I live in a safe Tory seat and voted Lib Dem in the Police Commissioner election and Green in the Town Council election. Did you manage to learn how to draw an X in time for Thursday?
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A number of reasons why I gave UKIP the cold shoulder this time round, mainly because I didn't agree with the fact that they brought in Hamilton and Reckless over hard working potential local candidates. Another reason is that I am unsure of where UKIP are heading post June 23rd.
I like Andrew RT Davies, he did well in the debates and quite frankly I had little common ground with the other parties.
Chris. You still haven't answered my question about how we fund our ever growing elderly population with our shrinking indigenous workforce
Yes I agree with that Eric. It certainly will not be the end of UKIP if we remain in the EU. However their Council results in England were nothing special.
So, eventually you come up with a beneficial policy.
Unfortunately it's not in the gift of the WAG to do anything about the bridge tolls. It will be for Westminster to decide what happens to them when they return to public ownership c. 2018. The issue may or may not be devolved in the future so basically another UKIP policy that is, in reality, a complete load of bollocks.
I had major surgery as a child, bad back, bad knees, family riddled with dementia. I would rather take a generous pension at 60 and be put to sleep at 75 than cling on bedbound shitting myself paying 5 grand (or expecting the next generation to) a month for someone on minimum wage to talk to me like a child.
Unfortunately that is an option that the world doesn't appear to be ready for.
Of course. More immigrants will provide the necessary workforce that we need. The vast majority come here to work.
Downside? Nope I am in favour of live and let live. London is a great City and has benefitted from being so multi cultural. As an economy we will adapt to a greater population. We always do.
100% .Stakeholder pensions are the first step. Do you remember work place pensions were voluntary? It is now compulsory to offer pension, next step it will be compulsory to have one.
I am old enough to think I may get a state pension, anyone in their 30s and below wont.
you fund the ever growing ageing population, by creating jobs that pay a living wage :thumbup:, and not employing immigrants on subsistence wages that this country as been doing for many years now :thumbup:. the wages for many jobs in this country have not increased for many years due to the fact that employers can employ overseas workers for far less money. :thumbup:
many of the skilled workers in this country, work abroad due to many of the main industries been dismantled by successive governments :thumbup: if you want low pay and menial jobs you can fill your boots with the rest of eastern europe and whoever else wants to come here. :thumbup:
Correct, the state pension will certainly disappear over the next 20-40 years and it could be any political party that foes awAy with it at any point in time. Equally the NHS will also be gone in its current guise and again, it will not necessarily be tend Conservatives that swing the axe.
The times they are a changing. Get used to it folks.
So why are you not blaming the employers for paying the low wages in the first place?
Secondly if it wasn't for immigration our NHS would collapse.We are very lucky to have so many skilled people coming to this country.We have not had to pay their education. Thousands of doctors and nurses have come here fully qualified and ready to work.
Your argument doesn't stack up. Our own indigenous workforce is shrinking. Our elderly population is growing. Increasing pay to a living wage is nowhere near enough to fund our ageing population. Do you want as state pension when you retire?
Ninianclark. At least you accept we need immigration. I don't agree that preference should be given to EU workers over others btw
as been previously said a state pension wont exist in 20 years, too many taking out of the pot and not enough putting in and that includes all these marvellous immigrants that have saved our country. :hehe:
the difference today is many people cannot afford pensions on six quid an hour :hehe: they have to live for today and not worry about tomorrow because many of the decent jobs that paid a pension and had longevity are long gone. :wave:
of course they understand that, they just choose to ignore it
we all know the type of immigration Chris is talking about, its the unskilled who head over here from the free flat / bedsit / room and a few quid in benefits, we al know what Chris means
the skilled people who can provide something to the UK and will work and pay tax are welcome IF we need that specific skill / trade
I agree with your second point. Your first point sort of contradicts it though because low paid workers will find it very difficult to survive if they have to exist just in their occupational pensions It will take a brave Government to end the state pension. However the current pension system is unsustainable if life expectancy continues to rise. My gut feeling is that there will still be a state pension but that if wil! be means tested rather than available to all.