@SandyofSuffolk Sample size: 5
Number of people between 25-40:
Approx 14 million
5/14million = 0.000035%
Brilliant proof that anyone can do it…🙄
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Stephan
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My daughter owns her own house in West Sussex.
My two stepdaughters own their own houses in Cornwall.
My eldest grandson is buying his own house, on his own, in Lancashire.
My eldest granddaughter is buying her own flat, on her own, in East Sussex.
Because they have a work ethic and aren't spendthrifts.
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@Garden_ofEden10 @lincs990 @Mark_CPFC It was reverted where it was shown to be unnecessary. A lot stayed.
Accidents, injuries and fatalities are all down.
This has saved lives and money.
If you want more car accidents, injuries, and fatalities, say that.
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@lincs990 @Mark_CPFC Ask any welsh person why the 20 mph limit in built up areas they imposed was swiftly reverted. There's nowt in your head if you think it's a good idea.
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@traciehealey @Mark_CPFC 20mph here in Wales has shown to have reduced car accidents, injuries, fatalities.
It has saved money through this.
You are either disingenuous, or you are arguing for more car accidents. Up to you.
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@Mark_CPFC This guy needs to come and drive in wales. Then say 20mph is a good idea. This absolute loon needs medication
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@Mark_CPFC Who do you suggest as a viable alternative who will actually make changes?
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@ukreloaded I understand not liking Labour greens Lib Dems and tories, but reform are almost entirely made up of those tories who had their chance…
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Voting Reform, doesn't make me a racist
It simply means that I could never vote Labour, Greens or the LibDems
The Tories had their chance, and regrettably, they did very little with it
Time for someone else to have a go!
#ImVotingReform #Reform #Farage
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@jomickane Why are you betting something without just finding out?
What are you upset about if you’re just guessing?
You realise that if you had kids/grandkids in school you and other parents would be the ones partly responsible for making things like this happen?
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@Samson1176 Yes theft and crime simply didn’t exist in the 50s!
You might want to investigate your claim. Shoplifting was a known problem…
You have infamous shoplifters like “The Forty Elephants”
Don’t be disingenuous to prove your point.
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Poorer than the 50’s when everybody could only afford meat once a week? And nobody stole meat.
Doug@Dougmcg1
Let's frame it another way. People have become so poor they need to steal food.
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@LordCharles111 And for retirees then. It’s the system we have.
If you don’t like the current system, don’t get so upset when people suggest improving it.
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I was being taxed to pay for your education you ungrateful cunt.
Benedict Spence@BenedictSpence
@overlook61 You had half a century’s heads-up that you needed to plan for retirement, had the means to do so, failed to do so, and that’s someone else’s fault? Hmmm.
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@wildcath169 @stuey_beef Im proud of my country, you seem confused.
I’m not proud of some parts of the history.
People like you seem to be the ones most scared and bothered by current society.
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@StephanProwell @stuey_beef Look, more envious people are coming to enjoy the society you shit on and what the "slaves" are paying for!
x.com/i/status/20407…
RadioGenoa@RadioGenoa
Islamic hordes ready to invade Europe.
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Paddington Bear didn’t queue at the polls.
But millions of people did, to leave the EU and take decisions in Britain.
Under Starmer, we can’t even decide what we print on a jar of marmalade without Brussels’ say‑so.
That’s not sovereignty. That’s submission.
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@confidencenac @GillardGlyn Whether it’s enough or not is a different conversation.
The way it is setup right now is unsustainable.
We can change the setup and even increase it, and make it more sustainable.
We can have a conversation about minimum wage but you’re changing the subject.
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@StephanProwell @GillardGlyn It was never enough to start with. But hey let’s increase minimum wage again so that small businesses can’t afford it.
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@confidencenac So then you know that it’s unsustainable. Even if the economy was booming, wages were rising, inflation was low, pensions would never get any cheaper as a proportion of the public expenditure.
Why is it that pensioners can never ever lose out, even if everyone else is?
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@psibernaut @dougiebrimson Yes, it was never intended to be long term/permanent though.
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@StephanProwell @dougiebrimson You should read up on the triple lock and see why it was introduced - to stop the financial abuse of pensioners.
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As the recipient of a state pension, could I thank all those still working (including myself) for collectively paying their taxes to fund it.
Just as I did for your parents and/grandparents during my lengthy, and ongoing, working life. Something I did on the understanding that the system would continue to function, as it does.
That’s how it works. 👍
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@stuey_beef Fuck anyone who went to Ireland and killed innocents.
Fuck anyone who killed any innocents anywhere.
Putting on a uniform doesn’t protect you from being a murderer.
Let’s go after his superiors also.
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A British soldier served in Northern Ireland. Risked his life. Followed orders. Came home.
He is now in his 70s.
Keir Starmer’s Government has decided he deserves to spend his final years in court.
The IRA got the Good Friday Agreement.
The veterans got Keir Starmer.
Remember that next time he talks about “values.”
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@moving_charlie I resent Rupert, but he’s played a blinder here.
He’s listened to what’s affecting a generation. He’s promised some things that will help.
Until other parties listen and respond like this people will see no other option.
The only other option for this generation is green.
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Fighting talk on housing. A new party enters the ring. A boomer bashes boomers.
Electable party or not, all housing policies influence the debate.
This is the most aggressive housing policy I’ve yet seen from a party, big or small.
Rupert Lowe MP@RupertLowe10
Owning a home is FAR more difficult for young men and women today than it was for my generation. That’s just a fact. Average earnings have not kept pace with average house prices - to suggest otherwise is ignorant. The gap has grown at an astronomical rate. The young have every right to feel pissed off, I’m angry for them. And I detest this patronising attitude of people my age that we just happened to manage it all so much better through ‘common sense’ and fewer avocados. There are millions of young Brits who work hard, take care of their money and dedicate themselves - and yes, they are struggling to find a proper home. They have done nothing wrong. In fact, they’ve done everything right but the system still failed them. I am ensuring that there is a political party to finally represent them - Restore Britain is that party. A party that supports the aspirational and committed young British men and women. Scrapping interest on student loans. Stripping back the power of empire-building planning bureaucrats who cruelly prevent sensible house-building in fair locations. Crushing the overbearing regulations that make building anything so very cumbersome. Overhauling leasehold rules which trap owners with mutating service charges. Ending the vindictive war on landlords to make sustainably renting a proper option. Slashing tax to hand back financial control. Entirely abolishing stamp duty for Brits. Because we will not tinker with the status quo, we will not conserve it, we will not reform it. We will fundamentally change how this country operates. The model must break. I will make you one promise. Restore Britain will break it.
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@travelingflying What are you on about? What world do you live in?
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@milty87 @john_ford77 @Dougmcg1 Exactly, I remember it when I was a kid. If supermarkets wanna save money by using further security that’s fine, but it’s nothing new that people shoplift
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@john_ford77 @Dougmcg1 Can confirm following a misspent youth in non-chain pubs this has been going on for donkeys years.
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Let's frame it another way.
People have become so poor they need to steal food.
Ben Graham@BenGrahamUK
Britain has become so lawless that we now have to put security tags on £7.25 steaks. What has happened to this country?
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@Z1NGZ1NGZ1NGBAH @WovenDissent @john_ford77 @BackYouGo @Dougmcg1 What a fucking freak you are you sad sack of shit.
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@WovenDissent @john_ford77 @BackYouGo @Dougmcg1 When you say brown, do you include Africans?
They are brown but we call them black (nіggers)
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@WovenDissent @john_ford77 @BackYouGo @Dougmcg1 Ive only ever seen white locals do these in my pubs.
Do you have the stats for this or are you making shit up?
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@john_ford77 @BackYouGo @Dougmcg1 And let’s be clear, it’s migrants doing this
BROWN MIGRANTS mainly
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@OJLonTweets @Edwina_Currie You’re a bit of a cunt aren’t you
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I live in the Peak District. In a 3bed 400 year old cottage.
And the only people who’ll benefit from any growth in its value are HMRC via
Inheritance Tax, and (perhaps, if anything is left) my family.
Not me.
OJ@OJLonTweets
Sell the home you bought for £15k for £1.5m despite having done nothing for that windfall, and then we’ll listen to you.
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@GayleLeith @redrumlisa No they don’t and if you believe that, someone is lying to you.
The triple lock is unsustainable.
Pensioners who need support should get support.
Simple.
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@redrumlisa And of course the middle class would like to take that away.
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And the State pension was always designed to only give the working class a year or two at most & I think this is the crux to the middle class Millenial & Gen Zers anger over pensions they dont think the working class deserve a decent life. Nothing new they never did. Their anger is deindustrialisation has allowed the working class a few extra years
Ollyp3@ollyp3
In the most deprived parts of Glasgow & Dundee @theSNP strongholds life expectancy is below pension age - Males in the 20% most deprived areas have life expectancy around 67.8 years - Specific deprived neighborhoods historically show figures as low as the mid-60s (e.g., areas like Greater Govan or parts of the east end) - The intra-city gap can exceed 15 years between the most and least deprived neighborhoods (e.g., ~65-68 years in poorest vs. 80+ in affluent ones like Pollokshields West). Imagine the pension age is higher than life expectancy already in SNP voting areas.
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