Lynne & Steve #FBPE #FBPA

@mrjamesob Our children ..one allowed to vote in 2016 ..the younger not . We all know what were talking about ..they believe in a UK in the EU and a country that makes climate change a major priority ..it's their future we all should listen now

The state pension is not a random government favour, it’s the back end of a 35–40 year compulsory “contract” where people are forced to hand over National Insurance on the clear promise of a basic pension at the end. Politicians and think tanks helped design an unfunded, pay‑as‑you‑go system where today’s workers pay today’s pensioners, then have the gall to call it “unsustainable” as if the public dreamt it up. If a private firm sold you a retirement product on fixed terms, took your money for four decades, then announced at 66 that you “didn’t really need it” and would henceforth be means‑tested or frozen, they would be in court for mis‑selling and fraud. The crisis here is not pensioners “leeching off the young”, it’s a political class that built a Ponzi‑style NI system, diverted the proceeds for other spending, and now wants to default on the people who kept their side of the bargain. You do not blame the victims of a defective product for believing the brochure; you go after the people who wrote it.

How the fk are people working full time on minimum wage in the UK meant to actually survive alone? The maths just doesn't add up: Take home pay after tax, national insurance and pension contributions for a 37.5 hour work week (because let's face it, all these employers who really care about you don't pay you for your breaks so you're not getting a full 40 hours) is around £1700 You're lucky to rent anywhere nowadays under £800. Council Tax is now around £220 a month. Utilities are at least another £350. Then there's the weekly food shop, you're looking at a minimum of £70 a week. Just with the basics in this scenario you're left with £50 to last you the whole month. And that's without even adding transport or anything going wrong. Minimum.wage in the UK does not cover minimum living requirements. Something really needs to change. No wonder nobody wants to work anymore.

It doesn't matter who you vote in local council elections @UKLabour will still be the government but you could have an incompetent Tory or Reform local council. Is it worth the risk?

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From the man who has never had a single vote in his life. Threatening the electorate, if they do not vote Reform UK. Not only childish, but deeply immoral and ILLEGAL. This needs to be reported to the Electoral Commission. #BBCBreakfast #r4today

So Friday Jenrick is a no show at an organised event So Sunday Farage is a no show on an agreed BBC interview BOTH ARE UNDER INVESTIGATION BY POLICE AND/OR PARLIAMENT in relation to financial matters. Transparency eh.....

All those knocking 'triple-lock' on pensions don't seem to mention how meagre UK pensions are, or the MASSIVE cost of pensions for civil servants & other state employees. Something is pushing blame on normal pensioners but not exploring some very foolish govt spending elsewhere.

Two Sikh women have been raped in racist/religiously motivated attacks and yet they want to ban Pro Palestinian marches but NOT far-right marches. How is it that ok??

Robin Williams warned the US about Donald Trump and his links to Miss America Pageants and underage girls in 2012. Really should have listened.

Benefits cheat caught costing the taxpayer £3250 a month in housing for an unnecessary second home, despite earning over 100k a year! Oh wait, no it was Helen Whately. It's okay when they do it. Phew.

What’s been happening with the lack of reporting on the first victim is kind of proving Diane Abbott’s point about the hierarchy of racism.

Just this week boat crossings down 42%. Renters now protected from rogue landlords, hire and rehire illegal, no more zero hours contracts forced on you, more money for school dinners, 8000 more mental health professionals and NHS waiting lists are down. #VoteLabour

If we can't afford things the first thing we should get rid of isn't pensions, Healthcare or benefits. It is billionaires. Do you agree?

And not a word on the front pages, and pretty much a news blackout on the broadcast media. We are getting into Reverse Pravda mode when it comes to the wrongdoing of @reformparty_uk … anyone would think the media was biased to the right !!!

Dear @BBCNews Why is it important to state the religion of 2 of the 3 victims of the stabbing attack in Golders Green (Jewish) but not the religion of the 3rd victim of that attack (Muslim)? Are some lives more important than others...?

If a monkey hoarded more bananas than it could eat, while most of the other monkeys starved, scientists would study that monkey to figure out what was wrong with it. When humans do it, we put them on the cover of Forbes.

Labour is doing its job. Well done, Starmer.

Nigel Farage secretly trousered £5 million in cash, and he didn’t want you to know.

🚨 Mark Carney just nailed it: Countries that rushed into dodgy deals with the US under Trump got deals “not worth the paper they were written on.” Sound familiar, Brexit Britain? We ditched the stable EU single market for the fantasy 🦄 of brilliant US trade deals… and ended up with higher costs, bureaucracy, and now Trump tariffs. Time to stop the tantrum and do a proper reset with our biggest trading partner.

£15 minim wage doesn’t seem so crazy next to a £10 pint does it