@Baddiel At least you got some sun at the end. (From someone who met you en route, but going uphill on a boat in the rain).
Those autumn colours though.
@CalumEStewart @dhothersall Solutions : build the WFP into (still meagre) pension, so the "comfortable" pensioners pay tax on it.
Ditch means testing - costly & complex. Many pensioners feel too proud/daunted to claim.
Slice of 2025 TL uprating could be brought forward to Xmas to plug gap @RachelReevesMP
Twitter’s about to get yet shitter.
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Always Zoe Jardiniere and always promoting the rights of people who move 🥰💪
@CDP1882@TedDitchburnNNP@BarryMong88 Your report is extensive and moving... thank you. There was a fairly detailed piece on BBC 1 news on Friday night though, so I assume they had someone there, maybe regional reporter.
@SocialistNHS Ditch the allowance, but raise the pension by the same amount ... Rich pensioners will pay much of it back in tax, and admin costs can be recovered.
The Daily Mail is foaming at the mouth about Starmer moving a portrait - so the Today Programme just read out the headline & ran a whole feature on it.
Can we please stop letting these papers set the news agenda? Let them howl into the void if they must, but don't run after them
Since too many bad actors on here, encouraged by your boss, have tried to destroy many of our actual town squares, maybe it's time *you* paid *us*, for example with donations to the local authorities and emergency services who have had to deal with the damage. No better time.