The despised Keir Starmer has resigned, he is gone.
Itโs time for Andy Burnham to be the human shield for the totalitarian policies of the New World Order.
โMeet the new boss, same as the old bossโ
This is not the time to break open the champagne.
Keir Starmer has given notice of his #resignation but unfortunately he's still in post for three months & can still do a lot of damage in that time.
@overlyannoyingx@Einsteinbk285 Er, Wouldn't a party leader try to get as many votes as possible? For example, there are Brexiteers on the left as well as the centre & right. Popular policies always resonate with voters.
According to Google, the UK has committed up to ยฃ21.8 billion in total support for Ukraine since the full-scale invasion, making it one of the largest bilateral donors in the world.
That's enough money to rebuild our Royal Navy with up to 65 Type 31 general-purpose Frigates for example.
The full UK State Pension is now worth around ยฃ12,548 a year. That's less than half the earnings of someone working full-time on the National Minimum Wage, despite many pensioners paying taxes and National Insurance for 40, 50 or even 60 years.
Yet every time the Treasury needs money, the same voices appear demanding the Triple Lock be scrapped.
Why?
State pension spending is forecast at around ยฃ154 billion this year, but that supports over 13 million pensioners, many of whom rely on it as their primary income. Meanwhile, billions continue to disappear into failed projects, government waste, bureaucracy, consultants, quangos and policies that deliver little value to ordinary taxpayers.
The Triple Lock isn't some gold-plated luxury. It exists because politicians allowed the State Pension to fall behind for decades. Even today, a full State Pension is barely above the poverty line and is nowhere near a typical working wage.
If politicians want to save money, start with waste, inefficiency and failed spending programmes.
Leave pensioners alone.
They worked, they paid in, they built this country and they deserve dignity in retirement, not another raid on their income.
Er, Musk employs up to 160K people in all his companies and that doesn't include the thousands of people who are employed by companies that supply his companies. All those people are paying taxes in all those Countries & spending money that helps those economies. The vast majority of that Trillion will be in stocks anyway.
@TomK_Brit1993 Any pensioner who's earnings, unearned income & pensions all together total ยฃ30, 000 per annum shouldn't be paying income tax. If he did that for pensioners I'd think very seriously about voting for him.
@PeterStefanovi2 We only have enough fit warships as there are fingers and thumbs. We are selling ships to other Countries because we can't man them, and this guy speaks about keeping the Country safe. He's totally deluded.