Rachel Reeves

[Pompeyjack]

Don't do politics I'm afraid Pompey, or religion, or bull fighting

Fair play to you Swan . I love the fact that everyone can have different opinions, but ultimately we are all here as we are part of the Swansea City family .

 

[Swanjaxs]

Fair play to you Swan . I love the fact that everyone can have different opinions, but ultimately we are all here as we are part of the Swansea City family .

And Glasgow Celtic too, 95% of this forum support the Bhoys from the East End, Uppa Tic

 

[Londonlisa2001]

I totally agree with everything you have posted there Lisa. We should never have got involved with places like Iraq and Afghanistan. We should have just let the "perceived" despots carry on as they were.

Exactly so.

Afghanistan is arguably worse now than it was before. Certainly for women. And we no longer appear to give a crap about it. Meanwhile, thousands of Afghan people are here. Few of whom are the women that genuinely deserve asylum. And it cost billions and billions.

The whole situation creating this merry go round is ludicrous.

 

[Pompeyjack]

And Glasgow Celtic too, 95% of this forum support the Bhoys from the East End, Uppa Tic

Fair play, I didn't know that . I also have a little soft spot for Celtic. Loved watching Johnny Hartson banging them in up there

 

[J_B]

That will presumably allow Reeves and Starmer to claim they are keeping their promise not to increase tax on ‘working people’? I would think they’ll need to protect (state) pensioners somehow, and hit wealthy and multiple property owners, or they’ll be crucified and lose the over 65 vote, probably to Fartage.

I can see this one happening, as it gives them political wriggle room to pretend they kept their manifesto promise…one which never needed to be made.

Labour don't have much of the over 65 vote anyway. There's me and Mrs J_B, probably you and a few others.
I'm disgusted by the number of my generation who look as though they're going to vote for deform.
I must be weird because I'm getting more left the older I get. Mrs J_B has always been left of Marx.

 

[Pompeyjack]

Exactly so.

Afghanistan is arguably worse now than it was before. Certainly for women. And we no longer appear to give a crap about it. Meanwhile, thousands of Afghan people are here. Few of whom are the women that genuinely deserve asylum. And it cost billions and billions.

The whole situation creating this merry go round is ludicrous.

Afghanistan is indeed a terrible place, as you say "especially for females". We should just let countries get on with there own problems, however despicable we think that they treat their own people.

 

[Niigata Jack]

The pension triple lock is increasingly unsustainable too. £16bn a year by 2030. It’s a nice idea when the country can afford it but it can’t. Should increase by inflation only.

Well I'll reach retirement age 2yrs this month and I'd be grateful for that, afterall I would have worked for 50yrs !

 

[Niigata Jack]

Not sure how increasing the numbers is going to make a difference, we're scrapping the bottom of the barrel already, adding more isn't going to improve things.

Happy to be proven wrong.

At a cost of 120 million mind its utterly ridiculous when that money is desperately needed in other more important areas.

 

[exiledclaseboy]

Well I'll reach retirement age 2yrs this month and I'd be grateful for that, afterall I would have worked for 50yrs !

I’m not suggesting you shouldn’t get a pension mun.

 

[Niigata Jack]

Did I say that? Nope. Stupid post.

Where do you see the wastage then ?

 

[Niigata Jack]

I’m not suggesting you shouldn’t get a pension mun.

I don't understand the triple lock thing to be honest, I thought it was just extra money which is protected

 

[Pompeyjack]

Well I'll reach retirement age 2yrs this month and I'd be grateful for afterall I would have worked for 50yrs !

Good for you NJ, I have another 9 years to go, haven't been able to afford a private pension (until it was made mandatory) due to always worked for low wages. I've paid income tax and NI for 42 years and feel that it's right to expect a reasonable pension to see out the years (hopefully) that I have left when I retire. Do you have any plans for when you retire?

 

[exiledclaseboy]

I don't understand the triple lock thing to be honest, I thought it was just extra money which is protected

It means pensions go up by the highest of three measures, 2.5%, the rate of inflation or the rate of wages growth. The latest rise was 4.8%. My view is that it should increase in line with inflation.

 

[Pompeyjack]

I’m not suggesting you shouldn’t get a pension mun.

Chill out Exile . Do you mind me asking how old you are?

 

[exiledclaseboy]

Chill out Exile . Do you mind me asking how old you are?

Perfectly chilled thanks. And no I don’t mind you asking.