Im not sure why you think that 12 years military servive, including the Falklands, followed by decades of working 12-15 hour shifts doesnt consitute working hard. Not once have I said people working today do not work as hard as I did, or harder.
Why do you think I, and others on here , are...
not saying you dont deserve to be ok, of course you do. but this seeming dislike of pensioners, older people or anyone who may just now not have to be selling houses, or posessions to avoid ruin , and may now be able to heat homes, or pay for careers etc because of the interest rises seems...
I am one of the "lucky" ones to have a bit of a savings pot, it was nothing to do with the fact that I worked bloody hard since I was 18 to do so,just good old had everything given to me on a plate luck.
I do realise that there are millions of people in a much worse position than I am, and...
to be fair, I have a bog standard savings account with Nat west, which for years has been "earning" me about 1p interest a month, the recent interest rate rises have changed that to £7 , £13, and £15 in the past three months. So Nat West at least have passed it on as soon as the Bank Of England...