This site should be revamped as WeatherforPensioners.com. (View Post)

Yes I know, but we don't pay NI, so we have a lower tax rate in effect than workers. I don't think this should be the case. (View Post)

The full state pension is currently a meagre £10,600 pa, lower than most (all?) comparable countries, and not much to live on if a pensioner has no other significant source of income. It would be bet… (View Post)

Meanwhile, I read that sewage spills into England's rivers and seas more than doubled between 2022 and 2023. A pretty decent metaphor for the state we're in. The water companies, of course,… (View Post)

Eh? 1. People democratically vote to bring back the death penalty. 2. I, a citizen, choose to leave the country. 3. I absolutely believe in democracy, and in my right to live elsewhere. (View Post)