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Well done Al 👏

Speaking of revolution you raise an interesting thought Ed. What are Starmer's view on a Republic V Monarchy does he have form here? I am then inextricably drawn to thinking about Robespierre and his part in the French Revolution and denouncement of the King. He was also a lawyer could he be Starmer's role model.?

Not forgetting Italy!

Cheap imitation of a pair of Church's 😅

Mais oui monsieur

Well Gray you clearly don't need the WFA 😂

Think you will find lots of posts about this 😎

Dream on Ron. Reeves&Rayner have form in wanting this. I didn't know until recently that the formers husband is a £170k a year civil servant 🤯. Do you think they'll need £200 when they retire? What will be interesting is to see next week how many Labour MP's will be whipped to vote against the measure to give the impression they voted with their conscious? Although I fully expect something along the lines of "not enough eligible pensioners have taken up the offer despite extensive promotions therefore we will shift it to a taxable benefit or via council tax band.

Just came across this Malc thought you may like? The amount the government has to spend on state pensions will fall by £1.5bn by 2022, partly because of over-65s dying of Covid, forecasts suggest. The government will also receive an extra £0.9bn from inheritance tax, partly due to Covid-related deaths. The figures have been published by the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) - the government's fiscal watchdog. It said it had "revised up our assumption for excess deaths this year and next relative to November". More than 144,000 deaths involving Covid-19 have occurred in the UK since the start of the pandemic, figures published by the UK's statistics agencies show. The majority of coronavirus deaths have been among people aged over 65, many of whom will have been receiving the state pension. The OBR estimates spending on the state pension will fall by £600m in 2020-21 and £900m in 2021-22 compared with forecasts made before the pandemic.

Wonderful contribution Ed! Do all Council members get this? Cheers Phil

At the risk of repetition of an earlier post😅 "Bear in mind over 65s aren't just a single entity, they have family and friends with the message if they can do this to us in such a cold-hearted way what can do to you? Even if just 50% of pensioners can influence just 3 people? Let your MP do the mathematics."

Maybe they could offset it against any future State Pension? This way it remains an open debt even if they choose to live in another country especially with reciprocal pension arrangements?

Nearly there Malc 👍

Thanks Al, and that's entirely the point, the very threat of long drawn out expensive action at no cost to the plaintiff has a tendency to focus the mind towards the least line of resistance 😎, having said that the statement from Lexus re previous damage is an important one and everyone should take note of this when considering purchasing any vehicle new or not.

For the avoidance of doubt : "However, motor legal expenses cover isn’t just for accidents; it can also provide you with protection if you are charged with a motoring offence, or support you in any legal difficulties you face when you’re selling or buying a car."

No doubt you have legal cover via your insurance try that.

You are destroying what equity you have in the car when you get come to sell on if you don't hand back!

If they don't then they won't have a career just a 48 month gap in their CV. It is my intent to write to my new MP outlining what I expect of her both now and in the future. I will suggest we all do similar, if Malcs 490k all do the same then it will be a very tangible sign of the groundswell of opinion. Bear in mind over 65s aren't just a single entity, they have family and friends with the message if they can do this to us in such a cold-hearted way what can do to you? Even if just 50% of pensioners can influence just 3 people? Let your MP do the mathematics.

Hear Hear! An economically illiterate pillock on Talk radio said boomers take more out than they paid in. Well of course they did notwithstanding inflation the whole State Pension thing is an unfounded giant Ponzi scheme. When we worked we paid for the then pensioners and now it's the follow on generations to chip in and do their bit but clearly they don't wish to. If they only had an ounce of foresight they would see they are supporting the end of the SP as we know it.

Why not just vote for Reform? They are more sympatico to the over 65's than any other party probably because they fully appreciate the countries history and who created it 😎

Absolutely,

Means testing of the State Pension will be a far more egregious attack on pensions. But just let's temper our vitriol for a moment. Right now most of the speculation is about October that involves retired people. But what if the whole doom and gloom is being deliberately built up such that come October it turns out to be nowhere near? Cheers all round? Bear in mind that the total annual government spend is around 1189 Billion🤯. Before the pay awards the so called "black hole" would be around 13 billion ie not far off 1%. One percent!!! All this nonsense over one percent yet Lucy Powell claims the economy will crash if the WFA is not withdrawn. Why is there no legal process to challenge these miscreants and hold them accountable for their outrageous claims? In every other area of life if I make claims about service or product I can be pursued through the courts for falsehoods, what's different?

Correct! How many times have you heard "don't blame me I didn't vote for them" 😕

If you have been voting for politicians who promise to give you goodies at someone else's expense, then you have no right to complain when they take your money and give it to someone else, including themselves.” ― Thomas Sowell

What a great find!