"Get out there Yvette, and convince them that you support them! Then once they've voted for us we'll tell them we've changed our minds. It'll work, I promise you; they're just a bunch of gullible old women".
Sadly, this is exactly how it was. One minute you promise people one thing, then once you've gained their confidence, you kick them where it hurts.
Shouldn't this type of electoral fraud be punishable by law? If I had my way the fragrant Yvette Cooper would up before The Beak, and sentenced to five years hard Labour (which is what the rest of us have got!).
What age does one get your superannuation there?
ReplyDelete65 I think, but I'm not sure.
Delete65 here as well.
DeleteChristina (below) now says it's 66.
Delete66 for women born before 1960 and 67 for men. It is being more gradually increased for younger generations. My son, who is 44 thinks it will be 70 before he receives his state pension.
DeleteI receive nothing, so I wouldn't know.
DeleteI have been robbed of £50,000. I have to wait until I'm 66 before I get my state pension. I have no workplace pension as I was a stay at home mum when my children were little. When they were all at school, I did low paid jobs with no pension benefits.
ReplyDeleteI have never, ever received any notification of the pension changes by letter.
The thing that angers me is the government call it a benefit. It is not a benefit. I have paid my contributions in full. It's shameful.
I don't know the 'ins and outs' of the scandal, what concerns me most was this downright lying by a future government minister. No-one seems to be doing anything about it.
DeleteAll politicians lie but this lefty lot do seem particularly adept at lying.
ReplyDeleteStill it's nice to see them keeping a balance, whilst Cooper attacks the old Harman supports PIE. Horrible people.
They don't seem keen on old people. I suppose if there were fewer of them, it would cost less. Harman is an oddball.
Delete£3m a day for the NHS comes to mind!
ReplyDeleteYes, and a fortune elsewhere.
DeleteI was born in 1960 and will be 66 before I get my pension. People born later will be older before they get theirs.
ReplyDeleteIt's all one big money-saving exercise. If the government were to encourage 'enterprise', they might find that there was enough money to go round.
DeletePensions are not what they used to be. Today, many companies offer no pension. People are expected to plan and provide for their own retirement income.
ReplyDeleteSocial Security in the US is provided as long as you have a work history of paying into the system.
I have no pension; I made my own provisions! I think it's better to have a state pension.
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