In the 70+ age bracket, nearly 70% voted Tory at the last election (only 14% voted Labour).
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[Politics] Rishi sunak
- Thread starter South west gull
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In the 70+ age bracket, nearly 70% voted Tory at the last election (only 14% voted Labour).
Uncle C
Well-known member
So have you insulated your own home or are you waiting for the Government to do it?
It is - that would only cover the WFA recipients - it's not just pensioners - what about the £400 discount that's going to every household ?
It’s not going to every household.
Nobby Cybergoat
Well-known member
- Jul 19, 2021
- 7,010
Great to see the tory's chose to repay this loyalty with their covid response.
Mind you I reckon there's several old folk taking the line "they might have let it rip through the care homes, they might have undermined lockdowns and because of this my wife and all my friends are dead, but my god it's the tories that make this country great and i'll be voting for them again."
schmunk
"Members"
My (ex. state school teacher) parents are within that minority!
beorhthelm
A. Virgo, Football Genius
- Jul 21, 2003
- 35,313
i've seen some detail now, clever. end of day we need gas to provide the baseload energy until the wind forests and nuclear are built out. better that comes from north sea and onshore sources than abroad.
Cheshire Cat
The most curious thing..
It's still abysmally targeted.
I don't need a £400 rebate. Even though my fuel bills have more than doubled I can absorb that if I must.
Why do I get the £150 via my council tax just because I live in a smaller house. Again I don't need it.
However I'm not going to turn it down if its offered.
They would be far better giving anything direct to those most in need through the benefits system - especially income support.
I don't need a £400 rebate. Even though my fuel bills have more than doubled I can absorb that if I must.
Why do I get the £150 via my council tax just because I live in a smaller house. Again I don't need it.
However I'm not going to turn it down if its offered.
They would be far better giving anything direct to those most in need through the benefits system - especially income support.
Let’s not forget, this may be money generated by taxing the energy companies but it is all money that is going straight back to the energy companies.
But what a perverse situation to be in. The companies (and I know the oil producers and electric/gas providers aren't the same thing) whack their charges up so high that they make huge profits - which are then subject to a windfall tax to refund some of the raised charges to us.
Yes - to quote myself in a way. It would just be better if we all paid less in the first place!
GT49er
Well-known member
They must all be disappointed that Sunak is pursuing such a socialist line, then!
Plus also you have to accept, whether you like it or not, that many of those 70% (and no, I don't know the exact numbers any more than you do, but a lot) will have been life-long Labour voters (and probably will be again) who, much as they didn't like it, felt they had to vote Tory to protect the integrity of the referendum, which was under threat from all the other major parties.
GT49er
Well-known member
I reckon not, but I do reckon there's a lot of people holding prejudicial stereotypes about older people.
Pavilionaire
Well-known member
- Jul 7, 2003
- 30,588
Well they did come up with the windfall tax policy that the Tories are now belatedly adopting. Has it occurred to you there might be other things they can produce that might work?
southstandandy
WEST STAND ANDY
- Jul 9, 2003
- 5,644
Agreed. We're not ungrateful but like you have decent incomes to absorb much of the inflation that's going on at present. Would rather see a more targeted package at those who really need it, such as the many people we support in our weekly work in the local foodbanks near where we live who really are struggling. Still, glad to see the Chancellor take some much needed action.
Oop! Sorry, missed your post.
You may have misread my post?
GT49er
Well-known member
It was the winter fuel allowance, which was quoted in one of the other posts I was replying to, that I was referring to.
beorhthelm
A. Virgo, Football Genius
- Jul 21, 2003
- 35,313
gas producers (BP, Shell) are not the same as power generating utilities (SSE, Eon). the utility companies buy the gas at market price, making nothing more, many losing money and closed.