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Link to a source of news?Not for the bloke who was sitting on a wall next to a protest the other day, who was battered and beaten to the ground by the police.

Link to a source of news?Not for the bloke who was sitting on a wall next to a protest the other day, who was battered and beaten to the ground by the police.

How come you're allowed to say that?![]()
So this was utter nonsense then?For now, for me.
Silence all debate. The standard communist playbook.
Do as you're told, don't question authority.

I gave you the answer, that's not how UK government pensions have ever worked. It may be insulting but it is also accurate.

Hard luck, you didn't design the National Insurance scheme.Money put by in a pension fund should be invested for the benefit of that person, not put in general taxation to be blown on other things,
Glad you're up to speed now.Yes, you gave me the answer, and it was a perfectly logical and correct answer

Glad you're up to speed now.
Do you understand why a falling population, or an aging population, is a problem now?
So you want to wave a magic wand and somehow magic up a huge pile of money to pay for the current pensioners and then all currently under pension age get a contribution based pension? How are you going to manage the increased tax to pay for that?As I've said, I understand why you are saying these things. You have said nothing I hadn't previously heard.
Aging and a falling population are problems, but only in the Blair/Starmer system. Previous governments made much of care and respect for old people
Therefore this remains a question that lefties cannot answer.
Rubbish. The right is all about debate and free speech. The left is all about shouting insults at anyone who doesn't toe the line.
The right is all about debate and free speech.
You are living in an alternative reality.Rubbish. The right is all about debate and free speech. The left is all about shouting insults at anyone who doesn't toe the line.
I remember the good old days when Maggie told the oldies to put another jumper on.So you want to wave a magic wand and somehow magic up a huge pile of money to pay for the current pensioners and then all currently under pension age get a contribution based pension? How are you going to manage the increased tax to pay for that?
And it's not a 'Blair/starmer' system, it's the same system we've had since there was a state pension.

During the miner's strike?I remember the good old days when Maggie told the oldies to put another jumper on.
So you think we should cut pensions?I remember the good old days when Maggie told the oldies to put another jumper on.
I'm serious. The country was solvent back then, not bankrupt as it's now become by pretending that people who don't work, and haven't saved any money, can live in luxury.