[Politics] Labour Party meltdown incoming.......

Pondicherry said:

Ignorance of the law is generally not defense. I remember the changes being announced in the mid 1990's when I was not interested in pensions in any way. Women had many years of enhanced state pension benefits compared to men. They got the benefits earlier and lived longer.
I agree that the Labour Party jumped on the bandwagon when it was not their responsibility and off it when it was. Politicians says popular things to get themselves elected.

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sussex_guy2k2 said:

Pensioners in this country are in the best position they’ve ever been, yet working people continue to struggle, and many have continued to struggle throughout the Tories’ tenure (of course there are exceptions). The Waspie women were warned and were given years to adjust to the incoming changes and to plan financially for their retirement. Most of them simply haven’t worked and haven’t planned, and I see no reason why working people in this country, many of whom are up against it, should be made to cover them whilst they continue to bleed the country dry.

It’s this kind of thing that’s leading to the ever increasing generational divide we see in this country. They’ve been given something - they should be bleeding grateful for it considering the fortuitous position many of them find themselves in, and the position many of them have put the country in with their voting choices over the past decade.

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LamieRobertson said:

Sorry but is that all or some? You seem to indicate all..is that correct?

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Machiavelli said:

I'd say some, but have a question to you: others can answer it too (thus far answers haven't been forthcoming).
You seem greatly concerned about the WFA threshold (fwiw, I'd like it set a little higher -- but that means it needs to be paid for, and my answer is to tax assets). Why have you given this so much attention when the Two Child policy is far more widespread and devastating, to which scant or any attention has been given by so many on these political threads?

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Rdodge30 said:

Out of 40+ countries in Europe I think last time I looked only Germany and Malta are higher than UK

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fly high said:

You have to apply for pensions credit so why not make the same rule for WFA. Cut off point? How about somewhere near what someone on pensions credit gets in extra help & not just the WFA.

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Bozza said:

Nor is anyone, and noone has suggested we should.

What about those on just over £11k a year, no savings and for whom the £200/£300 was a lifeline to help them get through the winter months with a small amount of heating on the very coldest days?

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drew said:

That's a bit disingenuous and, as at 2023, incorrect. Malta, Germany and the Netherlands all had higher rates and the UK, on 25% were the same as Belgium, France, Spain and Turkey!

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nevergoagain said:

Were Windrush, Infected Blood, Post Office, Grenfell in the manifesto ?.

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Rdodge30 said:

Well I don’t know about disingenuous, according to your figures out of 40+(44?) countries in Europe only 3 have a higher rate than us not 2

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Titanic said:

A top campaign adviser to US President-elect Donald Trump has called the incoming UK ambassador to the US, Lord Peter Mandelson, "an absolute moron".

In a post on social media, Chris LaCivita said Lord Mandelson "should stay home".
Mr LaCivita, who was a co-campaign manager for Trump's presidential election bid, criticised the British government's decision saying it was replacing a "professional universally respected ambo [ambassador] with an absolute moron".

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Titanic said:

A top campaign adviser to US President-elect Donald Trump has called the incoming UK ambassador to the US, Lord Peter Mandelson, "an absolute moron".

In a post on social media, Chris LaCivita said Lord Mandelson "should stay home".
Mr LaCivita, who was a co-campaign manager for Trump's presidential election bid, criticised the British government's decision saying it was replacing a "professional universally respected ambo [ambassador] with an absolute moron".

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LamieRobertson said:

I think some people need to be put into those positions and maybe they might think again

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knocky1 said:

Whilst you centrists argue against yourselves I see the appointment of Mandy, the absolute moron, as US Ambassador is going down well with Trump's campaign.

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cunning fergus said:

Mandelson, and perhaps this may be most significant of all, was very well connected to Epstein. Whilst there’s no indication he was part of any abuse, but Mandelson was staying with Epstein even when the charges had been made public. In the eyes of many Americans Keir may as well have appointed Prince Andrew.

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