Thanks Paul
I agree with all you say, most older Brits are in the same position as me and suffering now but its not just that, its the prospects for the future. At my age you dont really need uncertainty, i dont mean what you have for dinner
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I mean will you be able to afford to put the heating on this winter. We have an ultra left Government just elected , this is not a political rant, i wouldn't do that to Bob but we have a system here called first past the post (wins). Its anything but Democratic and some times it backfires. We fight wars round the world in the name of democracy but have the vaguest form for ourselves. Without being party political we have about 650 seats in Parliament. each seat represents a ward and the country is divided up into 650 wards. It means if a party gets 51% of a vote, basically 49% of voters are left unrepresented. but if you have say 4 candidates/partys and 3 get 24% and 1 gets 28% then 72% or not represented and thats what just happened. here.
The newly elected government got 35% of votes cast...but election turnout was just 60% of eligible voters. So the government now has 35% of 60%
There are 50m eligible voters , Approx 60% turned out so 36m , the government got 35% of them so 12.5m., so the result is the Government represents ta da
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25% of eligible voter and in our wonderful democratic system 75% of the people are unrepresented and unsupported.
Like i say this is about a system, it could be any system or non political so i hope you see the irony and the outlook for the next 5 years.
Their very first act here was to cancel winter fuel payments to pensioners ,,,,and give junior doctors a 22% pay rise. Basically take £300 of all old people and give doctors another £15000 a year each......God help us all.