Labour are stupid to create a mountain out of a molehill on the winter fuel. It's relatively small amount of money and frankly makes little difference to the state and majority of the pensioners. They could have cut it by stealth if they really don't want to pay this but instead they wanted all the attention making this cut on day 1 of their administration. Secondly, I thought the winter fuel was once only paid when the average temperature in the winter fall below certain temperature? when did this become a universal payment. Anyway - The point is the fact Labour making a mess of this simple thing, is clear evident they are not very smart people!
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Not very smart people, that is surely the understatement of the year. Starmer and his bunch of clowns, including head clown Reeves from accounts, are quite the worst government in my lifetime, and that's a very longtime believe me. By the time, we come to the end of their tenure in government in about 4 years, this country will be completely ruined, that even REFORM, might find it beyond them to fix.
posted by LTS (Guest) - Tuesday 10th June 2025, 9:58 AM
Worst ? Bodger and his Tory liars by far the worst ! Liz Truss anybody ?
posted by Bob (Guest) - Tuesday 10th June 2025, 11:53 AM
So, Reform it is then.
posted by Paddy O’Doors (Guest) - Tuesday 10th June 2025, 11:58 AM
I woul go for Liz every time
Just to see those Scammel type
Ripples every time she appears on TV
posted by Pur. veert (Guest) - Tuesday 10th June 2025, 12:43 PM
Liz Truss was not PM, long enough to ruin our country, but in a very, very short time, the Starmer mob, have done just that, and Bob, good luck to you for supporting this lot, but I'm afraid you and the rest of us will suffer for years to come.
posted by LTS (Guest) - Tuesday 10th June 2025, 1:57 PM
LTS , where does it say I support this lot ?
posted by Bob (Guest) - Tuesday 10th June 2025, 3:02 PM
Sorry Bob, I was just assuming, so it's an oooops from me.! !
posted by LTS (Guest) - Tuesday 10th June 2025, 4:09 PM
No probs LTS , to me all politicians are dodgy regardless of the party they represent !
posted by Bob (Guest) - Tuesday 10th June 2025, 5:48 PM
Labour would've been much more for the little people of this country if they'd stuck with Jeremy corbyn and Diane Abbott, kier starmer and all those surrounding him are nothing more than tories in disguise who are advised by tony blair. Starmer will be gone soon anyways and sadiq khan will be stepping in his shoes to become englands first Pakistani prime minister.
posted by News (Guest) - Tuesday 10th June 2025, 7:13 PM
Let’s hope so, London hasn’t looked back since he took charge, buzzing night life, clean, cheap reliable transport links, minuscule crime rates. Let’s hope the vertically challenged soap dodger challenges for the top spot and makes Britain great again.
posted by Paddy O’Doors (Guest) - Tuesday 10th June 2025, 9:20 PM
Bodger Boris is a lot more intelligent along with Jeremy Hunt all day long and a combination of those two would do better than Reeves and Starmer. Even Sunak as Chancellor would be a better bet. Yes these guys mess up but i never doubt that a top class educated Tory is a better bet to run the country by a country mile. I didn't go to Eton or Oxford but i have no doubt that a higher education is better than a state school education full stop. Raynor has a phobia and a dislike for higher education and richer people and this is a growing trend now in this country. Starmer is a chameleon who will change his mind and tactics where the wind blows and he isn't leader material. The problem we have in this country for a long time now is infrastructure everywhere is crumbling and needs repairs. You name it from the London underground sewers built in the Victorian era which is a huge repair job. No Government will take that on because it will blow the budget and thats the problem. Every party will prioritise projects and the NHS and the usual projects will always come first. The Nuclear project Labour are taking on will not come to fruition for a decade and they will not be in power to see it. Our water system is bad but so is the water in France. Buildings are crumbling in disrepair everywhere and you can buy an old Chateau in France for pennies if you are brave enough to take one on. In Covid we saw the best and worst of human nature and the good was that Bodger and co doled out the most money to bail everyone out in history and Putin decided to try to replicate Alexander the Great starting with the Ukraine and we decided to chip in as you do. Hitler invaded Poland many years ago and Putin is trying the same thing so it is only natural to help out. What would i do smarter? What would you do better than Boris in very unusal and exception circumstances in this period of history?
posted by OWEN - Tuesday 10th June 2025, 9:46 PM
Spot on OWEN. Now more than ever, we need intelligent and well educated leaders. The world has become so much more complex with technology moving at lightning speed and the working of an economy and the banking system, you will make a mess if you don’t have the intellect to understanding it. I am not suggesting those who went to Oxbridge are necessarily any more intelligent but they have learned how to cope with chaos and how to manage communication better. Look at Trump. He’s smart but he hasn’t got a clue of economics and see what he is doing to the world and also USA economy. In principle I don’t have a problem with Robinhood policies but there’s a balance that you’d need a very good intellect to identify. Sadly we have two leaders neither have the intellect or the smartness to run the country. I like Starmer as a person but I am sure his heart is in the right place but he nor his team are good enough. We had the same issue with Boris, which was a result of Brexit halving the pool of talents for him. The sad truth is like USA, we have Raynor and Vance (US) ready to take over. That would be 100% worse in my view.
posted by JohnC (Guest) - Wednesday 11th June 2025, 6:13 AM
Higher education better than state school education ? Sometimes yes but definitely not all the time , a lot of university educated people I know have very little common sense.
posted by Bob (Guest) - Wednesday 11th June 2025, 6:43 AM
Going from one extreme to the other oh for an Harold Wilson or a James Callaghan they’ve been in a few months country’s going downhill fast What’s the old saying be careful what you wish for you might get it
posted by Ipitombi (Guest) - Friday 13th June 2025, 7:21 AM