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and i guess that I just don’t know

London Присоединился Aralık 2011
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@lagomsensei @pambizbuster I remember millennials moaning a lot then quite a few of them inherited and everything went quiet until Z got old enough to moan. I would like to live long enough for silence to descend from Z.
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@pambizbuster However I do moan about the younger generations as they seem to have a hive mentality. Have little critical thinking and zero resilience…it’s always someone else’s fault that they can punch down on.
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Pam Shephard
Pam Shephard@pambizbuster·
Fed up of seeing tweets making sweeping statements & complaints about #Boomers We are not an homogeneous mass, we don't all live our lives the same, are not all in the same position, have not all had the same life opportunities Its as stupid as me moaning about all 37 year olds
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henriqez@gabrrlgh·
esta chica no tendrá una mejor foto en toda su vida
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Old School UK
Old School UK@OldSchoolUK·
Kensington, London, England - 1960
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Richard Claremont
Richard Claremont@RClaremont·
I told myself I’d clear the desk before bed. This is as far as I got.

“As Far as I Got”, 35X45cm. #bedtime #painterslogic
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Kathy Parr
Kathy Parr@KathyParr101·
Rupert's lost my vote. He doesn't need a pension.
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Rupert Lowe MP@RupertLowe10

I am with the young British men and women who feel crushed under inflated house prices, stagnating wages, record tax burden and just generally a really piss-poor standard of living that is falling embarrassingly far behind countries we once competed with. My question to them is this... Is the status quo what you want? Because if it is, there are a variety of parties to vote for. If you want something radically different, and I mean radically, then Restore Britain is giving you that option. Ask yourself - does the current model work for you? Commuting two plus hours a day from some pokey flat in a part of London that increasingly resembles the third world? All to get taxed out of your arse for a job you hate, with no prospect of starting your own business or owning your own home because the rotten state takes so much of your cash? It is an awful deal. Earn a bit more money? Bang. Gone. Student loan. Paying hundreds each month just to keep on top of the interest. Initial loan never getting paid off, it just creeps up and up. Gather enough capital to start a small business? That’s a different world of pain. Regulations, taxes, an environment designed to bury any enthusiasm to build something better. It is just not worth the risk. HMRC takes such pleasure in making it as difficult as possible. Honestly, I hate those people so much. Young tradesmen and women all over Britain waking up at 5am, working 12 hours plus every day. Why? For what? For who? Losing almost half your earnings to fund some indolent slob who refuses to work? It’s not exactly the American dream, is it? Want children? One? Two? More? Childcare costs thousands and thousands a year. It’s unaffordable. It’s impossible. So, depressingly, many don’t even bother. What about a home? Ludicrous leasehold rules mean you’re just paying rent up front for decades. Getting screwed on the service changes that soar with no consultation. House prices booming whilst wages fall behind. The mountain to climb gets bigger and bigger. It is endless. Yet you’re told by people who bought their house for 40k and got university education for free that cutting down on the cappuccinos will solve all of your financial problems. Politicians like Farage tell you working from home is the problem, and that seeking a ‘work-life balance’ is somehow selfish. It is bullshit, to be honest. And I am fed up of it. It stinks. There’s this prevailing attitude with many people of my age that young men and women are lazy and refuse to put the hours in. That’s just not true. The system is crushing you. It kills ambition and suffocates aspiration. It all needs to change. All of it. Restore Britain doesn't want to reform the establishment, we want to smash it up. And yes, that will include a meaningful debate about a triple lock which creates division between the young and the old - because it simply isn’t financially sustainable in its current form. Restore Britain will have the courage to do what needs to be done, I promise you that. If you want more of the same - vote for it. Tories, Reform, Labour, Lib Dem. Go for it. Your choice. Same faces, same model, same decay. The Greens want to accelerate our transformation into a third world dump. If that’s what you want for Britain, Polanski is your man. Certainly don’t vote for Restore Britain. Because we are offering something entirely new. You now have a political party that is willing to take the difficult decisions to give you the opportunities that my generation had to achieve that same financial freedom so many of my age enjoy. Restore Britain is that party. We want a fundamentally different economic model. One that gives young British men and women the freedom to pursue their own goals - whether that’s building their family, business or own financial freedom. That’s what we’re about. We are going to be honest, and we are going to take the difficult decisions required to benefit us all, that very much includes the young Brits who for their entire lives have been ripped off by a decadent political establishment that cares about votes, and only votes. Restore Britain will treat you all with the respect and honesty you deserve. There is a political party that is finally your side. Restore Britain is on your side.

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@Jo30780322 @BetteDavis1959 @KathyParr101 This is why the whole argument is nonsense, Jo. Anything given via triple lock will be taken away with the other hand as tax levels and the £16k savings benefits ceiling remain static. Add the 1981 CGT level + summary pension age increases and we’ve already had daylight robbery.
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Jo@Jo30780322·
@BetteDavis1959 @KathyParr101 Thats not what I,m saying what I meant was we are not getting a great big increase as we are having to pay tax. Pensioners on pension credits get full amount tax free as it should be
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Anna Ridgway
Anna Ridgway@annaroseridgway·
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.
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Sall Grover
Sall Grover@salltweets·
@TIME If you’re struggling this much with the concept of women’s sport, ask yourself why this isn’t a problem for men’s sport and work from there.
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@wee_cuppa @DaraghCassidy The CTA is a big part of this. There should be a thorough review for its continued relevance. The NI route also needs attention.
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WeeCuppaTea@wee_cuppa·
@DaraghCassidy “I’m not sure why he was here in the first place” your not the only one, apparently they have no idea how he got into the country
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Daragh Cassidy@DaraghCassidy·
This man has only been in Ireland 2 years. He has 2 previous convictions for public order offences & has already received a 7-month suspended sentence for carrying a knife. Now this. I'm not sure why he was here in the first place. But he's had his chances & should be deported.
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Twin sisters (18) stabbed after rejecting 'prolonged' advances from Somali man (27) on Dame Street, court hears. gript.ie/teen-sisters-a…

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@YesterdaysBrit1 I remember buying baggies, as we called them, just like the ones on the right. My mum wordlessly took them back to the shop.
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@_Harriet90 @catholicdoomer @SandyofSuffolk I’ll help you. For the ratio to make any sense, you’d have to work out the present value of the circle on the left, or the past value of the circle on the right. Otherwise it’s just an annoying drawing.
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Sandy Tregent
Sandy Tregent@SandyofSuffolk·
In all my 46 years of working, I never once heard anyone complain about old people getting a state pension. We just knew the older generation deserved looking after when they couldn't look after themselves after all their years of hard work.
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@_Harriet90 @catholicdoomer @SandyofSuffolk Yes I do, so I repeat, the circle on the left will always be smaller than the circle on the right. It doesn’t represent a lesser contribution. It represents the past. This diagram is used as some kind of gotcha. That’s obviously wrong.
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Harriet@_Harriet90·
@ajusted @catholicdoomer @SandyofSuffolk Do you understand how public spending works? Your tax and national insurance contributions are spent the same financial year they were paid. You aren’t paying for your retirement, you’re paying for pensioners and everyone else receiving benefits this year.
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@_Harriet90 @catholicdoomer @SandyofSuffolk So you understand the circle on the left will always be bigger than the circle on the right? That it doesn’t represent a lesser contribution, but a different time?
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@_Harriet90 @catholicdoomer @SandyofSuffolk That’s just NI dearie, you’re the ones telling us all there isn’t an NI pot. My last few years’ contributions will cover my costs, and some 😄
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