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  1. Grendel

    Championship thread 25/26!

    It’s obviously very silly but the Everton ground does have the Docks heritage brickwork around it which is actually pretty cool
  2. Grendel

    Immigration and Asylum

    People aren’t living that much longer than 35 years ago in reality
  3. Grendel

    Immigration and Asylum

    The biggest pension cost is the burden of public sector workers on pensions the private sector can never now fund. Unfortunately your “strong unions” would just strike if any reduction even got new entrants into these positions was even suggested so it’s not a conversation governments can have.
  4. Grendel

    Immigration and Asylum

    You said it’s the biggest cost therefore needs looking at?
  5. Grendel

    Immigration and Asylum

    To clarify on NI credits National Insurance credits National Insurance credits are essential for protecting your future entitlement to state benefits and the state pension. These credits can be received even if you are not working, and they count towards some, but not all entitlements. The main...
  6. Grendel

    Immigration and Asylum

    My wife as an example will get a state pension despite not working for the period we were able to clam child benefit as it qualifies you for NI credits (as does carers allowance and unemployment benefit) Given we have Public Sector strikes in the Health Service already then its hardly realistic...
  7. Grendel

    Immigration and Asylum

    Unemployment still gives you pension credits. Stay at home parents and carers also get pension contributions included You say you want strong pensions but you are aware the biggest burden on the state regarding pensions is the public sector pension arrangement which is massively in debt?
  8. Grendel

    Immigration and Asylum

    I assume you are also referring to public sector workers here so would want doctors teachers etc to have reduced pensions?
  9. Grendel

    Immigration and Asylum

    You seem to be suggesting reducing pensions that are already being paid out. The statement is not incorrect either
  10. Grendel

    Immigration and Asylum

    Those taking the blame should be the people that designed and erected the whole complex in a great fanfare in the late 60’s - the whole place was bulldozed down 20 years later
  11. Grendel

    Trump is my favourite comedian of the year already

    It was a stupid comment
  12. Grendel

    Immigration and Asylum

    he’s delivering a pizza near you
  13. Grendel

    Immigration and Asylum

    it’s one of the lowest https://www.almondfinancial.co.uk/pension-breakeven-index-how-does-the-uk-state-pension-compare-to-the-rest-of-europe/
  14. Grendel

    Do you want to discuss boring politics?

    The Blair government started the payment idea
  15. Grendel

    Immigration and Asylum

    So there are no other benefits? Housing costs, energy etc?
  16. Grendel

    Do you want to discuss boring politics?

    There is probably a period of adjustment when they realise the food isn’t being bought in from Waitrose
  17. Grendel

    Immigration and Asylum

    That is a grade A for stupidity
  18. Grendel

    Immigration and Asylum

    Are our pensions not some of the worst in Europe?
  19. Grendel

    Immigration and Asylum

    You are resorting to desperation - the budget is funded by taxpayers and the idea clearly is to create a productive society through education and an ethos of wanting to contribute to a future society
  20. Grendel

    Immigration and Asylum

    You of course had the luxury of Private Education and boy does it show
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