Will pensioners be told to cancel their Netflix? | James O'Brien

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@brianferguson7840 Сағат бұрын

My generation (pensioners) are the richest demographic in the UK by a huge margin ! We benefited from cheap housing, final salary pensions, early retirement on full pension from public sector jobs, massive profits from house values, and a triple lock scheme which guaranteed bigger pension rises than workers pay rises. Not to mention unlimited free local transport And yet my contemporaries are whinging about losing a £200 energy payment when young parents can't feed or clothe their children.

@emesfion 54 минут бұрын

THANK YOU

@Handle-of2si 45 минут бұрын

Some of them actually do need it, and some of those that need it will no longer get it. This isn't a few dozen we are talking about either, this is thousands of thousands of people. Meanwhile anyone who comes illegally to this country on a small boat will be kept nice and warm at our expense through winter and spring!

@andrewstevenson118 45 минут бұрын

And given the removal of the payment is means-tested, it doesn't seem like a big deal.

@andrewstevenson118 42 минут бұрын

@@Handle-of2si What's the cut-off for getting it? Like, do you know how it's means-tested?

@nothereandthereanywhere 30 минут бұрын

@@Handle-of2si Did you vote for Brexit? Because small boats are a direct consequence of it. Add it up to the damage to the UK economy due to Brexit in the value of 40BIL. I think loosing £300 is a tiny price. Get over it, you voted for it - own it.

@MyraRobertson-l8c Сағат бұрын

They don’t need it but feel entitled to it because they worked all their lives.

@emesfion 55 минут бұрын

We will be working far longer than current OAP's for far less, but the last government didn't navigate finances or develop economic structures to support us, our need for stability, or our futures.

@malcolmmitchell6529 46 минут бұрын

See how you feel at 75 luv

@Handle-of2si 45 минут бұрын

@nothereandthereanywhere 28 минут бұрын

@Handle-of2si 17 минут бұрын

@nothereandthereanywhere I didn't vote either way in that referendum. I think they are often a poor way and divisive to make democratic decisions, especially when the country was more or less split 50/50 on the issue. Equally it had no unified backing in parliment, so any negotiations with the EU were farcical as there was no guarantee any deal would pass through Westminster. So where does that leave us with the current crisis where thousands of mostly young men are turning up each week?

@emesfion 41 минут бұрын

The Royal Family don't need multiple properties of their current size or value, because NOBODY does. The monarchy should be abolished, the Royal Family should be moved, and the palaces and grand houses should be opened up to the public as tourist sites for the world to still come and visit. We should be a Republic and a meritocracy, and we shouldn't continue in the collective delusion that these people are somehow special. It leads to the worst entitlement possible; half a billion pounds worth.

@lionguardant5468 26 минут бұрын

you're gonna be amazed when i tell you the palaces and estates ARE open to the public

@BrianWillcox-qp2hr Сағат бұрын

" only the Joker would think of that",

@ScottM-t2l 2 сағат бұрын

Did Starmer make the ‘wurst’ speech at conference? Does he have ‘links’ with Israel? Looked a bit ‘square’ in Lord Ali’s suit and specs

@brianferguson7840 57 минут бұрын

I see what you did there.

@JonathanThompson-h9x Сағат бұрын

James its ok when labour do it O'Brien

@twisteddancer7773 Сағат бұрын

Won't be long until o Brien will be a pensioner. Luckily for him he already has all the money he needs to stay warm in winter. Unlike the many pensioners will be able to do this winter

@Handle-of2si 44 минут бұрын

@greamespens1460 2 сағат бұрын

Keir Starmer the granny harmer

@rustynail1194 2 сағат бұрын

I thought that was Wayne Rooney?

@greamespens1460 Сағат бұрын

@@rustynail1194 VG. Ferry forgiving of his wife to stick with him.

@nothereandthereanywhere Сағат бұрын

Tell granny to stop buying Daily Mail, she will save enough for the fuel. Much bigger change than young saving for a house by not buying an avocado.

@mangosamosa4378 Сағат бұрын

Granny sat in her £500,000 house isn't being hurt by not getting £300.

@wiseget Сағат бұрын

@@nothereandthereanywhere Starmer worth £7.7 million,believes pensioners who receive around £12,000 a year can live without their winter fuel payment but accepted £76,000 in freebies,including suits and glasses for him, dresses for his wife and tickets to over 20 football matches! Get a grip

@paulneedham3608 Сағат бұрын

Fed up with younger people saying how hard they have it. I am 64 years old and have had hard times in the past. Still working guess what Still working earning £11.66 a hour. After nearly 50 years of work I have done my bit. The best lesson my mother taught me was how to save money from the age of 5 years old.

@brianferguson7840 Сағат бұрын

If you've been saving since 5 years old you won't need a £200 fuel allowance. Give it to a struggling young family.

@kumoryuu 21 минут бұрын

If you're 64 and still working for £11.66 an hour, I wouldn't say you've done too well...!

@BrianGreen-g5l5l 2 сағат бұрын

If I got paid for every minute I spent on KZbin, I'd have bought myself an island by now and named it Laughter😻

@silenthunter13171 33 минут бұрын

This is why i love you james, based asf

@TippedBalance 54 минут бұрын

If you can't afford to keep up your £1+million property... CUT BACK ON HOLIDAYS, LESS BRUNCH AND CANCEL THE SUN SUBCRIPTION. Do as you demand of the youth, HYPOCRITES.

@andrewstevenson118 27 минут бұрын

Harsh but fair. A certain older female relative in my life lived in a house worth $1.4m and claims every possible benefit from the government she can. She also complains about how she has so little to live on.

@johnrussell3961 2 сағат бұрын

Netflix? UK gold is free .

@kerryhutchings6316 Сағат бұрын

Really?

@malcolmmitchell6529 45 минут бұрын

Even worse movies

@markravenscroft1 Сағат бұрын

i left when brexit fever hit before the vote and didnt vote with a misguided apathy to my besties opinion ions , but no one has rolled back and all want a second term .

@malcolmmitchell6529 47 минут бұрын

Netflix,? Crapontap. Brain rotting awful movies

@Durka-Durka01 Сағат бұрын

Will James O'Moron put down the bottle, and stop being Labours top fanboy?! 😏

@achatwithalex474 2 сағат бұрын

In regards to the winter fuel allowance, any sweeping policy requires means-testing. I’ve spoken to as many OAP who say “tbh, I don’t really need it” as I have to those who live by it. Unless we have the infrastructure and the money to properly regulate policy, a lot of what this Labour government is proposing will be seen as wholly callous

@hughiemg2 Сағат бұрын

It is means tested... based on those who qualify for pension credit...

@johnrussell3961 Сағат бұрын

The Tories learnt the anger of the the elderly who had benefits taken away .so they shifted to not allowing future claimants the right to claim thrm.

@wiseget Сағат бұрын

Starmer worth £7.7 million,believes pensioners who receive around £12,000 a year can live without their winter fuel payment but accepted £76,000 in freebies,including suits and glasses for him, dresses for his wife and tickets to over 20 football matches! Get a grip

@Sw4lley 43 минут бұрын

⁠@@wisegetyou are repeating yourself, listen to the whole part of the topic and then form opinions and argue on the. Or atleast stop using copy/paste on whataboutism paragraphs that are largely wrong anyway.

@mandlin4602 23 минут бұрын

But didn’t he earn that money? I mean maybe if these pensioners stopped overspending on avocado to…. Oh wait no we only do that to young people. Now who’s the snowflake?