Den_Man

As of the 2021 Census, of all religions, working-aged Muslims, be they homebred or imported, are the least likely to be an employee or self-employed Whilst, at 48.6%, also being those most likely not to be working at all A% that won't be improved by those crossing the Channel

@Keir_Starmer How's that historic moment for European democracy looking now, you halfwit? x.com/TheBritishInte…

Congratulations @MagyarPeterMP on your election victory. This is an historic moment, not only for Hungary, but for European democracy. I look forward to working with you for the security and prosperity of both our countries.

@Keir_Starmer You're thinking of stopping 15 year olds using Social Media, whilst also encouraging children at infant schools to embrace transgenderism because their parents think it's cool. Plus, those 15 year olds you don't want on Social Media, will be allowed to vote when they're 16 🤣

I know parents are worried about social media and its impact on their children’s safety. They rightly expect fast action. Today, I’m calling on senior leaders from X, Meta, Snap, YouTube and TikTok to step up. I will do whatever it takes to keep children safe online.

@miriam_cates So Miriam, are you claiming that minimum wage worker doesn't get assistance, via Universal Credit, to help pay rent and/or council tax? If they are a Mum, do they not also get child benefit? Do their children not get free dental care until they are 16?

Is the state pension really so 'meagre'? Let's take a look... The basic state pension is just £12,547 a year. But... Only around 15% of pensioners rely on the state pension alone. The vast majority have other income from private pensions etc., which is exactly how our system is designed to work (and why the UK has generous tax breaks for pension contributions). The small proportion of pensioners whose only source of income is the state pension are entitled to other benefits in addition, including pension credit, housing benefit and council tax support. A pensioner with no other income, no savings, no disabilities, no care responsibilities and rent of £800 per month is entitled to £401.55 a week in benefits including state pension, which is £20,881 a year. For comparison, a full time minimum wage worker has an after tax income of £21,364. Unlike a pensioner, a full time minimum wage worker is not entitled to free travel, free prescriptions, a winter fuel payment or senior citizens discounts. £21,000 a year is not a lot of money. But the very poorest pensioners have similar incomes to low-wage workers. Given the greater costs faced by those who are working, it's perhaps not surprising that working age adults are now more likely to live in poverty than pensioners. And at the other end of the scale, one in four pensioners are millionaires and still receive the basic state pension, paid for by current tax payers (including those on minimum wage). No one (definitely not me) is suggesting that the state pension should be reduced for the poorest pensioners. But pension spending now accounts for half of the UK's social security budget and, given the urgent need to cut government spending, we must consider reforms like means-testing and scrapping the triple lock.

@BenGrahamUK I thought it odd when Starmer claimed it was a win for democracy. You're right, the new leader in Hungary is tougher on border control and immigration than his predecessor, which will surely lead to tension with the EU.

Day one as Hungary 🇹🇯 president for Peter Magyar: State TV shut down. EU migration pact rejected. Tougher immigration stance incoming. The left celebrated too early. Keir Starmer and others rushed to congratulate him. Reality check: this is Orbán 2.0 but tougher.

@KathyParr101 Considering the subject matter, that comment is a bit rich coming from a teacher with, no doubt, an unfunded public sector pension heading their way. Or are you one of the less than 10% of public sector workers who haven't joined your work's pension scheme?

Why do you continue to allow this obnoxious woman the oxygen of publicity?

@sue3563 Yes. As long as they don't have savings over £16,000. Which in itself is ridiculous. One year's rent & council tax payment for a pensioner with, let's say, £18,000 saved, would mean their savings might reduce by half, entitling them housing and council tax benefit the next year.

@miriam_cates @mariacaulfield Does a pensioner get help with their rent if only receiving state pension?

It absolutely is impossible to live on £12 500 a year. That’s why those whose only source of income is the state pension (just 15% of pensioners) are also entitled to a whole host of other benefits that raise their income to that of a full time worker. See here: x.com/miriam_cates/s…

@Oldcynic9 Even then you need your pension credit to include the pension credit guaranteed element to get free dental care.

@miriam_cates @mariacaulfield We do not get free dental treatment & a whole host of other discounts (unless your on pension credit). We have to pay all the same bills, council tax , water rates etc as everyone else. In fact our energy bills are higher because we’re home more. We don’t get ours paid like MPs

@miriam_cates "Someone who rents at £800 a month"? Is that 'someone' you speak of someone who works or a pensioner who rents? A pensioner would get housing benefit and a worker on a low enough wage would get help via Universal Credit.

But if you own your own home you’re nearly £10 000 a year better off than someone who rents at £800 a month. And that £10K is an after tax expenditure, so represents around £13K of earned income. So a state pension of £12 500 for someone who owns their property is equivalent to a £25K salary for someone who rents. And £25K is above the minimum wage.

@miriam_cates "Entitled to a whole host of other benefits" You're right Miriam. The problem is they have to know they're entitled to them, then apply. So what percentage of that 15% apply? The problem with means-testing the state pension (other than including or not property) is the cost.

@maxsec I'm no fan of the BBC, but it's only the TV licence I want stopped. The BBC should become a commercial channel, which works perfectly well for ITV, Channel 4 etc.

@DenMan48 I thought youd want the bbc closed down , seems to be happening 😉

So the BBC are cutting 2,000 jobs to save £500 million over the next 2 years. That makes the average wage of those 2,000 employees £125,000 a year. £125,000 of licence fee payers' money.

@maxsec So, down a total of 28 since the 2024 General Election. Shame those 'interviewing' Alex Norris yesterday didn't point out his claim was a lie!

@Leg1oNcs @dpaudits They are down by another 11 recently Reform /restore are the ones responsible for this with the Brexit nonsense BBC News - Number of asylum hotels falls to 185 after 11 close - BBC News bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

So we managed to get inside to rape alarm illegal migrant hotel in Dumfries, and it is luxury and a half

@AlexJJNorris Well that, Alex Norris, is a complete and utter lie. Whilst there was a high of 400 under the Tories, nearly half were closed by the Tories in time for the election. At the time of the July 2024 General Election there were 213 asylum hotels in use! You are a LIAR!

There were more than 400 asylum hotels under the previous government – that number has been more than halved, with 11 more closing this week. Labour is bringing the asylum system under control.

@jamesrbsimpson A vote for Restore Britain is a vote for a Labour/Green/Lib Dem/SNP coalition, and all that will entail. Open borders, rejoining the EU (without a referendum) and the further appeasement of the barbaric culture and religion that is Islam.

@ElectionMapsUK @Moreincommon_

Westminster Voting Intention: RFM: 25% (-5) CON: 22% (+3) LAB: 21% (+1) GRN: 13% (+1) LDM: 12% (=) SNP: 2% (=) Via @Moreincommon_, 10-13 Apr. Changes w/ 2-7 Apr.

@Juntajuntanunta Whilst your point about tax cuts for billionaires and corporations is a valid point, your claim about deregulation is laughable. The UK spent nearly 50 years as a member of the most regulated trading bloc ever known, the EU. One this awful Government is intent on rejoining.

@panatheniac @DurhamWASP You missed the point, hon, correlation isn’t causation😜 Immigrants didn’t cause deregulation, tax cuts for billionaires, or the gutting of industry; those were political choices that funneled wealth upward. Britain’s richer than ever because of immigrants, not despite them…

Genuine question, after almost 80 years of mass immigration, what have been the benefits to the ordinary Englishman?

@AnthonyAinsdale A read of my tweets & replies will tell you I'm no fan of this god awful Labour Government, but a fair percentage of the so called rise in Universal Credit claims is down to claimants being moved over from old legacy benefits. London completed the transfer last year.

1 in 8 brits are now on universal credit. This is crazy. It's not sustainable. Time for some tough love to get people self reliant again.

@Paulwherrell1 @Helen_Whately Yet, when the gilts hit a higher mark under this god awful Labour Government, nothing was said! Whately is right. Her hypocrisy is successive Governments, going back decades, have raided the pension pot to fund other Government spending, including her own.

@Helen_Whately @Conservatives Hey @Helen_Whately, you haven’t forgotten the time when @bankofengland had to step in with a £65bn market cash injection all because a Tory PM wanted to implement an insane libertarian fantasy have you?

Pensions aren’t piggy banks for governments to raid. But this Labour government is desperate. Today they forced through the power to control where your pension savings are invested. @Conservatives voted against it - and we'll do so again in the Lords next week.

@JohnnyDineen I did pretty much the same before, and after, my half marathon for a cancer charity, Johnny. Good luck.

All the top athletes have little siestas before their big sporting events. Ronaldo apparently takes 6 naps a day so I’ve a bit to go to catch him up !!

Name a movie you've seen more than 7 times with just a GIF

@Caiwilsh Just watching you on GB News. Like all lefty apologists, you're denier of most facts. Facts about the UK economy from prior to the Iran War. But no, it's Trump's fault, not this awful Government. It's "Brexit's" fault, even though every EU country is in a similar position.

It all makes sense now. Bring back Jambon Beurre STAT!