Miss Jardine

@RickSacrop Moving costs, sale and purchase costs, stamp duty are part of it. But packing up, cleaning, decorating, putting curtains up! It's a lot for older people to do so they have to pay people to do that as well... at the end of the day its not financially worth it.

One of the reasons you often find elderly people, on their own, in a large house is stamp duty. If they downsize they get clobbered for tax so it isn't economically viable. Abolish stamp duty on downsizers and we will see a huge shift in the market. And HMRC get Tax on the resale

@bryanstrummer @notanerable You don't need a passport though, you can get a free government id.

@notanerable Pensioners vote with Oyster cards, workers need passports. This is what 'no political power' looks like in the UK. Same chaotic minds that brought us Brexit. Absurd.

I’ve had to hear from multiple people today that pensioners have no political power or influence in the UK. Reminder we have Voter ID laws in the UK.

@PeterMcCormack No stamp duty at all, raise tax thresholds for all, no minimum wage.

I’d like policies which help young people: - No income tax until 25 - No stamp duty until 25 - No welfare until 25 - No minimum wage ever But also… - No voting until 25

@CptHastings1916 In my small village which has a railway station and pubs and shops, chemist, chippy, bakers - 2 to 3 bed terraces are going for 100-160k. Easy commute anywhere in West and North Yorkshire.

I don't know what young people are moaning about, housing in England is totally affordable if you're willing to move to a cramped terrace in a remote coastal town with no railway station where all the pubs close at 9pm and you have no social circle or employment prospects.

@JoeSorgea @ScottGoetz_ I wouldn't care if my house lost 99% of its value. I'd still be living in it. It would still be the same house.

@ScottGoetz_ It's because any sort of relief for new home buyers would come at the expense of boomers' property values. They see property as an investment vehicle rather than something to use, live in, enjoy

Never will understand why old people get so viciously angry when it is explained to them they bought houses at a good time and it would be nice if similar conditions existed now. I suppose it is just insecurity at the idea owning a home really wasn’t a grand achievement for them.

@gearoidmurphy_ They could sell it and use the equity to buy it. That's how boomers have the houses they do - they bought small, moved up the chain, using equity to pay for the next upgrade.

A better comparison is whether the boomer could buy the house they live in with the current wage for the job and experience level they had when they originally bought it. So if you were a 30yo bus driver when you bought your house, what house would you get now as a 30yo bus driver.

@mhdp @gearoidmurphy_ Mortgages were hard to get, this kept house prices down. Biggest factor is supply and demand, but also schemes like right to buy, stamp duty holidays (gov interference) always inflates.

@gearoidmurphy_ Why were house prices so low then,any idea?

@gearoidmurphy_ I have bought three houses in my life and non had double glazing, central heating etc - one didn't even have an inside bathroom. If anything 'boomer' houses have been refurbished to the max.

No matter how stringent I try to be against boomer denialism, I still catch myself understating it. Even the above like-for-like still misses an important point. I said to buy the same house, when in fact those very same houses now often have an old roof, wiring, plumbing etc that will be very expensive to overhaul, whereas it was often <15yo when the boomer bought it back then. So for a proper comparison, you would need to find a house nearby of same proportion but built after 2010. This is a much overlooked factor and puts things in even starker contrast.

@opalfruitfan @paullewismoney @PensionsUK_ @Moneybox @BBCRadio4 Bitter minge. It wasn't a bit of pocket money. I had to work whilst still at school because I was living in a bedsit and shared rent with 4 other people.

@PolThreeOne @paullewismoney @PensionsUK_ @Moneybox @BBCRadio4 So what - so did most teenagers I knew- including my own now twenty something children who'll probably get their pension when they're about 80 at this rste

If you were born in the nineteen sixties your state pension age starts rising from Monday costing millions of people thousands of pounds and will save govt £10.4bn a year. Did you know? with Zoe Alexander of @PensionsUK_ on @Moneybox noon @BBCRadio4

@364690 I don't have a sweet tooth. Rarely eat chocolate. But damn I love a Turkish Delight, and I have no idea why.

One for purists and cognoscenti among us. Fry's Turkish Delight. Perfumed goodness.

@GadSaad Aww, she's beautiful!

Married professor caught in an illicit affair with a Belgian Queen.

@dineen20dineen Ooof... I forgot about these. I did have one and loved it.

Did you have one of these purses

@NoFarmsNoFoods They could just lower the prices and sell more.

Instead of throwing unused food away, UK supermarkets should donate unsold food to local food banks - especially during the cost of living crisis. They already do this in France.

@Amy_90_x I just whack it in the oven on gas 5 and it's done when it's done. I find the less you fuss with lamb the better - don't cover it, don't stab it with garlic and herbs and definitely don't bain-marie it.

Im cooking a whole leg of lamb tomorrow. How do you like your lamb? I like it slow cooked for 4 - 5 hours. Nice and tender.

@lucyshow11 I was sad we didn't have this at school. Had to go outside the gates :( Demeaning.

Can you believe this??! 😅

@WorldOBarry @confidencenac I don't agree.

@PolThreeOne @confidencenac Looks like I wasn't "being duped" after all, given it's so obvious that you now agree.

When did this country, especially on the left, become so ignorant and cruel that it begrudges a Granny a yearly pension amount of £12.5k? Take a hike!

The Man Who Paid In & The Man Who Paid Nothing. Meet Frank, the man who paid in. Frank turned 80 last winter. He grafted 52 years as a builder in Manchester, his hands and back are broken from laying bricks in pouring rain. Every week he paid his National Insurance. Never claimed benefits. Never broke the law. He raised two kids on a council estate, paid his taxes and did his bit for the country he loves. Now he shuffles to the post office in the same coat he’s worn since 2018. His old Nokia phone barely holds the charge. His State Pension is £241.30 a week, just over £12,500 a year, but after gaps, Frank gets less. He counts every penny. Some weeks it’s heating or eating. Last winter around 2,500 people in England died from cold associated causes. Frank keeps the thermostat at 15 degrees and wears jumpers indoors. "I’m not living," he tells his neighbour. "I’m just existing." His wife, Margaret, has been in a care home for two years, dementia stealing her away. Frank struggles to keep their old car on the road for weekly visits. One more breakdown and those trips could end. Every pension day is the same. Frank walks past the bookies where young fighting age men fresh off small boats shout, laugh and slap down stacks of cash twice as thick as his weekly pension. He keeps his head down, clutching his wallet, praying nobody follows him home. His street no longer feels like his street. Fewer familiar faces. Foreign languages. The corner shop is now a Turkish barbers. He feels all alone in the city he once helped build. Meet Ahmed, the man who paid nothing. Ahmed arrived on a dinghy last summer, one of 41,472 Channel crossings in 2025, mostly young men from Somalia, Eritrea, Afghanistan and Sudan. He tossed his documents into the sea, then claimed asylum the moment the dinghy touched the beach. No passport. No papers. No contributions. The Home Office puts him in a hotel. Heating on full. Three meals a day. Security on the door.Ahmed strolls the streets in new clothes and the latest iPhone, using free bus shuttles twice a day, drinking and laughing with friends outside the same bookies Frank avoids. He broke immigration rules entering the country uninvited. Once granted asylum, the door opens to UK benefits and housing. Frank paid in all his life and obeyed every rule. He built the Britain that now houses Ahmed. Ahmed has paid nothing and doesn't obey the rules, he receives shelter, warmth, food, free transport and pocket money while Frank rations food, huddles under blankets to keep warm and constantly worries about money. Tonight as Ahmed relaxes in a warm hotel room with new Nike trainers by the bed, wondering what’s for dinner. Frank sits in his cold home wondering why a lifetime of hard work brings only deprivation. This story is repeating in towns and cities across the country. This isn’t fairness. This is a betrayal. #UKNews #UKPolitics #StopTheBoats

@WorldOBarry @confidencenac Yes of course they are... because as you live longer you generally accrue more wealth. It's how it works... try it. When you get to 67.5 you too might find you have more disposable income and assets than you do now.

@PolThreeOne @confidencenac In terms of numbers, yes they are. But even if trying to change the subject away from profound policy-voted generation inequality among the 99%. The top end is also skewed: "2023 Sunday Times Rich List analysis suggested the top 100 richest in the UK had an average age of 67.5"

@i30sch1 Socialism will hit even harder, enjoy this prosperity whilst you can.

wages in the UK honestly don’t add up. how are people expected to afford rent thats over £1,000 a month, then still cover gas, electricity, and groceries? by the time everything is paid there’s basically nothing left

@LynnClark1 I'm saving every penny I have for my kids, so they don't turn out bitter shits like you.

Okey dokey Dear Boomers Sell your home Live the high life 🥂 Go on those cruises you’re accused of Spend it ALL!! Then get put into a home for your dotage & the taxpayer will pay £2K+ a week for your care (much higher than your meagre pension with triple lock) Enjoy!! 💋xxx