The Retirement Thread

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Nov 2020
6:21pm, 21 Nov 2020
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GimmeMedals
That's exciting, Marmite :)
Nov 2020
7:15pm, 21 Nov 2020
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Bazoaxe
Just wondering if we need to keep an eye on Sunak and any changes he may make that could impact on potential and actual retirees :-(
Nov 2020
7:22pm, 21 Nov 2020
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Rosehip
yes, Baz - keep an eye, but I would have thought that you were smack in the demographic of votes needed to be kept...
Nov 2020
7:23pm, 21 Nov 2020
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Bazoaxe
I would be highly unlikely to vote for his master anyway !
Nov 2020
7:26pm, 21 Nov 2020
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Rosehip
true, but they don't know that ;)
Nov 2020
7:37pm, 21 Nov 2020
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Velociraptor
Yes! I hope any tightening up of tax relief or tinkering with the lump sum doesn't happen till the end of the current financial year.
Nov 2020
7:55pm, 21 Nov 2020
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FenlandRunner
To be honest, Baz. Surely it is 'good' (for the Government) to get rid of us. As we are occupying roles that the young unemployed could take.

This is slight tongue-in-cheek with a tinge of sadness for all the youngsters who feel disillusioned due to being unemployed.
Nov 2020
8:01pm, 21 Nov 2020
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Bazoaxe
But if they take more, it will mean we need to linger in employment for longer
Nov 2020
8:09pm, 21 Nov 2020
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Velociraptor
I would love to be displaced from my job by an eager youngster.
Nov 2020
8:11pm, 21 Nov 2020
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Fragile Do Not Bend
Me too. In reality, I probably wouldn’t be replaced in the current climate, my colleagues would just have to work a bit harder :(

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