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People don't forget.

The latest ‘wheeze’ is to raise the tax threshold for pensioners because it’s been frozen for so long, it’s almost overlapping the State pension. That sounds good but it would only be for pensioners, not those in work. They haven’t got a clue, have they?

She’s left according to the Shropshire Star.

Tories not happy about going door knocking without expenses, and donations are drying up.

Some good news.

John Redwood is the latest Tory MP standing down (thank goodness) making it 75 now. They’re all running away from the inevitable storm that’s coming.

Tv now live from Downing Street. Guess is 4th July.

Jonny Mercer - leaked emails and sitting on a train with no socks nor shoes, allowing his laptop to be viewed by anyone. Plus this - gerrymandering

Just like Pritti Patel before her, unlawfully breaking up the Sarah Everard vigil.

More rats deserting. Possibly trying to avoid prosecution in the future?

I fully agree with your last five words. My argument is that leaders of the country need to be transparent, no matter their political allegiance.

The press have been reporting it, not just social media. Why do you feel a need to defend them?

Maybe politicians should be more open and honest with their financial dealings.

The Chancellor, Sunak, gave furlough money to his wife, for firms now closed down. You think people are desperately trying to make conspiracies?

Thank you for posting your experience. Many pensioners are like you, and quite a few are renting for various reasons. The very rich get away with not paying taxes, with money they can’t even spend on a lifetime but ordinary pensioners are being taxed. It’s a bad state of affairs. There’s even...

Lord Bamford, who paid for Boris & Carrie’s wedding, put Johnson up, rent free in his mother’s flat, backed Brexit etc etc https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/sep/27/who-is-anthony-bamford-the-billionaire-super-donor

A poverty refers to when a person or household does not have the minimum amount of income needed to meet the minimum living requirements needed over an extended period of time. In other words, they cannot meet their basic needs.

I wouldn’t say the majority have. Women of my age are unlikely to have a full work pension, as very few jobs were open to married women in the 70s. Part time work didn’t really get going until the 80s, and part timers were excluded from works pension schemes. There was also the option of a...

As did I, which prompted some good banter when I worked with colleagues supporting West Ham, Palace, Spurs etc etc.

Monitoring bank accounts, to see if pensions can be reduced, cutting back care facilities to practically zero so all care has to be paid for. My friend was pressured to sell her three bedroomed house to pay for her husband's care home, when he had a stroke. She stated her daughter lived out of...