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[blabyboy]

1 hour ago, Lionator said:

I can’t imagine a scenario where Reform removes the triple pension lock, likewise raising minimum wages. I only see a scenario where inequality rises.

really?? After the events of the last 3 months?

[Lionator]

7 minutes ago, blabyboy said:

really?? After the events of the last 3 months?

Why would Reform hurt their core voter base of over 60’s?

Edited 20 April 2025 by Lionator

[Guest Bilo]

4 minutes ago, Lionator said:

Why would Reform hurt their core voter base of over 60’s?

I think the Tories still do best with that particular demographic. Much of Reform's resurgence has been built on white, working-class Gen X men in skilled manual jobs, and 'left behind' millennials with few to no qualifications, rather than Boomers.

[blabyboy]

1 hour ago, Lionator said:

Why would Reform hurt their core voter base of over 60’s?

Not willingly, but I think if they go off on their agenda then the market might be quick to correct them. Certainly quicker than is happening in the US where Trump is being coralled back into line like a bull with a nose ring.

 

And once, they've been corrected, they'll need to look for savings to try and show they can be trusted and they've heard the message. Similar to how Labour have been forced into a Truss-light way to reform but always with an eye to not scaring the horses( the market). Thus annoying their core base AND trying to keep the red-wall voters onside.

[Md9]

Happy Easter to everyone would have been fine 

[leicsmac]

1 hour ago, Md9 said:

Happy Easter to everyone would have been fine 

The man is living proof that in this age anything is possible when you lie and accentuate the negative.

 

Unfortunately.

[leicsmac]

Also related to the above, this is the level of decorum the current US administration possess:

 

 

[Torquay Gunner]

18 minutes ago, leicsmac said:

Also related to the above, this is the level of decorum the current US administration possess:

 

 

The US is a virtual rogue state at this moment in time.  

Edited 20 April 2025 by Torquay Gunner

[Md9]

1 hour ago, leicsmac said:

Also related to the above, this is the level of decorum the current US administration possess:

 

 

Everything they post at the minute is disguising . The quicker these psychos disappear the better 

[st albans fox]

The pope passing on Easter ……….

rip Francis 

[Super_horns]

8 minutes ago, st albans fox said:

The pope passing on Easter ……….

rip Francis 

Was only on the TV doing a sermon yesterday..

 

Obviously been in poor health though .

 

RIP.

[leicsmac]

A Pope who actually advocated for proper Christian values rather than just paying lip service to them.

 

He'll be missed. RIP.

[Tuna]

Very sad news about The Pope. RIP.

[urban.spaceman]

Pope’s dead 

[StanSP]

33 minutes ago, st albans fox said:

The pope passing on Easter ……….

rip Francis 

Quite sad given his promotion of inter-faith culture and liberal approach. 

 

Poignant time of passing. 

[EnderbyFox]

6 minutes ago, StanSP said:

Quite sad given his promotion of inter-faith culture and liberal approach. 

 

Poignant time of passing. 

“Christians” online celebrating his death, calling him woke for promoting Christian values of compassion & empathy. Culture wars really have turned people’s brains into mush 

[leicsmac]

6 minutes ago, EnderbyFox said:

“Christians” online celebrating his death, calling him woke for promoting Christian values of compassion & empathy. Culture wars really have turned people’s brains into mush 

The evangelicals clearly consider the Sermon on the Mount merely guidelines, rather than instructions on how to be a good person of God.

[FoyleFox]

22 hours ago, MaidstoneFox said:

The tipping point that's coming very soon is that the new state pension (11,973) will exceed the personal allowance (12570). This might happen next year but will definitely happen in 2027.

Something will have to change as there's no point having pension increases if you are going to get taxed on it. Or...maybe it will just be left and that's how the issue of the triple lock will be dealt with. However, that would surely be a political own goal that Farage would seize: "Labour are now taking your hard-earned pensions, giving with one hand and taking with the other"

Already happens if you have a private pension, any increase is negated by tax deductions.

[FoyleFox]

18 hours ago, Md9 said:

Happy Easter to everyone would have been fine 

Those cognitive tests were absolutely fine, clearly

[Md9]

The pope spent 5 mins with Vance and thought nope that’s enough for me . R.i.p

[bovril]

1 hour ago, EnderbyFox said:

“Christians” online celebrating his death, calling him woke for promoting Christian values of compassion & empathy. Culture wars really have turned people’s brains into mush 

True although that particular culture war has been going on for about 500 years

[Md9]

I am sure it is Bidens fault as well 

[urban.spaceman]

48 minutes ago, Md9 said:

The pope spent 5 mins with Vance and thought nope that’s enough for me . R.i.p

Vance Liz Trussed the Pope  

[Jattdogg]

First the trophy drop, now the pope drop. JD leaving them all in the dust, Trumps gotta sideline Vance stat.

 

Not catholic, but a human so R.I.P. to him and condolences to those who he represents.

[Trav Le Bleu]

21 hours ago, Md9 said:

Happy Easter to everyone would have been fine 

It's interesting how he lost to the worst President ever.