The triple lock has raised the standard of living for many pensioners since it was introduced over ten years ago. Some poorer pensioners now fear that the dignity it gives them is going to be reversed through taxation. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Aah, very sad. I had such a lot of time for Frank Field - appointed to cabinet by Tony Blair to ‘think the unthinkable’ (history will judge Frank far more kindly), awarded Companion of Honour, and a true friend of BSPS steelworkers.

Has anyone heard any political activist, or any politician for that matter, quantify exactly how many ‘refugees’ we can take?

If there is criticism now, just wait until Friday if Moody’s and Fitch downgrade the outlook for the French credit score or if there is an actual S&P credit downgrade next month.

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Fair play, benefiting from selling her council house to a private buyer and benefiting from a keystone Thatcher policy worked out really well for one female champion of the working class.

#AngelaRayner .

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What a way to claim a victory 🤯 In 1996, Carl Fogarty took his 6th traight win at Assen in a CRAZY final chicane drama 😮‍💨 A proper classic for you to enjoy 🎞️

#DutchWorldSBK 🇳🇱

Happy #StGeorgesDay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿😁👍 #foggyday #england 🌹

That cannot be much fun.

His arrest was all over the media, but not his vindication. The mainstream media and UK policing are complicit in a corruption of what they used to stand for.

It will be horrific, and The Reset will be spoken about for centuries. Nobody wants bloody revenge and insurrection, but many people will embrace that as the better option to the religious and political fascism that is casting a shadow across the world.

For all those blaming the St George’s Day marchers in today’s events with The Met, compare and contrast it with this when they were attacked by muslim crowds and didn’t react and in fact, retreated.
Now tell me The Met isn’t institutionally unfit for purpose.

Always amusing to hear champagne socialist Cooper pontificating on theft.

Yvette was a leftie wed to a chap called Ed Balls
Who both aspired to one day live in grand halls
When told into a mortgage they then must dip
They said nah we are both able to flip.

Abolish the Supreme Court - bring back the Law Lords.

The fact that Starmer is silent on Yvonne Fletcher and Keith Blakelock’s anniversaries speaks volumes about his priorities. They had futures stolen from them too.

<<Ukraine pressures draft-age men abroad to join war effort.>> Perhaps the armchair Generals applauding from the sidelines would care to join them?

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Child abuse.