All of which is politics as normal, you know that. Any policy worthy of the name has downsides, and it's the job of the media and the opposition to flag them. And the job of government to do the thin… (View Post)
The other thing is that people who are no longer of working age have more time to write cross letters to their MP, so an MP's mailbox is a pretty unrepresentative measure of true feelings on a subjec… (View Post)
And for all the noise, the plan remains Repulsive... But Right. The recent above-inflation increases in the basic pension ought to render the WFA redundant as a separate payment. The pension credit l… (View Post)
Trouble is, a lot of people can look at those numbers and think "No way do I get £3000 worth of healthcare a year. The whole thing is a money pit and probably a scam." Trouble is that we're… (View Post)