Ian Osborne: ianfrancisosborne.bsky.social

I can see Nigel Farage with a shock resignation announcement in the very near future. He will attempt to dress is up as 'job done' in relation to getting Starmer out, but it'll all be about the £5 million bung and the very serious consequences he knows he is facing.

FocalData poll for the Greater Manchester mayoralty has Labour on 33%, Reform 30. Compares to Ref 31% in the May council elections and Lab 23%. Greens on 13%, down from 19.

They're out to get us. They really are. Angry Andy Burnham's advisors have already told him to scrap the triple lock. Are we surprised? No, not really. Because it seems all I've been hearing for months is lefty journalists, political commentators and the 'want everything for nothing' younger generation calling for the triple lock to be scrapped because, somehow, they mistakenly perceive everyone from the Silent and Boomer generations are living a champagne lifestyle.🙄 I don't know how they think £965 a month state pension is going to fund this champagne lifestyle when food inflation is so high and the UK's energy bills are the highest in Europe. But these people who appear to resent pensioners aren't very bright. They're just bitter and entitled. But why do they resent pensioners so much? It's not our fault the country is in a mess. It's the fault of decades of inept politicians. It's not our fault you young ones can't afford a house. What you don't realise is we went without meals to afford our mortgages when the interest rates were at 14%. We worked 70 hours doing two jobs. You're not unique. It's not our fault the pension age is rising because of unaffordability. It's because politicians prefer to give our taxes away to the workshy, immigrants, net zero scams and to foreign lands. The Silent Generation and the Boomers did their best. They scrimped and scraped to give their kids better than they had. They mended and darned clothes and let down hems rather than buying new. They made do with hand me down furniture. They only went out to dinner on birthdays and anniversaries. They only had one holiday a year. If they were lucky. They slept with ice inside their windows and only bathed once a week. They were grateful for one toy and an annual at Christmas. They didn't have washing machines and food delivered. And for that life that was anything but luxurious, they're now the subject of vitriol from across the spectrum. They want the lives of pensioners to be miserable. And I don't know why. To my American followers 🇺🇸 how are old people treated and regarded in your country? Because here in the UK, the Silent Generation and Boomers are treated abysmally. In mainland Europe it seems the elderly are looked after and respected. So what's gone wrong here in the UK? It seems here 🇬🇧 they're out to get us. They really are. 😠