Mrkawfee

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Agreed. The triple lock needs to be ditched or at least means tested.

48% of our ENTIRE welfare budget goes on pensions, that is £138 billion per annum, and the lions share is the state pension. It is a larger proportion of spending than Universal Credit, child benefit and disability benefit combined!

Pensions have become ever more costly because of the triple lock. It needs to be reformed. A new government with a massive majority is the right time to do it.

Source: https://obr.uk/forecasts-in-depth/tax-by-tax-spend-by-spend/welfare-spending-pensioner-benefits/

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

If creatures like Luke Akehurst are the future of the Labour party then I'm never voting for them again.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

You can't placate extremists. Appeasement was a dirty word for a reason.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

I havent seen West Wing because I thought it wouldn't have aged well. Is it still watchable?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Hope they manage to remove it before Labour become fans of authoritarian laws. That seems to happen to governments after a certain period in office.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I agree cars are indispensable in certain cases but that shouldn't detract from the need to reduce journeys by car. In London 1 in 3 schools are close to roads with illegal levels of N02 pollution. Improving air quality is critical to preventing damage to young lungs as well as improving road safety.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (4 children)

Active travel should be a key part of this. People need to switch from driving to walking and cycling.

Fewer cars on the road will also improve air quality in cities.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

If he could put the Labour Friends of Genocide in their place that would be good

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Kid Starver and Labour Friends of Genocide will ignore the call.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The US is banning TikTok.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

The next four years are going to be fun.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Only democracy in the Middle East..most moral army in the world....start up nation...antisemitism anti semitism anti semitism ad infinitum

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