Phil Griff

@FatGuy_Slim @blaiklockBP Just be very aware that if it gets physical, then they may well arrest you too, in which case her advice is sound until you've spoken to a solicitor.

@blaiklockBP So if I see a crime against a vulnerable person you’re saying I shouldn’t help them 🤷‍♂️

Just a reminder : never plead guilty. Never say ANYTHING to the police. You do not have to give a witness statement . You do not have do anything . Don’t let them fool you. Famous American video below on how you can get trapped by talking to the police. youtube.com/embed/d-7o9xYp…

@annaroseridgway @lisakeb007 Perhaps families ought to start considering moving their houses into muli-generational occupancy. All these large million pound houses could stay in the family, no? Or would IHT scupper that plan?

@lisakeb007 They would have a million pounds if they sold their expensive houses and downgraded

25% of pensioners are millionaires. 55% of welfare spending goes on pensioners. Why don’t we: 1) means test the state pension, millionaires don’t need benefits. 2) increase the amount we give to the pensioners who need it the most. 3) stop the unsustainable triple lock.

@afneil I was a responsible gun owner in the UK. All taken away after the actions of one lunatic. Sadly, the UK has an immature attitude to gun ownership. It's a big cultural difference that has to stay.

Last year there were 14,651 murders in America involving guns. Britain? 32 So I suspect even you can see where the problem is. And we’re nowhere near an Islamist abyss.

@PC_Angry Under Obama. She wasn't president. Obama parroted the line about it being in response to outrage over a 'video'.

@PhilGriff586 Thought that was Hillarys cluster tbh.

Remind me under which President an audacious mission took place to capture or kill Osama Bin Laden… 🤔

@kfvalues @higgyboson I wish you well, of course. I would suggest that you don't dismiss the voice of boomers so easily. And I'm glad to see a solid work ethic in some young people today. Be positive, work your ass off, and don't let anyone tell you it's pointless.

@PhilGriff586 @higgyboson It’s not relevant to my point. If it is relevant to someone else’s then have that discussion with them.

What has a "generous welfare state" got to do with it? Most of us worked really hard, sorted out our own childcare, didn't claim a penny apart from perhaps child benefit and just got on with it when faced with adversity and 15% interest rates. Yes, houses were cheaper compared to average wages/average house prices now but we saved our cash, bought cheap cars, didn't go clubbing every weekend, no expensive holidays to exotic places, very few takeaways, no flashy clothes and the women weren't all orange with £50 worth of fake nails on each finger.

@kfvalues @Pabel5Pabel @higgyboson That's the difference between academic discussion and experience I guess. Both can exist and be relevant. Without resorting to generalisations.

@PhilGriff586 @Pabel5Pabel @higgyboson My boomer dad worked for the benefits agency in Bootle when we were kids. I have anecdotes also. Anecdotes are not data because they skew towards limited personal experience.

@kfvalues @higgyboson It's entirely relevant. Buying a cheap house and living frugaly for decades, isn't much different in outcome than someone paying off a 30 year mortgage. Not limited to boomers. It does depend greatly on area, to be fair. But overgeneralisation will attract dispute.

@PhilGriff586 @higgyboson Go have this dispute with the other people who make this point that I haven’t made. I don’t think it is remotely controversial to say the boomers have greater housing wealth than other generations even when accounting for inflation & looking at life stages.

@kfvalues @Pabel5Pabel @higgyboson I doubt you'd accept the anecdotes of those of us who've witnessed the shift in culture and seen it with our own eyes. Even if plentiful and recounted in good faith.

@PhilGriff586 @Pabel5Pabel @higgyboson Is there any evidence that there is a generational difference in the numbers of British people who are/are not ashamed to be out of work?

@kfvalues @Pabel5Pabel @higgyboson Only relevant if you claimed. Welfare culture was not what is now.

@Pabel5Pabel @PhilGriff586 @higgyboson I did not say most people claimed cash transfer benefits. I said the welfare state was more generous.

@kfvalues @Pabel5Pabel @higgyboson I recall a character called Yozzer Hughes from a program called Boys From the Black Stuff. About unemployment in the early 80s. His despair and shame at being out of work, perfectly captures the attitude of the time.

@Pabel5Pabel @PhilGriff586 @higgyboson The boomers who accessed benefits benefitted from a more generous cash transfer system than now but I was not limiting myself to merely the cash transfer section of the welfare state but rather the whole of it.

@kfvalues @higgyboson I'd be interested in knowing what you think the average amount of their housing asset is? I ask as every other comment has them as asset rich millionaires. Again, from my experience, it is significantly less.

@PhilGriff586 @higgyboson I have not claimed boomers had an easy life. I claimed the housing wealth the baby boomers have is not the result of working hard but rather a culmination of various economic & political conditions.

@kfvalues @higgyboson That's not to say I don't recognise the challenges of today. My parents were boomers and I have a son facing reality now.

@kfvalues @higgyboson Yes there was less unemployment. One could easily walk from one low paying job with little prospect to another. This impression of an easy life isn't accurate. As I said, most people didn't have a safety net, and very few went to uni. Hand to mouth was a term often used.

@kfvalues @higgyboson What cash transfer benefits are you referring to? I'm talking about normal hardworking people who certainly weren't wealthy enough to take advantage of tax benefits.

@PhilGriff586 @higgyboson The entire generation benefitted from some aspect of that generous welfare state. Cash transfer benefits are part of the welfare state. The welfare state also includes services & tax exemptions.

@kfvalues @higgyboson How many of those boomers you reference accessed those benefits? My parents, and their entire social circle certainly didn't. There was zero expectation that the state would step in to support you, except for health care.

@higgyboson It means boomers benefitted from more comprehensive social services & housing support, more generous & less conditional unemployment & family benefits. Free university & better education. Also paid less to support pensioners as the system was skewed towards supporting the young.

@Westy_FTI Can't put a cost on pride.

Costs of trying to live: Mortgage, council tax, heating, water, electric, furnishing, insurances, boiler costs. Car, tax, fuel, mot, service, insurance. Food. Kids, childcare, clothing. £thousands p/mnth Take all that off your pay. Is it worth working vs being lazy/foreign?

@crazyzombienerd @CaptKennie Without a doubt, office work, while mundane, is the easier of the two overall. Manual labour can be both soul destroying and break you physically. I honestly think you have to have done both to understand.

@PhilGriff586 @CaptKennie Yes, even then. Each has its own negative aspect.

When I was a child and young adult I never blamed my Grandparents, or Parents, because our council house had no indoor toilet, or a bathroom. I did not blame them for the secondhand clothes or furniture. I thanked them for hot meals, for the love they gave me. My Gran was a public toilet attendant, she worked in to her 70s because she had not paid enough stamp (whilst she lived with Grandad, they never married). My Grandad worked also in to his 70s, he worked on the motorways, building new ones. Both were so broken through work they never managed to live to 80. Both my parents also worked hard, often both holding down multiple jobs, just to raise my siblings and I, no foreign holidays, at best a day trip to Margate. I don’t blame my previous generations for anything, they worked hard to make my life the best it could be. They taught me nothing in life is free, you work hard, you contribute. I don’t deny any pensioner anything, I am only here today because of all they did yesterday! I despair at those who live a life of perpetual blame, rather than accept they can now shape the future so it is even better for everyone, where the elderly get the respect they actually deserve. We live in a commoditised society, where nothing has true value, including the old!

@Top_Cat80 @spygirl_m @jakeyjake1734 Nice one dude! A wonderful boost for your grandkids. My mother moved in with my wife and I, and gave her house to my son. I left the UK and will be mortgaged again for the next 20y. Don't think I'll ever be rich. But comfortable is good enough.

@PhilGriff586 @spygirl_m @jakeyjake1734 Me too. I’ve asked my parents to bypass me in their will. My children are getting my share. My plan is to leave mine to my grandkids. Many people are selfish, clearly the ones crying about boomers have shit parents who left them nothing

Here’s a message for all those arseholes that spelt about the state pension I’m not a pensioner but I know they get about £980 per month My message to these pricks is you try living on it?l £160 a month council tax £200 a month energy costs £35 a month, Water And more

@Top_Cat80 @spygirl_m @jakeyjake1734 My familiy's whole philosophy has been about leaving the next generation better off. I always thought everyone must think that way.

@PhilGriff586 @spygirl_m @jakeyjake1734 I’m mid 40’s. My generation had it much easier than my parents. My kids will be left enough inheritance to put a 50% deposit on a modest house. My parents received fuckall when my grandparents died. That alone makes the young ones privileged