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@Benjibontheta @GBNEWS @miriam_cates So, because they prepared for their retirement to ensure they could maintain the same standard of living they already had, alongside paying their NIC, are you saying they should be penalised to enable those who haven't made any contributions or preparations to benefit?

@GBNEWS @miriam_cates I earn double the average wage, my partner works and pays tax. Every penny (and more) of income tax an NI we pay is used to give a state pension to a couple who’s private pension is about the same as our household income. Why am I paying them money? They don’t need any.

‘You won’t let me talk!’ Journalist Carole Malone and @miriam_cates have an explosive debate over whether the triple lock for state pensions should be maintained.

@The_Faith_Guy @JmcNICS @Cristiano @grok And?

@JmcNICS @Cristiano @grok Ain't that some persons monthly pay check?

Lovely moments ♥️

@3232Mills @KatjaMeffert @Mr_Husky1 Spare the rod, spoil the child

@KatjaMeffert @Mr_Husky1 No she did not...its this lame soft parenting that breeds spoilt unruly brats and mass shooters.....SPARE THE ROD AND SAVE THE CHILD

My sister asked if I could take her kids out for a little while so she could get a break. No big deal. Five minutes into the outing they start begging for food, so I grabbed them a pizza and told them we’d eat it when we got back to the house instead of making a mess outside. The second we stepped away from the counter my nephew started acting like the rule didn’t apply to him. Reaching for slices, whining about being hungry, dragging his feet like he was being starved. I told him to relax and wait until we got to the car. Instead of waiting two minutes like a normal person, he starts throwing a full meltdown in the middle of the walkway. Next thing I know the entire pizza ends up on the ground. Box flipped open, slices sliding everywhere, sauce all over the pavement like it was some kind of food explosion. And then he starts crying like he’s the one who got wronged… after he’s the one who just launched dinner onto the sidewalk. Yeah, I lost my patience and popped his butt for acting like that in public. Apparently that’s the real problem though because my sister calls me later furious saying I “crossed a line.” I’m sorry, but if I’m the one buying the food and dealing with the tantrum in front of everyone, I’m not going to pretend it’s adorable when a kid throws an entire meal on the ground because he couldn’t wait two minutes. Actions have consequences, and apparently that lesson upset more people than the meltdown did. By jnimzo

@diheppy @TalkTV @JuliaHB1 They did and it was

@TalkTV @JuliaHB1 And we all know it would have said white boy if it was one

BREAKING: A 16-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm with intent after a teenage girl was stabbed at a school near Norwich, Norfolk Police said.

@MsGrumpyUpNorth @Boy69Scotty @DailyMail @scouseoddball Could you not tell if a boy was 13 rather than 18?

@Boy69Scotty @DailyMail @scouseoddball Yep that’s my take. He lied about his age, and was on a dating app which is age verified. The app is for over 18s. Are ppl to now go around and check ID when they 1st meet up after checks have been done?

Politician Rory Amon admits sex with a 13-year-old boy in a 'dirty, hidden car park toilet' - as he faces rape charges and jury hears his explanation trib.al/YqLxBeK

@SallyMi83941850 Who gives the NHS contracts to third parties? Is it the NHS? Why are standards not kept up? Surely the NHS has control of the standards?

The NHS, like so much in UK, is being hollowed out by private investment draining services of cash reducing care that is needed. Health is wealth. Everyone that’s been unwell knows this. So why is opposite happening? Wealth from health. Its greed. It’s also despicable. 5/5

There is money in the NHS but it’s not going to patients…. Years ago when I first worked as a physio there was no private organisation in health, every penny went on clinical care. Then it started. First with the cleaners. 1/5

@AdekemiAnn123 @ImtiazMadmood @justrightFrank I hope he gets dead

In Pakistan a 3 year old Christian girl is raped in a UNICEF school by the husband of the school headmistress. The Headmistress and her rapist husband use Pakistan's blasphemy laws to silence their accusers. Starmer wants the same laws here. - @justrightFrank

@nhull68 @diversity999x

@diversity999x I must have Tourettes!!

Do you recognise these men? Officers investigating an assault at King’s Cross Underground station have released these images in connection. At around 6.30am on Sunday 11 January 2026, a man and a woman walked onto the Victoria Line platform of the station when someone insulted them. The man was subsequently attacked by a group of people who punched and kicked him. He sustained multiple cuts across his face and had hair ripped from his head. The woman was also punched as she attempted to intervene and protect the man. Officers would like to speak to the people pictured, as they believe they may have information that could help their investigation. Anyone who recognises them is asked to contact British Transport Police by texting 61016 or by calling 0800 40 50 40, quoting reference 102 of 11 January.

@SarahCholwill @MarkProEuropean Yes you do look at it differently purely because you have got two children

Having one’s own ovaries stimulated to produce extra eggs is not comparable with having the womb of a dead person transplanted. It is an unnecessary thing to happen. Life and death is very different to would like to have. As a woman with a womb who has had two children I maybe look at it differently to you.

Feel good? Makes me feel sick. It’s not like having a major organ transplant like kidney or heart transplant to improve and continue life….I don’t know if it’s just me but I find this horrendous.

@SarahCholwill @MillarMillar7 So do you have issues with heart transplants, or any other body part?

@MillarMillar7 Somebody else thought the headline was misleading. It’s accurate. It is a dead person’s womb! Transplanted into a living person’s body. Insane.

@GodessImaVibe @MrPitbull07 So if they got 25 dollars from 6 tables in say 2 hours, is that not sufficient? What difference dies the food value make?

@MrPitbull07 You should have to do it for 6 weeks just to get duh down in it good cuz not only was she taking care of you she was prolly taking care of 5 or 6 other tables as well and I know that's not your problem that's why you should have to do it for 6 weeks and I bet you'd run home cryin

Ran up a $1500 dinner tab and when the receipt came back they had those cute little “suggested tips” printed like I’m supposed to casually drop another $300 just because someone carried plates from kitchen to table. I left $25 which honestly felt generous considering I already paid restaurant-level prices for the food itself. Server immediately got weird about it, attitude switched, barely a thank you, just that tight smile people do when they think you violated some unspoken rule. I told her straight up tipping isn’t a percentage subscription service and I’m not funding someone’s rent just because the bill happened to be high. Manager wandered over trying to smooth it out, hinting about “industry standards” like that magically obligates me. That only made me dig in harder because nowhere else do you get charged more for the exact same task just because the total went up. So I signed it exactly how it was, stood up, and walked out while they all stared like I committed financial treason, and if they think I’m coming back there to play along with that system again they’re seriously confused. Credit: Annie Perkins

@peterandann @WillowFairy25 @andrewlawrence Yes but nobody really uses the barbers, nail bars and car washes. They just pretend they do and "wash" their cash. Black market is thriving and nobody actually cares.

@WillowFairy25 @andrewlawrence If people had shopped in these places then they'd still be open - but people didn't.

Nope, walk down any high street, you'll see Turkish barbers, vape shops, chicken shops, all laundering money. And the Somali mums only chat to each other in their own language, if they're allowed to leave the house.

@Sorrento4545 @clarepeaco5085 Ahh, whataboutery. You have no real answer at all, have you? If you were a billionaire, would you stay and pay any amount of tax, or would you go until there was a more favourable government in place so you could come back and pay a fair share. I know where I would be

@clarepeaco5085 Yet it's ok for billionaires to live in Monaco to avoid paying tax but want millions in subsidies using ymtax payers money. You're the idiot.

@Mishi_2210 30

How many people still in the room ? 🤔

Well, would you look at that — Giorgia Meloni doing the unthinkable in modern Europe: governing. Italy has decided to use its Navy to block migrant boats from landing. Not a focus group. Not a hashtag. Not a sternly worded letter to itself. Actual action. The proposed legislation was agreed by ministers yesterday, and — shock horror — it does exactly what Meloni promised voters she would do. She isn’t bending the knee to the UN. She isn’t trembling before the ECHR. She’s prioritising Italy’s borders, Italy’s resources, and Italy’s people. Radical stuff, apparently. This is what leadership looks like. You make a promise, you keep it — even when international bodies clutch their pearls and mutter about “optics.” And here’s the part everyone else seems determined to miss: you don’t stop the boats in the Channel by throwing millions at France to politely not stop them. That’s not border control, that’s a subscription service to failure. If you actually want to stop illegal migration, you stop it at source. You don’t wait until people have crossed half the planet, paid traffickers, ditched documents, and turned up demanding accommodation. The leaks are in the Mediterranean — Italy, Greece, Spain. That’s where the plug goes. Block the landings. Break the business model. End the incentive. Anything else is just very expensive theatre. Meloni gets it. Europe pretends not to. And the difference is one of them is serious about protecting a country, while the others are still arguing about the wording on the welcome mat. Funny how “hardline” suddenly just means doing the job.

@paulabearthe2nd I was actually thinking about this today. I come from #stockport & lived in a council house for the first 13 years of my life. I would never identify with @AngelaRayner She is a chav & doesn't represent me in any way & I would be so embarrassed if she ever became Prime Minister

I come from one of the most working class northern towns. Ang R would be seen as an absolute chav around here. She does not represent women, or the north or the working class. She represents chavs.

@NickBuckleyMBE Do you think your use of the word "spastic" is still appropriate? Personally I think it is disgusting

Who cares what the plastic spastic has to say. She is a lonely woman with no kids trying to find a role in life - women need kids.

@boxer_heaven Norma, Eileen or Irene

What’s an old-fashioned grandma name I could give my girl?

@swstrategy0 @benonwine Or perverts

@benonwine Why is that even a poll, it’s illegal and the 3% who said no are mostly probably all joking

Absolutely Sickening!!!! A 37-year-old man from Bradford, West Yorkshire, was jailed for three years after pleading guilty to having sexual intercourse with chickens, possessing indecent images of children, and related offences. Usual Suspect of Course, hope the Chicken is ok.

@Gienkies @JChimirie66677 I would certainly be having plenty of nocturnal cooking and disco sessions. He would awaken most nights at 2am

@JChimirie66677 These elderly should have regular musical evenings with pink floyd, led zeppelin, etc. Also pork sausages cooked every morning for breakfast. Screenings of all the alien movies at full volume. Gee, I can think of lots. Call the grandchildren round for a knees up.

Shahidul Haque (59), a father of nine, moved his wife and young children into a retirement home reserved for the elderly. He did it without permission. He breached his tenancy, misused emergency alarms meant for pensioners in distress, and turned a protected space into something it was never meant to be. When challenged, he did not apologise or comply. He reached for the law and claimed victimhood. This is modern Britain in miniature. The facts are not in dispute. David Smith Court is an over-55s complex. Haque signed the tenancy agreement and confirmed he understood it. Months later, he brought his wife and three-year-old twins into a single-room flat and stayed put. Elderly residents complained of noise, sleepless nights, and repeated disruption. Emergency cords were pulled again and again, diverting staff from residents who genuinely needed help. Walls were damaged. The residents the housing was built to protect were pushed aside. He remains because Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights has been deployed to override everything else. Contract law is sidelined. Housing rules are voided. The rights of elderly residents are treated as secondary. Quiet enjoyment is erased. All of it is trumped by an abstract claim to "family life." This is the inversion at the heart of the system. Article 8 was meant to prevent arbitrary cruelty by the state. It was not designed to nullify agreements freely entered into, to convert specialist housing into a free-for-all, or to compel pensioners to endure disruption so that breaches can be indulged indefinitely. Yet that is how it now functions. The court avoids the central question: whose rights take precedence when one claim destroys many others? The elderly residents also have families. They also have dignity. They were promised a safe, quiet place to live out their later years. That promise has been broken, not by accident, but by design. Their rights evaporate the moment someone else asserts vulnerability with sufficient legal backing. The most corrosive detail is that everyone agrees the flat is unsuitable for a family. Even Haque accepts this. Yet the response is not enforcement, but escalation. Break the contract, then demand a larger entitlement. This is not compassion. It is moral sabotage. Delay becomes the strategy. Each adjournment entrenches occupation. Each passing month strengthens the claim. The longer the breach persists, the harder it becomes to correct. The law quietly teaches people that compliance is foolish and defiance is rewarded. This case is not about one man in Reading. It is about a legal order that elevates abstraction over reality, process over people, and theory over consequence. It is a system that cannot say "no," where contracts are optional, the elderly are told to endure, and common sense has been legislated out of existence. Such a system is not humane. It is hostile to the society it claims to serve. Once a system reaches that point, it is no longer protecting rights. It is dismantling responsibility itself. "Haque signed the tenancy agreement and confirmed he understood it. Months later, he brought his wife and three-year-old twins into a single-room flat and stayed put."