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Post by northwestman on Oct 6, 2023 23:56:44 GMT 1
This rumour is apparently beginning to gain some traction. unherd.com/2023/10/the-brutal-death-of-manchester-toryism/"My understanding is that, after studying the Prime Minister’s dreadful polling numbers in recent months, Sunak’s close advisers called the exiled Cummings in from the cold. According to a source who works inside No. 10, the advice from Cummings was bracing: shifting the public’s perceptions of Sunak would be incredibly difficult. He made clear that only very big, very noisy moves would have any chance of persuading people that Sunak is an agent of change. No. 10 needed to pick some big public fights; the more blowback from former prime ministers and big business figures the better. Or, as one insider characterised Cummings’s advice: “Do mental stuff that proves you’re not the Establishment.” Cummings, after all, is a long-term sceptic of HS2, having previously described it as a “disaster zone”. In one of his Substack newsletters, he wrote that his former boss Johnson had gone ahead with the project in January 2020 only after a “garbage model/graph was fed to a PM”. Cummings’s advice to Johnson, according to a later tweet, was “bin this farce”. The next few months might reveal more about how much influence Cummings has around No. 10. J. Herrmann, UnHerd. |
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Post by zenfootball on Oct 7, 2023 11:15:45 GMT 1
Sunak response to concerns A question about concerns from citizens that they will be or have become a minority in there own towns and city's of" So what " wont help plus the failure of the conservatives in all areas.
people wont decent safe schools, a police force and court that catches and convicts criminals, many people wont action not empty promises on economic migrants, many elderly are WORRIED as they struggle to pay bills, access GPS and care homes, mental health services can cope with the surge in adolescent mental health issues, social care is not well funded or has enough staff, the education system is a mess, the infrastructure is a mess, we are a country that is divided and broken
so spin wont be enough.
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Post by martinshrew on Oct 7, 2023 11:21:58 GMT 1
I've genuinely never met a poor pensioner. I accept they exist, but I've not come across one yet.
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Post by kenwood on Oct 7, 2023 12:51:37 GMT 1
I've genuinely never met a poor pensioner. I accept they exist, but I've not come across one yet. Hello, pleased to meet you. |
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Post by martinshrew on Oct 7, 2023 13:36:12 GMT 1
I've genuinely never met a poor pensioner. I accept they exist, but I've not come across one yet. Hello, pleased to meet you. I guess it's what one defines as poor. |
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Post by northwestman on Oct 7, 2023 13:50:39 GMT 1
Hello, pleased to meet you. I guess it's what one defines as poor. When my partner was alive, we were very comfortably off as pensioners, but now she's gone I just have to keep a wary eye on my bank account, which I never had to do before. |
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Post by martinshrew on Oct 7, 2023 14:56:20 GMT 1
I guess it's what one defines as poor. When my partner was alive, we were very comfortably off as pensioners, but now she's gone I just have to keep a wary eye on my bank account, which I never had to do before. That's understandable. Though to me, when I'm talking poor I mean no luxurious things poor, I mean food bank poor. |
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Post by Worthingshrew on Oct 8, 2023 19:00:55 GMT 1
I volunteer at a food bank, and it’s the pensioners who volunteer, and usually the young who need the food bank, or single middle aged men who’ve fallen on hard times.
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Post by staffordshrew on Oct 8, 2023 20:08:40 GMT 1
If Cummings advice was to bin HS2 in 2020, why the hell did Boris keep it going, he's cost the country an absolute fortune. A Boris vanity project.
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Post by staffordshrew on Oct 8, 2023 20:31:24 GMT 1
I've genuinely never met a poor pensioner. I accept they exist, but I've not come across one yet. One thing that could improve pensioner's lot is to reduce the time lag between the date used to determine the annual rise (around now) and the date it's paid (April). Being on a fixed income in times when inflaton rises quickly that lag pushs pensioners into tightening their belts until things catch up a little the next year.
As for not meeting a poor pensioner, I think that is because by pension age most have learnt how to scrimp to fit the budget. They have clothes and shoes in the wardrobe and just make them last longer, they can also forgo the holiday, give lower priced presents, etc.
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Post by martinshrew on Oct 12, 2023 12:31:57 GMT 1
I've genuinely never met a poor pensioner. I accept they exist, but I've not come across one yet. One thing that could improve pensioner's lot is to reduce the time lag between the date used to determine the annual rise (around now) and the date it's paid (April). Being on a fixed income in times when inflaton rises quickly that lag pushs pensioners into tightening their belts until things catch up a little the next year.
As for not meeting a poor pensioner, I think that is because by pension age most have learnt how to scrimp to fit the budget. They have clothes and shoes in the wardrobe and just make them last longer, they can also forgo the holiday, give lower priced presents, etc.
In addition a lot of pensioners now were on final salary pensions, paid their mortgages by 50 etc, something that will be simply impossible for the generation now. Paying a mortgage by 50 is a remote possibility for some but none will be on pensions like their parents/grandparents are on now. |
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Post by staffordshrew on Oct 12, 2023 12:51:41 GMT 1
One thing that could improve pensioner's lot is to reduce the time lag between the date used to determine the annual rise (around now) and the date it's paid (April). Being on a fixed income in times when inflaton rises quickly that lag pushs pensioners into tightening their belts until things catch up a little the next year. As for not meeting a poor pensioner, I think that is because by pension age most have learnt how to scrimp to fit the budget. They have clothes and shoes in the wardrobe and just make them last longer, they can also forgo the holiday, give lower priced presents, etc.
In addition a lot of pensioners now were on final salary pensions, paid their mortgages by 50 etc, something that will be simply impossible for the generation now. Paying a mortgage by 50 is a remote possibility for some but none will be on pensions like their parents/grandparents are on now. The problem with your "A lot of pensioners" statement is it's not all pensioners, those at the bottom of the income spectrum, perhaps renting their home at ever increasing rents, are hard up. There's a lot of divorcees too, who have lost half a house and half a pension. Those that do come into your better off category get stung for "income tax" on their hard earned pensions, even though for other purposes it's not regarded as earned income. |
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Post by staffordshrew on Oct 17, 2023 16:01:57 GMT 1
One thing that could improve pensioner's lot is to reduce the time lag between the date used to determine the annual rise (around now) and the date it's paid (April). Being on a fixed income in times when inflaton rises quickly that lag pushs pensioners into tightening their belts until things catch up a little the next year. As for not meeting a poor pensioner, I think that is because by pension age most have learnt how to scrimp to fit the budget. They have clothes and shoes in the wardrobe and just make them last longer, they can also forgo the holiday, give lower priced presents, etc.
In addition a lot of pensioners now were on final salary pensions, paid their mortgages by 50 etc, something that will be simply impossible for the generation now. Paying a mortgage by 50 is a remote possibility for some but none will be on pensions like their parents/grandparents are on now. Just don't expect to be able to manage on whatever government pension, defined contribution might work out even better than db pensions if the stock market rises, but don't do as this fella did... Bernie Ecclestone, the former boss of Formula 1, has been given a suspended sentence after pleading guilty to fraud. The 92-year-old did not declare more than £400m held in a trust in Singapore when asked by tax authorities in 2015. Ecclestone has agreed in a civil settlement to repay almost £653m to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), a court heard. He was sentenced to 17 months in prison, suspended for two years. |
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