Thinktank linked to Reform UK calls to abolish state pension
‘We’ll eradicate the state pension’ would be quite the proposal for Reform www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Helen #FBPE #NHS #ClimateCrisis 🇪🇺🇬🇧🇺🇦🏳️🌈💙22They’ll still vote for them because they’ll think it won’t apply to them!🙄😵💫
GreenerFutures14They might as well title the policy ‘kill the poor to protect the rich’, because that’s what this would do.
Policy Vibe · by NoMAGA14Abolishing it would not make retirement disappear; it would move the risk from the state to individuals, with the least able to build private savings hit first.
Mark Lawson10And still people would vote for them
Pete FBPE wake up workers, Farage is not your mate.8I wonder how many constituents in Clacton don’t have a healthy private pension and are living only on their state pension, I’m guessing quite a few based on those interviewed during the by election. Does Farage expect them to live with no income.
Dave Johnson8Old story in the US. The model for this came from tobacco industry's successful fight to keep from being regulated. Expanded to other deadly industries. Now it's international. bsky.app/profile/dcjo...
Alistair Barrie5This is brilliant news. So we all get given £5 million, yes?
Ros Taylor5In about half a century, probably more, judging by the detail of the proposal.
Peter Kay3A Reform-linked thinktank proposes abolishing the state pension. Meanwhile, nobody is proposing abolishing Nigel Farage’s parliamentary pension. Odd, that.
DJ Markymarc2The carousel can't be far behind for those who can't buy a ticket out of it.
Niall Huggan2"We'll kill old people when they finally finish work" would indeed be quite the proposal from Reform...or are they expecting people just to keep working for the capitalist machine until they drop dead or are killed in work due to Reform binning health and safety too?
Quiet Majority2With Reform UK's popularity sinking to its lowest point in two years, this seems like a definite vote winner 😉 Never mind whether we keep the tripple lock, let's just abolish the state pension altogether, can't see an issue with that at all. 🤔
Tom Railton2For the last time, getting rid of public sector DB pension schemes actually COSTS billions in the short to medium term. Because you go from a situation where we are currently paying the pensions of retired workers, to one where we are paying both retired and working people's pensions.
Interesting speech by Burnham at the UN where he announced a new National Centre for Information Defence to counter, mainly, Russian disinformation. Oddly, Reform and GB News are already angry about it.
Simon Ferrigno22He should go all in, and announce an investigation into the 2016 referendum and foreign influence
Rob Jacobs18I wondering where the NCI will start: TwitX, Tik Tok, the Daily Mail, The Telegraph, GBeebies or the BBC. Serious point. The need for this agency admits that the Department of Culture, Media & Sport (Lisa Nandy) & Ofcom have completely failed the nation.
chiller15Unless he regulates the press/media so they stop telling us we're living in a crime wave caused by brown people, the still small voice of calm won't achieve anything more than Full Fact did (ie: nothing).
Ken Tindell14Russian-backed traitors are angry? I’m shocked. Shocked!
D.Moore13Farage’s entire grift is built on a wave of Kremlin propaganda. (Never forget - Russia Today offered him his own show) www.theguardian.com/world/2019/o...
Maria Gee12Fancy that! Maybe Nathan Gill wasn’t the only one on the payroll.
Sohan Dsouza4Would've been nice to additionally mention the threat from monetised ragebait click farms, and to have a companion clarification campaign to counter disinformation about the initiative itself. But this is a good start.
Vince3Perhaps it's not odd. Reform the Afd,the National Rally & populist parties have always been sympathetic to Russia as Trump is. If they were in power Ukraine would be a satellite of Russia & our freedom threatened.
Think-tank linked to Reform Party suggests abolition of state pension to fund tax cuts for wealthy people www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Simon Pease17That’ll be a vote winner. I rather hope Reform adopt it as policy.
ses67.bsky.social7To right! Lazy bloody pensioners should b on are beaches fightin the forrins who try to get in and steal our jobs, benefits and M&S sandichs!!!!
Laura1Welcome to our world! 🇺🇸
Paddy Magill1If they even put half of this in their manifesto would potentially replace the 1983 Labour manifesto aka 'the longest suicide note in history'.......
www.theguardian.com/politics/202... Which is just yet another reason why these people must never be allowed to get into power !!! ( How many reasons do we need??)
Reform UK has promised cuts of £100 billion, but provided no detail on where they'll be made. Now, Reform UK's favourite think tank has set out a blueprint – including getting rid of the state pension. Reform UK would take us in a dangerous direction. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Samantha Meows4After WWII people were pissed off living in slums with no healthcare or safety net. Despite fighting shoulder to shoulder with wealthier officers. They resoundedly voted tories out. And we got the welfare state. Back when we were very poor as a country after a long world war.
stargirl1620.bsky.social3Where is home secretary? where is the PMs condemnation of this far right racist criminal thugs behaviour??? bsky.app/profile/yeom...
Westy2They are literally going to kill their subscribers base.
This is whistling past the graveyard, lads. We have tested “what if we just rid ourselves of our horrific Tory government by imposing different but similar horrible people with policies nobody likes or wants”. It’s been a rolling disaster that’s still playing out today.
![Progressives 34%
Centrists: LibDems 11%
Reactionaries 51%
[RUK now 3rd place, Restore on 6%]
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New More in Common poll. The Reform decline continues - now down to third.
Labour: 26% (+1)
Conservative: 23% (+1)
Reform UK: 22% (-1)
Liberal Democrats: 11% (+1)
Greens: 8% (-1)
Restore Britain: 6% (=)
SNP: 2% (=)
Others: 1% (-1)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5hyjbx4hnlxe5il24ydnn4sr/bafkreidppkwseqdel7zn6w43pwdfu6m7qfdyuuinfoxi552av4io4rvruu)
flyingrodent43I do not think there’s any possible version of Britain where Labour squeak a fifty seat majority in 2029, then things noticeably improve. If that happens, it’ll be taken as a roaring endorsement that the system works and everything is great, just like it was in 2019 and 2024.
Cameron15Admire the optimism of the person who thinks the Labour of Mahmood & Streeting counts as progressive
Gordo!13love to watch everything that's going on and include Labour in the "progressive" total
Vob10Said it for at least 2 years now. Reform and tories will become one party. Farage will take a junior role because he's a workshy grifter who doesn't really want to be in the big chair, and the media will suddenly dissapear the funding issues because Tory.
The Glass is Empty3Is it physically possible to have three cheeks of the same arse?
Holly Brigstocke3Mark Chardbourn is another privileged cis man cruising on his job title. A blind spot for transphobia and no concept of the cordon sanitaire.
Why would any party leader be against tackling Russian Disinformation⁉️ Unless it suits their political agenda or because Reform have form receiving payment for spouting Russian Propaganda⁉️https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/nigel-farage-russia-misinformation-unit_uk_6ab3e906e4b043d6b56a6107
James F Ford2It has been apparent for several years where Farage's loyalty lies. It isn't with the UK. His faux-patriotism is a flag of convenience to dupe his moronic followers. The Reform top table are all grifting users and tax dodgers.
bigwoodenspoon.bsky.social2Farage is in with Trump, who is in with the Russian mafia. Of course he has Russia's interest at heart.
The EU will never consider the UK for membership if we continue to use FPTP which could deliver a Reform government on only 30% of the vote. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Markeye3I don’t know if this is true, but it has a strong logic. No way is the EU going to spend months renegotiating every document it’s just finished amending if Froggy Face can dump them in a couple of years time. The only ways are PR or a binding referendum. Preferably both.
pekaschmitt.bsky.social2Makes perfect sense! The EU is all about stability, and will consequently avoid any risk of further mayhem by Farage and Reform, or any other nationalistic egotism. After all, Brexit has cost the EU a lot of money as well!
Boat Designer1It is an interesting point. I can see where you are coming from. That said I think the EU will have such a long list of other issues that are needing to be resolved first. Perhaps I am wrong here but I think the likelihood of Reform being in government reduced of late.
I guess this think tank doesn't care about Reform's appeal to pensioners. Brave.
Paul Haine18Reform-voting pensioners will just decide it won't apply to them
P.J. Denyer8The problem is that Reform Ltd supporters are attracted by the constant grievence mongering, they don't bother with minor details 'what their actual policies are'. They think they're "Labour's aspirations in a perfect economy with added racisim" not "The last 14 years of Tories on 'roid rage".
Sam Freedman265One of obvious problems Reform has is the views of those in charge don't remotely match many of their voters.
Tony Yates22This seems to break the authoritarian playbook which is 1) make vague appeal to reform things 2) screw your low information voters and reward your sponsors 3) defend your power by limiting franchise/polluting the information available to voters.
Scott Brown2Reform voters: "Welfare spending is out of control! We need to slash benefits and get rid of the nanny state!" *finger on monkey's paw curls*