If I accepted gifts in my line of work I could be sacked under conflicting interests. I don't understand how it is ok for an MP let alone a Prime Minsiter to do it?
Are you a public sector worker? You need to declare gifts and make a judgement where conflict of interest is. It is isn’t a straight forward sack like you suggest
But its politicans who decide the ruies and laws. They get over double the average wage, second home allownaces and a parliamentry credit card. The system is rotten. @deelawdazhahs1078
I worked in the Public Sector and received annual allowances for shoes(walking miles), replacement glasses(certain safety style), dry cleaning and laundry vouchers (to clean uniform) if I moved house I received a days paid leave to move house and if I went on a course I could claim fuel allowance that was more per mile than I used. But yes, I had to register any gift given( like box of chocolates at Christmas) and await clearance to say it was in order to eat them, so I’m not throwing the first stone at this lot.
Because a politician is a totally different role to any other regular employee. Did you have to campaign to get the general public's support who then voted for you to get your job or were you hired by an individual private interest? Political donations are a thing and have been for a long time. Why do you think political parties charge membership fees?
Did you actually make a fuss when the Tories were rife with gifts, so many hidden? Check out the donor's 'help' to Johnson, especially paying £50,000 for his wedding !
The rented sector is shrinking! It has been for years and will now accelerate! With 21 tenants for every available property in the U.K., this will get worse and push up rents!
Pensioners who don't drive? who have 100k or so in the bank? who are tory hard supporters as they don't have money issues? I would rather give that money to rise the pay of our hard working life saving junior doctors, nurses and public workers that were working at covid-19 time. I would not be giving freebies to old people chilling at home...........for them that like extra money to go to the casino
@@Raj-ul9myThat's not all pensioners though is it! I agree, take it off the wealthy ones, but not the struggling ones FFS! If it makes you happy to see pensioners on 13k a year have it taken away just as bills rise next month (not to mention possible other cuts like council tax which will massively affect my widowed mother), then your world view is no better than the last shower!!
@@andyjardine8192 Raj hates people who, have for their entire lives, paid into this corrupted system and now that they are free from it he thinks taking from them is ok when I just presented 2 things that would cover what he asks for. Sickening if you ask me. I bet he doesn't have a problem with Kier and the rest of them having heating allowances for both their homes and I bet he doesn't care about all the other benefits our disgusting political leaders get.
I am sure the likes of Richard Branson and those pensioners who use it to pay their bar bill at the golf club will really miss it. Let's see what Labour do over the next few years to support people in poverty, not just pensioners, I suspect there will be big changes but we need to allow time it's only been 11 weeks and much of that was taken up dealing with the FaRage riots.
Starmer received large gifts that he did not declare. I know this won't be mentioned by the Labour Broadcasting Corporation, even though they couldn't get enough of pontificating about Boris and his wallpaper.
"That's what matters," says Ed ... 'it doesn't matter that we all feather our own nests, and those of our doners, at the expense of public integrity, and fundamentally, at cost to the taxpayer'. 😡
Come off it Ed, Don’t accept gifts,they come with strings attached. And ist it time that Labour grandes gave the title back? NoSirs or Ladies or Dames thank you and that includes Starmar too. No Labour member should be saddled with the title of Sir. Citizens please
It is called Corruption: fraudulent obtained, done by, or involving deception, especially criminal deception. "fraudulent share dealing"; unjustifiably claiming or being credited with particular accomplishments or qualities. "fraudulent psychics"
Starmer is certainly in Politics for the right reasons....himself......What they don't understand is if high taxes created success, the UK would be booming. The reason the Country is in trouble is because the highest Taxes in 70 years are destroying the economy. Its the welfare state that's the real problem, no economy can afford to have 9.7 million people between the ages of 18 and 65 economically inactive.
It's About Time someone was as the rest of the media isn't . Although, how did you come to that conclusion. As The host kept dragging up the nothing burger story of the "clothing scandal".
Surely there is a tax liability for benfit in kind. Let's get on to building houses for the populace and curb the buying of houses by people who have one already. I include holiday homes which are not necessary and prevent locals for buying in their own areas.
He Is talking absolute garbage he's spending taxpayers money on something that the UK population will never see when it comes to cheaper bills its what you call more taxpayers money down the drain
@stevenstocker9873 it is a waste of taxpayers' money because you can not store green energy, and green energy costs more to produce because of the infrastructure costs. the experts have already told Miller Band it won't work having all green economy it's too expensive
@@Greengoblin-qk6kq Green energy could literally save each household, on average, £1000 on their energy bills. That's including infrastructure costs, maintenance costs and other associated costs. Why? Because fossil fuels are insanely expensive.
Westminster Labour Leader Keir Starmer has an annual salary of £166,786, he doesn't seem to think it's enough money to live on. Sky news 19 September 2024 reported, Westminster accounts project reveals that Westminster Labour leader keir Starmer received £107,145 in gifts, benefits and hospitality. More than any other MP. Second on the list is Labour MP Lucy Powell with £40,289. Starmer said we have to take tough decisions cutting the winter fuel payments of 10 million pensioners. Is Labour trying to increase the winter death figures and save money on pension payments. At least we know that Starmer will not have to make the choice between heating or eating in the cold winter months.
The price of fuel does not take into account a persons ability to pay. A millionaire pays the same per unit as someone on a low income. Private Landlords will just give tenants notice if they have to start to have to make changes.
Most can't even calculate their gas and electric bills, conveniently forget that Labour were in charge during the 2008 crash, that Labour ran out of money during the biggest economic boom in human HISTORY (late 90s, early 2000s) literally leaving a note to the Tories that said "there's no money left" and then thought Labour would do a better job under the biggest economic issues of modern times...the public are morons and absolutely WILL forget.
As long as somebody is a politicion they should never be allowed to accept free gifts from anybody,why is king charles getting 45 million more and pensioners lising their heating allowance, that's the question he should be asked.
Perhaps Kier Starmer should have a large stone engraved with all the broken promises, lies, backhanders, “gifts” permanently outside 10 Downing Street? The Kier-stone
Ed Miliband can't even tackle a Bacon sandwich let alone important issues. He stabbed his brother in the back. He can't, like the rest of his bunch, be trusted .
@@fredmcveigh9877, not sure what eating a bacon butty while being harassed by the press camera man has to do with anything. Nor winning against his brother in the leadership running.
@@stevenstocker9873 His sad attempt at eating a bacon butty was to try and look like the sort of person he imagined a normal working class would look like . Except he gave the appearance of NEVER having eaten one before. As to his brother, look it up. There was betrayal there.
@@fredmcveigh9877Like pretending to drink pints in a pub with ordinary people when you are in fact a wealthy, privately educated ex-commodities trader? You also seem to be implying that this was a publicity shot of Ed rather than paparazzi shot taken to undermine him. Think for a second how sad it is that people make important political choices based on a photograph of a person eating. Amazingly some people bring it up years later as if it is at all politically relevant. Time to get over 'man looked odd for a split second while eating'.
Don’t be daft! What are you banking on, all the elderly will either die or develop dementia….the elderly will remember especially if pensions are also attacked.
For the investment they've quoted and the no. of jobs the manifesto claims will be created by 2030, i can't see the Gov/us owning much generating capacity.
Why can’t the presenters ask the right question like how many power stations are in china? with the prospect of another 30 being built in that country and the junk India and America spit out
@blacksusan108 she seems so nervous and uncomfortable, as do all her cabinet colleagues. This party really don't seem fit or ready to govern in any way at all. It's going to be a rough ride 😬
@SuperRipper1888 most of the country already have, just leaving their advocates who would unconditionally support them - even at their own peril! 🤦🏻♂️
Spends 80% of the interview talking about policy and all the changes and improvements they are making vs the last administration. But video title is about the 'gift row'. There is no row... there is nothing but a manufactured outrage.
Because they listen to LBC. The whole time this past year minimum was constant Tory bashing in every comment section of LBC. Now Labour are in and you're all surprised they're useless liars? I was screaming every video you're an idiot if you vote Labour and think they'll change but nobody listened, clearly.
People have allready forgot what happened with the tories after 14 years i haven't forgot and im single people are using foodbanks these placers haven't been used until the tories came to power and highest taxes in memory living crises that has an effect on everyone i can say alot more
Landlords aren’t all rich, most just about make it work hoping it will grow in value long term. They sold off all the government stock for cheap. How many shares does he have in green energy companies.
Net zero is a con. We need to stop building houses on agricultural land and start deporting. We need to drill for oil and gas...we need to build atomic power stations...we must not destroy our country whilst the rest of the world grows and thrives.
It's time for maximum time limits for serving as an MP... Let's get some new, talented and forward looking people into these jobs, make it attainable for all rather than looking at the same faces for 20+ years and always ending up with less.
What is really diappointing about the "gifts situation" is the perceived implication that Mrs Starmer will be wearing ASOS dresses. The least one one would have hoped for is Phase Eight. Our politicians and their spouses just do not have standards! 😄
My generation (pensioners) are the richest demographic in the UK by a huge margin ! We benefited from cheap housing, final salary pensions, early retirement on full pension from public sector jobs, massive profits from house values, and a triple lock scheme which guaranteed bigger pension rises than workers pay rises. And yet my contemporaries are whinging about losing a £200 energy payment when young parents can't feed or clothe their children.
Not every pensioner is wealthy , especially those born before 1951 for males and before 1953 for females . Not everyone retired early or had private pensions , those on the full basic state pension of £169 . 75 per week are struggling ,. While those who retired after 2016 receive £220 . 20 a week .
I don't disagree with your position or mine (although I have to live simply) but there are so many pensioners that are marginal. Totally on board with you re young families that are struggling.
Then you were very lucky, majority of pensioners did not have your lifestyle or the luxury that you had...I'm 66 still working full time and yes own my home ...and it wasn't easy.....but I worked 50 years ...this policy is fundamettaly wrong....so live in the real world and open your eyes...
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No tax being paid on these 'gifts' either!! One rule for us plebs, another for the political class.
people in business also accept gifts.
@@chrisdvsmith999 The taxpayer doesn't pay people in business`s wages do they.
In our country, the UK, it's customery for the donor to pay the taxes on the donations.
@@Winteriscoming... And alas you didn't pay any attention till the guy doing it chose to wear a red tie
@@a70770 what?
If I accepted gifts in my line of work I could be sacked under conflicting interests. I don't understand how it is ok for an MP let alone a Prime Minsiter to do it?
Are you a public sector worker? You need to declare gifts and make a judgement where conflict of interest is. It is isn’t a straight forward sack like you suggest
But its politicans who decide the ruies and laws. They get over double the average wage, second home allownaces and a parliamentry credit card.
The system is rotten. @deelawdazhahs1078
I worked in the Public Sector and received annual allowances for shoes(walking miles), replacement glasses(certain safety style), dry cleaning and laundry vouchers (to clean uniform) if I moved house I received a days paid leave to move house and if I went on a course I could claim fuel allowance that was more per mile than I used. But yes, I had to register any gift given( like box of chocolates at Christmas) and await clearance to say it was in order to eat them, so I’m not throwing the first stone at this lot.
Because a politician is a totally different role to any other regular employee. Did you have to campaign to get the general public's support who then voted for you to get your job or were you hired by an individual private interest? Political donations are a thing and have been for a long time. Why do you think political parties charge membership fees?
Did you actually make a fuss when the Tories were rife with gifts, so many hidden? Check out the donor's 'help' to Johnson, especially paying £50,000 for his wedding !
The rented sector is shrinking! It has been for years and will now accelerate! With 21 tenants for every available property in the U.K., this will get worse and push up rents!
So what, if they don't rent the house they'll have to sell, and bingo - one less parasite and one more house on the market.
He does need to apologise . Starmer is not skint like some pensioners will be.
Pensioners who don't drive? who have 100k or so in the bank? who are tory hard supporters as they don't have money issues? I would rather give that money to rise the pay of our hard working life saving junior doctors, nurses and public workers that were working at covid-19 time. I would not be giving freebies to old people chilling at home...........for them that like extra money to go to the casino
@@Raj-ul9myThat's not all pensioners though is it! I agree, take it off the wealthy ones, but not the struggling ones FFS! If it makes you happy to see pensioners on 13k a year have it taken away just as bills rise next month (not to mention possible other cuts like council tax which will massively affect my widowed mother), then your world view is no better than the last shower!!
@@andyjardine8192 Raj hates people who, have for their entire lives, paid into this corrupted system and now that they are free from it he thinks taking from them is ok when I just presented 2 things that would cover what he asks for. Sickening if you ask me. I bet he doesn't have a problem with Kier and the rest of them having heating allowances for both their homes and I bet he doesn't care about all the other benefits our disgusting political leaders get.
I am sure the likes of Richard Branson and those pensioners who use it to pay their bar bill at the golf club will really miss it. Let's see what Labour do over the next few years to support people in poverty, not just pensioners, I suspect there will be big changes but we need to allow time it's only been 11 weeks and much of that was taken up dealing with the FaRage riots.
I agree
If I need shoes I have to go without something else that month . And I work full time
Bless you
I had go to the charity shop to get some temporary running shoes, bet he's never stepped foot in one.
Millicrap will have us all living in caves. He is a total disaster.
Well insulated caves that are cheaper to heat.
Socialists for you...😂
@@dapfordvondappington8306 😂😂😂 love it mate. Although Kier will have outlawed burning wood, to save the planet of course.
They all are
@@ibexdnb2879 Imagine wanting to save the planet. What a monster.
Starmer received large gifts that he did not declare. I know this won't be mentioned by the Labour Broadcasting Corporation, even though they couldn't get enough of pontificating about Boris and his wallpaper.
have u received gifts?
@@Raj-ul9my Yes but not from special interest groups and not as Prime Minister...
Well said. LBC desperate to defend the indefensible.
@markgt894 come on, show us your proof .. no proof and they can litigate for slander !
@@markgt894 So did johnson and Cameron and yet you ignored it when they did it
Ed the duck. He'll f**k up.
"That's what matters," says Ed ... 'it doesn't matter that we all feather our own nests, and those of our doners, at the expense of public integrity, and fundamentally, at cost to the taxpayer'. 😡
Take you back into the stone age
Hes a terrible speaker, he hasnt a clue what hes talking about. NUMPTY
"Small modular reactors"??? If just one of them runs away, what then? Blame the Tories.
Come off it Ed, Don’t accept gifts,they come with strings attached. And ist it time that Labour grandes gave the title back? NoSirs or Ladies or Dames thank you and that includes Starmar too. No Labour member should be saddled with the title of Sir. Citizens please
It is called Corruption: fraudulent
obtained, done by, or involving deception, especially criminal deception.
"fraudulent share dealing"; unjustifiably claiming or being credited with particular accomplishments or qualities. "fraudulent psychics"
How can we get him to get a decent perspective and stop vomiting this drivel
Starmer is certainly in Politics for the right reasons....himself......What they don't understand is if high taxes created success, the UK would be booming. The reason the Country is in trouble is because the highest Taxes in 70 years are destroying the economy. Its the welfare state that's the real problem, no economy can afford to have 9.7 million people between the ages of 18 and 65 economically inactive.
@@garyb455 It's thatcherite bs that got us into this mess in the first place. The UK was booming in 1945, why? No neoliberalism.
On a local, regional, national and international level, Labour make things worse!
@@wiseget And there is not a single piece of data to back up your claims
We pay through the front door. She gets paid through the back door. Make of that what you will!
They’re against fuel poverty 😂😂😂😂
Labour were bleating for a long time about Boris Johnson's redecorating. Perhaps they've realised they're no better
@@Matthew-bu7fg Boris accepted over £1 million from a single donor.
Labour Broadcasting Corporation LBC
It's About Time someone was as the rest of the media isn't . Although, how did you come to that conclusion. As The host kept dragging up the nothing burger story of the "clothing scandal".
@@stevenstocker9873 it's about time someone taught you how to write in sentences that are understandable.
@@stevenstocker9873a non story that has done them tremendous harm.
You know lbc platform prominent right wing figures right? So clutch those pearls Gladys, because you’re getting into a frothing rage over nothing
@@stevenstocker9873 the nothing story that has done them tremendous damage you mean ? 😅😅
the designer spec's, posh frock's, and manhattan penthouse party
for starmer 'renewal' is about his designer spec's collection
Surely there is a tax liability for benfit in kind. Let's get on to building houses for the populace and curb the buying of houses by people who have one already. I include holiday homes which are not necessary and prevent locals for buying in their own areas.
Blind leading the blind. I'm not sure our country can handle 5 years of this inept rabble
Laboured vs Tortured
They all do it... we're debating individual transgressions, when the whole system needs reform.
He Is talking absolute garbage he's spending taxpayers money on something that the UK population will never see when it comes to cheaper bills its what you call more taxpayers money down the drain
An interestment into the energy sector, how is that a waste of taxpayers cash?
cheaper bills? are you a cheap man
@stevenstocker9873 it is a waste of taxpayers' money because you can not store green energy, and green energy costs more to produce because of the infrastructure costs. the experts have already told Miller Band it won't work having all green economy it's too expensive
@@Greengoblin-qk6kq Green energy could literally save each household, on average, £1000 on their energy bills. That's including infrastructure costs, maintenance costs and other associated costs. Why? Because fossil fuels are insanely expensive.
Oh, but we will remember.
Do these Labour MPs live on another frequency to the rest of us??? They always seem so excited about making all our lives more miserable
So much for the end of croynism.
Ed how about joining our civilised society! 😡😡😡
Suddenly gagging for a bacon sandwich
What kind of people are governing us that dont know how to even eat a bacon sandwich?
Westminster Labour Leader Keir Starmer has an annual salary of £166,786, he doesn't seem to think it's enough money to live on.
Sky news 19 September 2024 reported, Westminster accounts project reveals that Westminster Labour leader keir Starmer received £107,145 in gifts, benefits and hospitality.
More than any other MP.
Second on the list is Labour MP Lucy Powell with £40,289.
Starmer said we have to take tough decisions cutting the winter fuel payments of 10 million pensioners.
Is Labour trying to increase the winter death figures and save money on pension payments.
At least we know that Starmer will not have to make the choice between heating or eating in the cold winter months.
I can only think of a handful of politicians who were in it for the right reasons and Kier has swiftly kicked most of them out of the Labour party
The price of fuel does not take into account a persons ability to pay. A millionaire pays the same per unit as someone on a low income. Private Landlords will just give tenants notice if they have to start to have to make changes.
Quick ,give him a sandwich!
Can't even fix cladding. And that's about real safety.
Eyes on the prize... Yeah that seems about right...
I do think people will have forgotten all of this by the time of the election, which is why everything is being rushed through now.
I don't think that people will forget.
They probably will if there is a 2% cut in NI or income tax prior to the next general election!
Most can't even calculate their gas and electric bills, conveniently forget that Labour were in charge during the 2008 crash, that Labour ran out of money during the biggest economic boom in human HISTORY (late 90s, early 2000s) literally leaving a note to the Tories that said "there's no money left" and then thought Labour would do a better job under the biggest economic issues of modern times...the public are morons and absolutely WILL forget.
The real news should be the investigation into why the donors donated and why they asked to have it publicised ?
The biggest problem with fuel poverty is the price keeps going up on it
Tonight with ANDREW MARRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!
Read the comments Ed people are outraged
Miliband visibly rattled. Hasn't got a coherent answer to the clothes question 😢
As long as somebody is a politicion they should never be allowed to accept free gifts from anybody,why is king charles getting 45 million more and pensioners lising their heating allowance, that's the question he should be asked.
Hope you all did your bribery at work act e learning .....
Perhaps Kier Starmer should have a large stone engraved with all the broken promises, lies, backhanders, “gifts” permanently outside 10 Downing Street? The Kier-stone
Ed Miliband can't even tackle a Bacon sandwich let alone important issues. He stabbed his brother in the back. He can't, like the rest of his bunch, be trusted .
@@fredmcveigh9877, not sure what eating a bacon butty while being harassed by the press camera man has to do with anything. Nor winning against his brother in the leadership running.
@@stevenstocker9873 His sad attempt at eating a bacon butty was to try and look like the sort of person he imagined a normal working class would look like . Except he gave the appearance of NEVER having eaten one before. As to his brother, look it up. There was betrayal there.
That picture is comedy gold ! 😂.
@@fredmcveigh9877Like pretending to drink pints in a pub with ordinary people when you are in fact a wealthy, privately educated ex-commodities trader?
You also seem to be implying that this was a publicity shot of Ed rather than paparazzi shot taken to undermine him.
Think for a second how sad it is that people make important political choices based on a photograph of a person eating. Amazingly some people bring it up years later as if it is at all politically relevant.
Time to get over 'man looked odd for a split second while eating'.
Imagine actually caring about a photo of a man eating a sandwich. Might as well just say 'politics is too complicated for me'.
Ask him why they did not tell us they were going to stop Pensioners fuel money in their manifesto
LBC needs to create better titles for their videos.
8 mins talking about reforming the energy sector/green investment.
2 mins talking about 'gifts'.
Oh, Ed. Such a disappointment to hear you defending all these gifts. Labour is devoid of morals and decency.
Milliband has no credability😂
I promise you they will.
Labour Broadcasting Company
Chattering class cabinet.
No, he needs to appologise for everything else.
LIKE YOU
Wrong!!!!
Labour have done so much damage in 14 weeks, that the Tories over 14 years is being forgotten about.
Don’t be daft! What are you banking on, all the elderly will either die or develop dementia….the elderly will remember especially if pensions are also attacked.
…but you lot were all cheerleaders for Liebour. You’ve made your bed, now lie in it.
I've voted Labour 30 years I can guarantee you your wrong.. I won't ever vote for Labour again under this clown
She’s making difficult decisions for us, it’s glitz, Wimbledon, Taylor swift, Endless free lunches for the likes of her though…
For the investment they've quoted and the no. of jobs the manifesto claims will be created by 2030, i can't see the Gov/us owning much generating capacity.
Just as corrupt as the tories. Even worse because they said they would stop it.
Why can’t the presenters ask the right question like how many power stations are in china? with the prospect of another 30 being built in that country and the junk India and America spit out
Arrogant
Rachel Reeves speech was terrible, cliched, leaden & unconvincing.
@blacksusan108 she seems so nervous and uncomfortable, as do all her cabinet colleagues. This party really don't seem fit or ready to govern in any way at all. It's going to be a rough ride 😬
@@DilbertWhiteheadprobably because they're scared to death people are going to latch onto what they're up to.
@SuperRipper1888 most of the country already have, just leaving their advocates who would unconditionally support them - even at their own peril! 🤦🏻♂️
Hes probably waiting until his own foibles are made public.
No comment means dont look into my affairs
I don't understand why anyone cares.. pales in comparison to the scandals of the last lot.
Spends 80% of the interview talking about policy and all the changes and improvements they are making vs the last administration.
But video title is about the 'gift row'. There is no row... there is nothing but a manufactured outrage.
So fricking boring ed
The only thing missing from this channel is the 'B'. Reporting at its finest!
Takes away pensioners winter fuel allowance , the next day sends billions to Ukraine
Ukraine is important, jog on cynic.
@@Dynasty1818 no its not
The 300£ that's covered by the above inflation state pension increase, that 300£??!
Did we vote in this lord Alli guy? Where was name on the ballot?
He was in your dreams
You all voted labour 😂
Because they listen to LBC. The whole time this past year minimum was constant Tory bashing in every comment section of LBC. Now Labour are in and you're all surprised they're useless liars? I was screaming every video you're an idiot if you vote Labour and think they'll change but nobody listened, clearly.
Oh they will videos will remind everybody.
People have allready forgot what happened with the tories after 14 years i haven't forgot and im single people are using foodbanks these placers haven't been used until the tories came to power and highest taxes in memory living crises that has an effect on everyone i can say alot more
ed mad miliband labour are a disgrace lord ali the leader of labour
Ok, he doesn't, but he doesn't get to bleat about the Tories anymore. He's just a Tory in an unconvincing disguise
Landlords aren’t all rich, most just about make it work hoping it will grow in value long term. They sold off all the government stock for cheap.
How many shares does he have in green energy companies.
Considering 1% of the population are responsible for 66% of the carbon footprint why aren't private jets taxed like commercial jets?
Net zero is a con. We need to stop building houses on agricultural land and start deporting. We need to drill for oil and gas...we need to build atomic power stations...we must not destroy our country whilst the rest of the world grows and thrives.
Why should he apologise for something the Tories did as well? When did Boris apologise?
It's time for maximum time limits for serving as an MP... Let's get some new, talented and forward looking people into these jobs, make it attainable for all rather than looking at the same faces for 20+ years and always ending up with less.
LBC - Labour Broadcasting Corporation
Softball questions on a topic of probity in government by Andrew Marr
Numbpty
What is really diappointing about the "gifts situation" is the perceived implication that Mrs Starmer will be wearing ASOS dresses. The least one one would have hoped for is Phase Eight. Our politicians and their spouses just do not have standards! 😄
Give him a burger. Until he can prove he can eat one he shouldn't be in a senior role.
My generation (pensioners) are the richest demographic in the UK by a huge margin ! We benefited from cheap housing, final salary pensions, early retirement on full pension from public sector jobs, massive profits from house values, and a triple lock scheme which guaranteed bigger pension rises than workers pay rises. And yet my contemporaries are whinging about losing a £200 energy payment when young parents can't feed or clothe their children.
Not every pensioner is wealthy , especially those born before 1951 for males and before 1953 for females . Not everyone retired early or had private pensions , those on the full basic state pension of £169 . 75 per week are struggling ,. While those who retired after 2016 receive £220 . 20 a week .
I don't disagree with your position or mine (although I have to live simply) but there are so many pensioners that are marginal. Totally on board with you re young families that are struggling.
Then you were very lucky, majority of pensioners did not have your lifestyle or the luxury that you had...I'm 66 still working full time and yes own my home ...and it wasn't easy.....but I worked 50 years ...this policy is fundamettaly wrong....so live in the real world and open your eyes...