Retired and loving it. Guillian-Barre Syndrome Survivor, Aslef R.M.S.

Joined August 2017
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Stop using names like Storm Austen or Storm Boelo. Let's call them Storm Exxon and Storm Shell, just to remind us who's to blame.
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So many lights went out during Covid needlessly. There was no “protective ring”. Care Homes were cynically used because Hancock & government were more interested in lining their own and their rich friends’ pockets. Never forgive, never forget.
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So the IMF recommends sacrificing the old, poor, sick to the gods of fiscal rules, so that banks are not inconvenienced. What a world we live in….
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Apparently less than 5% of families pay inheritance tax and guess which part of the population that is? 🤔 Oh yeah, the richest. Tories looking after Tories as usual…
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At yesterday’s Rainham Railway Re-Union, I was proud to present Derek (Bulldog) Turner with his 50, 60, & 65 year @ASLEFunion membership loyalty badges. ✊✊✊
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Steve Grudd Gurdler retweeted
"I should just point out that we don't have any Lib Dems on the panel as they only have 71 MPs, but Suella Braverman is here because Reform have 8 MPs" #BBCQT
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If a nettle needs grasping, surely it should be fair and equitable taxation, with the richest participating? 🤔
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The Triple Lock & Social Care: the same idiocy that accepts pensioners poverty exists & social care needs nationalising and financing it by abandoning the Triple Lock, because the well off also benefit is ludicrous. It will not be enough anyway.
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For those with workplace pensions and above the tax thresholds, income tax and NI is the simple and fair way to deal with this.
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And until we provide dignity in retirement for the poorest, show me a better alternative, slow though it is. Make the wealthy pay their fair share, they won’t miss it…
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A Guardian headline proclaims 'everyone knows we should break the pensions triple lock'. Given that it's the worst state pension in Europe, there's actually a case for doubling it.
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An item on BBC News regarding organ donation. Family consent has fallen by 20% despite people being on the register. My wish is for all and any of my organs be donated. If you do too let your family know. 💚
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Steve Grudd Gurdler retweeted
If West Ham score 3 (or more) today, one lucky person to RT this wins the badge tufac.bigcartel.com/product/…
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Don’t forget that the full 13k state pension is only available to those who are fully paid up & retired after 2016…
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