Bloody nerve

[Michael Rolls]

Can't be bothered to check on who it was (other than a total twit - then what's new in this government?) but a day or two ago a minister said it was time pensioners paid their way
The nerve of it! I have paid my way since 1953! Income tax, NI, Heavy taxes on tobacco- gave up smoking in my early 30s, petrol , worked for 40, and for about 23 of those paid tax at a higher, and thanks to freezing of levels am doing so once again

[Raven]

Couldn't agree more Mike. 

[klondike]

[Scrumpy]

Good old Labour.. They know exactly what to say and do to get this country back on it's feet..

[Michael Rolls]

After shooting it in the foot!

[Ashy]

We don't get any tax relief for being pensioners. I think some of these politicians live on another planet. We pay all the same taxes as anyone else!

On the other hand we get very poor value in return, in my humble opinion.

[Dextrous63]

Can't find which minister, but I could find an article in the telegraph by one of their correspondents... Eir Nolsøe

Can't read the article due to its paywall.  Could someone remind me how to get around this barrier?

[Ashy]

Either read it on Yahoo or MSN or copy it quick and paste into a word processor.

[Dextrous63]

Thanks Ashy.  I ended up using a remove paywall site to see it.  Anyway, the article led me to the fact that it's the Pensions Minister Torsten Bell who Mike was referring to.

[JBR]

Can't find which minister, but I could find an article in the telegraph by one of their correspondents... Eir Nolsøe

Can't read the article due to its paywall.  Could someone remind me how to get around this barrier?

Pay!  I do, now, after a free period.

Not this one, then?
"Rachel Reeves has refused to rule out tax rises in autumn amid growing fears that Donald Trump's trade war could wipe out her headroom."

[Ashy]

Torsten Bell, that's a good old fashioned working class name. He was the brains behind the 2008 financial crisis.

[klondike]

Torsten Bell, that's a good old fashioned working class name

[Dextrous63]

😬😬😬😬😬

Wish I'd named my children like that instead of Cedric-Carruthers.