Russell Quirk SLAMS Labour Over "Further Attacks And Assaults" On Pensioners

Russell Quirk slams the Labour Government over "further attacks and assaults" on pensioners as 80% of the elderly on the poverty line may lose payouts.
Age UK said its analysis suggested that 10.7 million UK pensioners will lose the winter fuel payment, of whom almost one in four (23%) live in poverty - with a household income of less than 60% of the median - or just above the poverty line.
The charity found that 80% - or 800,0000 - of UK pensioners aged 80 and over living in poverty or just above the poverty line will no longer receive the payment, as well as 78% - or 1.1 million - of pensioners with a disability living in the same circumstances.
Russell says: "Talk about heartless!"
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[@Isherwoodsounds]

Ok for MPs cheap meals and booze in Parliament paid for by pensioners and working poor.

[@JillGalloway-lg7wh]

Gives a lot of tax payers money to big corporations and gets backhanders . ITS A CASE OF ……. I WILL SCRATCH YOUR BACK IF U WILL SCRATCH MINE A lot of money going to wrong countries,

[@bobbaggs6149]

Kier Starmer. Overseeing the LAST EVER Labour government.

[@parker-ii7fg]

You can tell a lot about a society based upon how it treats its most vulnerable. Who are the most vulnerable in society- children, the elderly and the disabled. We are failing dismally on all three fronts.

[@Pythagarous]

It’s purposely being done I think, it’s labours deliberate policy which is causing it.

[@nickbutler7935]

Almost exactly what I was about to type.

[@warrior9085]

​@@PythagarousIt's worse than that,they are indulging in ethnic cleansing that Blair started at the behest of the EU/UN and WEF.

[@MunsterIrons]

Beginning to hope the rumours of a hard budget are true! It may just what the country needs to wake up from the apathy and rid ourselves of this cretinous government There could be serious civil disobedience that triggers the fall of this corrupt group

[@ianlarman]

I know where you are coming from and agree. What Starmer Reeves and Milliband forget is that we are still largely families - attacking one group isn't safe for them just because that group is stereotyped and their votes aren't needed.

[@tray558]

The public will never forget what labour and Conservatives have done to our counrty

[@janebruce6625]

100% correct ..

[@DavidJohnson-yg8qm]

It will all be history in 100 years time.

[@UKsoldier45]

Remember Labour only knows the language of tax, tax and more tax! Recession and more debt here we come!

[@andrewturner3580]

Young people become old people and if young people are struggling where's the incentive if they can see that as they get old it will be taken from them !

[@whitehart11]

Many of these OAPs may not be around but there will be a load of new ones!

[@blackheart9554]

And their families who hopefully have woken up now

[@carolynesimpson6070]

The other day I heard Zoe’s place a hospice for babies in Liverpool is due to close this year after 30 years. Also Revitalise, Southport, holiday accommodation for disabled people is due to close this year after 60 years of being opened. It’s a disgrace and many more of these places will follow. The Government needs to give more money to the Councils so they can help these places. No, all they prepared to do is look after illegals that come to our country, give everything for free and that’s why Kier thinks he too should have freebies. We are all suffering, it’s hitting every generation of the people of this country. It makes my blood boil.

[@susanjackett9268]

Well said

[@garysmith1931]

If Labour do, idiotically, take more money from pensioners, because they believe pensioners are not likely to vote for them, they should remember pensioners have children and grandchildren and even great grandchildren.

[@janebruce6625]

Spot on 100% . People won’t forget when their parents have been deliberately attacked by a government that takes care of foreigners who shouldn’t and don’t deserve to be in this country ….

[@susanjackett9268]

Who'll all be cold this winter whilst grandchildren are cared for by grandparents after school and during the winter hols. Especially Northerners ?

[@caroledavies4851]

This country is lost and i have morhing but sympathy for the eldery and the disabled and vulerable disgraceful labour

[@chrissmith6650]

🤣 making the mistake of overlooking Reform will come back and bite Talk on it's backside. This country doesn't want more Tory mismanagement

[@steveb3060]

Did Russell say Russia is losing the war in Ukraine - Ah well, they do say ignorance is bliss.

[@JillLawton-zt8me]

I’m 77 so maybe won’t be around next time. But I can see that the the rumours of taking the bus passes away and also the 25% council tax rebate, taking free prescriptions ,come from the newspapers. Project fear. I’ve seen enough budgets over the year where the usual things go up.

[@poppy1779]

If they were running a business they'd be bankrupt by Christmas.

[@smilertoo]

As far as governments are concerned the ideal pensioner dies one day after retirement.

[@_Why_123]

@smilertoo - Obviously, and totally understandable! ... Callous, ugly, unspeakable, and yet true!

[@deankirby7237]

Pensioners are viewed as an expensive nuisance surpluse to requirements.

[@harrysutton1322]

Just watched Kier starlin at pmq's..the bloke's only reply is all that's wrong in this country, down to the conservatives. I only hope Kier doesn't have to deal with a COVID type emergency. We'll all die and he won't a jot

[@gaelsomerville5163]

So pensioners on £12k per year are denied £300 to help with utility bills while people working, earning double, treble, or even more multiples of this, can claim £312 per year tax allowance if working from home?

[@Royboy50]

The absurdity of the British social system,managed by government,badly

[@ianlarman]

And now they are attacking free prescriptions for the over 60's

[@doloreswylie3067]

And don’t forget if you are over the £12.500 limit your state pension is taxed!!

[@susanjackett9268]

That's so corrupt. It's why I don't believe in net zero, millions of homes needing heating, instead if just one workplace? Crazy maths Rachel Hoodwinker

[@LisaThornton-js9ih]

This is not correct, you can claim 20% tax relief on £312 which equals £62.40 per year. But i agree with the sentiment

[@danfrost3043]

I like Russell Quirk, he never gets flustered or loses his temper, always calm but direct.

[@Royboy50]

Nothing in the country works very well mate ,welcome to the real world

[@YakovShani]

Socialism and a country working well do not go together.

[@johnalley3404]

Where are these Labour gov ministers going to go when their term ends, they won't be able to stay in Britain surely.

[@robinburn4974]

If i was younger I'd leave this country

[@susanjackett9268]

Me too.

[@boranbkk4270]

Out out out out out!

[@RonaldShea5680]

The Labour party's grotesque horror show continues unabated.

[@redbeard3923]

No liebour councillor's come may 2025

[@sheilaoneil18]

I am 81 with arthritic pain and neuropathy controlled somewhat by medication. I am not one to feel sorry for myself and I have always been an optimistic person who gets on with things. I do remember the deprivations of the last world war which lasted well into the fifties. We were a hardy lot and lived with the cold and a very simple, small-portion diet. We knew nothing else. Perhaps we were healthier. We certainly weren't fat. Oh dear, can I say fat?😯 😄 Now, in my latter years, I am very upset at the thought of losing my tax -free pension, my precious bus pass, my savings being hit and my single person discount on my council tax being removed. I am very scared by all this because my income is just above the benefits threshold. I have already lost the winter fuel allowance which had been a real help! I pleaded with the 'authorities' and got pleasant, encouraging replies however my MP told me that she abstained at the vote! Nice! I don't ask for sympathy. I understand the reasoning. I am sorry for all who will feel the scourge of the hard decisions. I probably won't be around at the next election. I didn't vote for this government. I didn't vote for the Conservative party. I felt, like many others, between a rock and a hard place. I didn't abstain though! The temperature this morning in my living room is 19. It's only October. I have gas central heating. I am expecting a visitor so I may have to put it on. Thankfully, I have a great faith in the Lord Jesus. He has been with me through worse things and He sees the sadness of all of this and the injustice. Something else, let us pray for the folks in Florida today. May God help them. Just received, through my letterbox, a Funeral Plan advice leaflet. Well, thanks for that, Mr. Postman, (no I know it's not his fault, I've got a lovely postman), you've got to laugh!🤣

[@doloreswylie3067]

Well said ….there are millions like you…God Bless.

[@blackheart9554]

It's an absolute disgrace. I am not a pensioner yet but I'm an unpaid carer for my disabled adult son and I get £130 a week to live on so I know how hard it can be. I also have arthritis and know painful it is when it's cold. I hope they change their minds on the bus pass at least. Would be totally cruel to take that away from the elderly

[@laiky4373]

My first job was working in a retirement village at 17 as a waitress. Interacting with pensioners every day made me grow a deep-rooted love for our elderly. This was nearly 20 years ago now, and I still think of them. I experienced real heartbreak when one would pass away. I lost my own grandparents even before then. And I have deeply missed having those figures in my life. I hope that you have a support network in place. I urge anyone who has elderly family members to do what they can to ensure they are kept warm and fed this winter. It is a time of difficulty for all of us, and it's important for people to return to taking care of each other. Thank you for sharing, Sheila! Stay cosy

[@susanjackett9268]

Beautiful post. My fear is for grandchildren cared for by grandparents after school and during the winter hols. The school gates have many elderly collecting their young kin for their hard working flexible hours parents! More galling still is watching smug teachers beam at this group at the school gates not seeing the tears of fear emanating from their decisions to strike? Same with doctors, most very smug yet winning yet more money in strikes. All at school gates, tragic. Sorry, some are nice, but others are just too smarmy smug in their affluent superiority.

[@susanjackett9268]

​@blackheart9554 we wouldn't be able to afford the huge publuc transport fares to do our banking, which was also taken away from rural villages and towns.

[@marieorritt8115]

Im certainly not pro ukraine at all. Stop sending them money. Im pro UK. But I'll probably get arrested for saying that.

[@chrisdanks6447]

They did their best to knock off as many old during covid and now this.....Evil at work.

[@Amorevero1111]

Really like this duo!

[@plasterer1672]

Is the labour government drinking in the many subsidised bars in parliament paid for by the tax payer . It would seem so with the irrational decisions they make . How can some one who runs the be allowed to drink while they are meant to be working. Any else would get sacked if they drank while at work

[@BertWald-wp9pz]

One problem for pensioners, (like me), is that the problem of potentially reducing overall tax income by increasing tax rates and scope applies less to us. We have fewer alternatives and less capacity to shift direction because the mould was set in the past. That is why we are called pensioners! In a way we are sitting ducks!

[@Slumbert]

Neverending sausage

[@darrenporter1850]

Target the fabric of society and blame health concerns

[@williammore558]

I'm expecting removing the bus pass and rail travel, council tax reduction for single occupancy, and prescription charges. To finish off the pensioners, Reeves may go for wealth tax on assets, in other words, since many pensioners live in large properties or in affluent areas hence their properties are worth a lot and hitting those would bring in a few billion. What's the point of all this? Labour despises OAPs and believes that group don't vote for Labour so hitting them hard is ideologically correct and less about how much money could be taken off the OAPs.

[@blackheart9554]

Im hoping that since they've seen the whole country is against them (apart from a few anyway) and they have plummeted in the polls that they just might not go so hard on the elderly.

[@susanjackett9268]

They've certainly got a nasty view on life, all reading from a book like dome Starmer mantra, they sound like a load of demented PARROTS, so boringly obvious they want to brainwash the populace into believing that their black hole is a huge amt, but in fact it's peanuts compared to tax inputs to the govt coffers.

[@phillipgeorge4222]

Now it would seem dont know if its true Labour want to end free prescriptions for pensioners as well as the rest of the crap what they are doing

[@pathopewell1814]

I do not vote Conservative because I am ancient, I have voted Conservative for seventy years and will continue to do. Robert Jenrick is our local MP and is superb. We conservative members do not have any say, unfortunately. I hate these gentlemen's critique of Jenrick, very insulting.😢

[@stevenkillington5041]

Most people dont care about outher peoples wars

[@markeast4647]

It's funny . This attack on people's pensions won't affect Stalin Starmer. As he has a LAW protecting HIS pension. So much for all in it together and " service ".

[@aficio698]

A pint is already unaffordable.

[@_Why_123]

@aficio698 - Learn to make your own! ... A couple of mates in your shed! ... Good company, good music... Good fun!🥳🤪

[@aficio698]

@@_Why_123 don’t tell Labour they will tax it! 🤫

[@victoriahigman6802]

It’s because it’s true

[@andykerr4180]

Speak for yourselves I don't support billions going to support a war that isn't hours. If you tried to conscript for Ukraine you'd fail.

[@steevenfrost]

Labour voted for the abolition of the Winter Fuel allowance "with A Heavy Heart" ; Heavy, because their hearts are made of Stone

[@trapdoorspider9211]

If people were being paid fairly taxed fairly More would be in work Purchasing things. Would this not help the economy? Along with addressing other associated issues that strain the economy

[@JustTakeAMoment]

They're not really Labour politicians are they because these were all Labour policies.

[@soosoobear]

Labour want to bump off as many OAPs as possible . Less money to pay out . What is the point in working all your life and have nothing to look forward to .

[@TheSILENTBOB180]

I think they just decided that pensioners all voted tory

[@trapdoorspider9211]

What about creating some options that might be referred to as a licence to print? To help the economy

[@soosoobear]

Vote Reform

[@andykerr4180]

Most pensioners are on a very reduced income. The problem is welfare on working age people is too generous.

[@blackheart9554]

That's not always the case. I'm a carer for my disabled son and get £130 a week to live on, that's not a massive amount.

[@dianeshannon7988]

Divide and rule

[@thalesofmiletus2966]

Russia losing? Hmmmm. Well let’s see how that transpires. Majority of people behind Ukraine? Not judging by the comments section. It’s all about Labour.

[@GES196]

Is Russia's potential floating bomb still off the coast of Kent ?

[@matthewtaylor7355]

Talk TV goes Socialist when the old get picked on.. They lead the charge otherwise😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@ianlarman]

Putin is losing? Oh really?

[@robinburn4974]

Yes and he's losing in Russia as well

[@robinburn4974]

Yes and he's losing in Russia as well

[@blackheart9554]

Yeah, I don't think he is either especially when you consider the money and weapons Ukraine have had from god knows how many other countries

[@Fishcakebuttie]

Nothing to do with us constantly trying to over throw him 😂

[@stevendaly3680]

Why aren't you doing something. You're there on tv. And know what's going on.. instead of talking about it..

[@MikeAmbler-v5v]

Hmmmmmm this host is a liar

[@_Why_123]

I've not lived in the UK since I was 20yo, and now I'm 75yo, I'm watching with interest how things have changed there, and are continuing to change! ... It's not easy to understand the plan-in-place, but I'm seeing the amount of 'provocation' being used on 'the-public' is evidently to force serious civil disobedience, and then probably actually rioting! ... Interesting times, these! 🥸