (U6374)
posted 29 seconds ago
I see a lot of noise but nothing tangible other than grumbling about £300.

They’ve increased the pension by a higher amount than that anyway, they are proactively trying to engage with people not accessing their allowed benefits and more over if they do this they would then be eligible for further support on top of that.

Your complaints are more than vacuous and the reason we’re in this mess is because of the Tories and Brexit whilst simultaneously asset stripping the countries infrastructure.

Vile people may quickly forget austerity, windrush, Brexit, Track and Trace and embezzlement but the rest of us won’t.
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Difficult to forget austerity when it’s still very much in force…

comment by PawlBawron (U1055)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by Gingernuts (U2992)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by PawlBawron (U1055)
posted 52 seconds ago
Quiet on here at the moment.

I would have hoped that those on here (1 in 5 of the electorate) that were stupid enough to vote for Sir Keir (king of self awareness) Starmer would have seen enough by now to be wondering what the fack they've done!!?

As I predicted the hypocritical con man is an appalling pm and I can only assume that he never listens to his advisors (presuming he has any other than the rather well paid Sue Gray).

The nice thing is he's not letting the pressures of the job interfere with his social life as winter sets in for our £300 light pensioners.
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Well of course you won’t hear much criticism of him or his acolytes on here

The man, his wife, Sue Grey etc are living parodies and hypocrites to boot. There has never been a PM with such a list of freebies and gifts ever in our recent history of parliament.

All you’ll hear is “ah but the Tories” and the nerve shredding mantra of being shocked at everything they “uncover”. What were they shocked at that nobody in the populace already knew exactly? I’m convinced he’d attempt Everest and exclaim on the first day he never knew how high it was.

Then you’ll get “clearing up the mess” and “it will take time”. What were they -landing to do whilst 14 years in opposition? Just waiting to see what would happen on the day.

The “honeymoon” period is practically over and the continuing whine about the Tories is wearing very thin with the population of whom only 34% voted them in anyway.

They’ll carry on regardless as there is no opposition to speak of, but eventually I believe they will implode from within as they reward public sector, themselves and the unions in turn while expecting the middle earners to pay for it all.

I cannot see them being in power for this trumpeted 10 years, especially after the next budget, the many new “rights of the worker” and inevitably the upcoming strikes and unrest. Shades of the ‘70’s loom.

Sit back and enjoy.
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Haha, I'm loving it but whether I'm able to continue doing so is rather dependent on Robotic Reeves Oct budget.
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Can’t say we haven’t been warned about how bad it’s going to be. Over and over again.

Fwck me; talk about driving the economy down

‘JD Vance says US could drop support for NATO if Europe tries to regulate Elon Musk’s platforms’

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/jd-vance-elon-musk-x-twitter-donald-trump-b2614525.html

We’re starting to learn what Musk’s endorsement cost Trump then.

Just out of interest, a question for the right wingers.

With the pension set to increase by £460 are pensioners better or worse off so far?

It’s a one word answer. Let’s see who has the decency to answer honestly.

comment by Robbing Hoody - keepy up arbiter. Don’t talk to me unless you can do ten (U6374)
posted 1 minute ago
I see a lot of noise but nothing tangible other than grumbling about £300.

They’ve increased the pension by a higher amount than that anyway, they are proactively trying to engage with people not accessing their allowed benefits and more over if they do this they would then be eligible for further support on top of that.

Your complaints are more than vacuous and the reason we’re in this mess is because of the Tories and Brexit whilst simultaneously asset stripping the countries infrastructure.

Vile people may quickly forget austerity, windrush, Brexit, Track and Trace and embezzlement but the rest of us won’t.
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22 million black hole is the new my dad was a toolmaker.

We spent 405mil on the pandemic so perhaps they should focus on that. O wait a minute they supported the government measures at that time.

Yes, I don’t think they supported embezzlement though.

Here he is

comment by Robbing Hoody - keepy up arbiter. Don’t ... (U6374)
posted less than a minute ago
Just out of interest, a question for the right wingers.

With the pension set to increase by £460 are pensioners better or worse off so far?

It’s a one word answer. Let’s see who has the decency to answer honestly.
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Except you know very well it’s not a one word answer is it.

Unless you genuinely believe every pensioner can be categorised as being in wholly identical circumstances. Which I’m sure you don’t.

Also, do you not consider the optics of this against that relatively small amount that is meant to be saved whilst pay awards abound in the public sector?

They are supposed to be helping bring the lower income groups improve.

comment by rosso says the time has come to unlock the unlimited Pote-ntial of the Fernçalvenoo triumvirate (U17054)
posted 2 minutes ago
‘JD Vance says US could drop support for NATO if Europe tries to regulate Elon Musk’s platforms’

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/jd-vance-elon-musk-x-twitter-donald-trump-b2614525.html

We’re starting to learn what Musk’s endorsement cost Trump then.
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The plan is to make JD Vance president as early as next year. Peter Thiel is spending a lot of money to make it happen. He’s actually a more scary option than Trump imo

comment by Robbing Hoody - keepy up arbiter. Don’t ... (U6374)
posted 2 minutes ago
Just out of interest, a question for the right wingers.

With the pension set to increase by £460 are pensioners better or worse off so far?

It’s a one word answer. Let’s see who has the decency to answer honestly.
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No

comment by Gingernuts (U2992)
posted 14 seconds ago
comment by Robbing Hoody - keepy up arbiter. Don’t ... (U6374)
posted less than a minute ago
Just out of interest, a question for the right wingers.

With the pension set to increase by £460 are pensioners better or worse off so far?

It’s a one word answer. Let’s see who has the decency to answer honestly.
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Except you know very well it’s not a one word answer is it.

Unless you genuinely believe every pensioner can be categorised as being in wholly identical circumstances. Which I’m sure you don’t.

Also, do you not consider the optics of this against that relatively small amount that is meant to be saved whilst pay awards abound in the public sector?

They are supposed to be helping bring the lower income groups improve.
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It’s 100% a one word answer.

comment by Robbing Hoody - keepy up arbiter. Don’t ... (U6374)
posted less than a minute ago
comment by Gingernuts (U2992)
posted 14 seconds ago
comment by Robbing Hoody - keepy up arbiter. Don’t ... (U6374)
posted less than a minute ago
Just out of interest, a question for the right wingers.

With the pension set to increase by £460 are pensioners better or worse off so far?

It’s a one word answer. Let’s see who has the decency to answer honestly.
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Except you know very well it’s not a one word answer is it.

Unless you genuinely believe every pensioner can be categorised as being in wholly identical circumstances. Which I’m sure you don’t.

Also, do you not consider the optics of this against that relatively small amount that is meant to be saved whilst pay awards abound in the public sector?

They are supposed to be helping bring the lower income groups improve.
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It’s 100% a one word answer.
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I disagree. But if you’d like a one word answer then it’s no.

comment by Robbing Hoody - keepy up arbiter. Don’t talk to me unless you can do ten (U6374)
posted 1 minute ago
Just out of interest, a question for the right wingers.

With the pension set to increase by £460 are pensioners better or worse off so far?

It’s a one word answer. Let’s see who has the decency to answer honestly.
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Worse.

£300 gone, heating bills up £200 and of course inflation on top.

comment by PawlBawron (U1055)
posted 6 seconds ago
comment by Robbing Hoody - keepy up arbiter. Don’t talk to me unless you can do ten (U6374)
posted 1 minute ago
Just out of interest, a question for the right wingers.

With the pension set to increase by £460 are pensioners better or worse off so far?

It’s a one word answer. Let’s see who has the decency to answer honestly.
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Worse.

£300 gone, heating bills up £200 and of course inflation on top.
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So £460 is less than £300? Oh dear Pawl, it turns out you’ll say anything.

comment by PawlBawron (U1055)
posted less than a minute ago
comment by Robbing Hoody - keepy up arbiter. Don’t talk to me unless you can do ten (U6374)
posted 1 minute ago
Just out of interest, a question for the right wingers.

With the pension set to increase by £460 are pensioners better or worse off so far?

It’s a one word answer. Let’s see who has the decency to answer honestly.
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Worse.

£300 gone, heating bills up £200 and of course inflation on top.
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Having to make claims on forms that are teams in the making, on an on line platform and being a pensioner.

Can’t see that being an issue at all.

*reams

There is a free phone number that will fill out the forms over the phone on pensioners behalf. True story.

Thank God we've got things going on Starmer, although the media are belatedly sussing out what a cant he is he still gets a very easy ride on here.

Be nice if some of the 1 in 3 voters who went for Labour were able to show some contrition?

Its a generalisation but a large number of pensioners voted for Brexit despite being warned of the financial consequences that came soon after the UK left the EU and single market. If they were convinced they could afford that, then they should be confident that they can afford an extra £300 a year to their energy bills. That was never going to last forever no matter who was in charge. The reality is that unfortunately, some can't afford either or both. But ignorance isn't an excuse. Lets hope the money finds the way to the pensioners who need it and not as 'a good meal out' for those that really don't need it.

comment by Robbing Hoody - keepy up arbiter. Don’t ... (U6374)
posted less than a minute ago
There is a free phone number that will fill out the forms over the phone on pensioners behalf. True story.
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Which of course they might get through on and get someone who’s not wfh.

Really? You’re actually defending this when even so many members of the Labour Party are incensed about it themselves and it’s recognised as being the biggest blunder so far in their very short reign?

And to enact it with such haste for such a small “saving”?

Fair enough

comment by PawlBawron (U1055)
posted 31 seconds ago
Thank God we've got things going on Starmer, although the media are belatedly sussing out what a cant he is he still gets a very easy ride on here.

Be nice if some of the 1 in 3 voters who went for Labour were able to show some contrition?
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