Feb 2022
6:37pm, 4 Feb 2022
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Surelynot
Fozzy - because the UK treasury confirmed this in 2014.
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Feb 2022
6:40pm, 4 Feb 2022
16,568 posts
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rf_fozzy
Confirmed precisely what exactly? And in 8 years, might the situation have changed? |
Feb 2022
6:55pm, 4 Feb 2022
2,515 posts
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Fields
Away from the thrilling subject of pensions … here’s what the second placed candidate in yesterday’s by-election, Jason Pilley of the Psychedelic Movement party, had to say about his favourite snack. If only all politicians were as honest |
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Feb 2022
7:03pm, 4 Feb 2022
2,538 posts
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Surelynot
Essentially that the essential criteria to qualifying for a pension is having the required NI contributions. Nationality is not relevant. Things have most certainly changed but that would be my starting point in negotiations. When Scotland votes for independence, it’s not going to happen the following day. There will be an interim period while negotiations take place. Scotland will pay for Scottish pensioners at the point of independence would be my guess. |
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Feb 2022
7:07pm, 4 Feb 2022
2,516 posts
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Fields
I’ve just read some of his manifesto though and he has some rather strange ideas about Covid, putting Steven Yaxley-Lennon in the House of Lords and scrapping diversity officers. jasonpilley.files.wordpress.com There are some ones which sound good though. Ban letterboxes at the bottom of the door, replace the dullest roads with allotments, increase NHS spending, and burn incense in public buildings. He also wants to sue China for £20trillion. |
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Feb 2022
7:08pm, 4 Feb 2022
16,569 posts
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rf_fozzy
OK. That makes sense. "Scotland will pay for Scottish pensioners at the point of independence would be my guess." Yes, but this is precisely the point I was making. At the point Scotland officially becomes independent, it will have to take the responsibility for covering payment. I can see that during a transition period there may be some cost sharing. That makes sense. But for an ongoing arrangement, given that current tax+NI pays for current pension payments, it would be odd if it was expected Westminster to pay for pensioners in scotland past the point of independence. |
Feb 2022
7:15pm, 4 Feb 2022
2,875 posts
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JRitchie
“Sunlit highlands”
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Feb 2022
7:48pm, 4 Feb 2022
26,502 posts
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Johnny Blaze
WASHINGTON — The Republican Party on Friday officially declared the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol and events that led to it “legitimate political discourse,” formally rebuking two lawmakers in the party who have been most outspoken in condemning the deadly riot and the role of Donald J. Trump in spreading the election lies that fueled it. The Republican National Committee’s overwhelming voice vote to censure Representatives Liz Cheney of Wyoming and Adam Kinzinger of Illinois at its winter meeting in Salt Lake City culminated more than a year of vacillation, which started with party leaders condemning the Capitol attack and Mr. Trump’s conduct, then shifted to downplaying and denying it. On Friday, the party went further in a resolution slamming Ms. Cheney and Mr. Kinzinger for taking part in the House investigation of the assault, saying they were participating in “persecution of ordinary citizens engaged in legitimate political discourse.” It was an extraordinary statement about the deadliest attack on the Capitol in 200 years, in which a mob of Mr. Trump’s supporters stormed the complex, brutalizing police officers and sending lawmakers into hiding. Nine people died in connection with the attack and more than 150 officers were injured. The party passed the resolution without discussion and almost without dissent. |
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Feb 2022
7:49pm, 4 Feb 2022
26,503 posts
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Johnny Blaze
The normalisation of sedition and violent insurrection continues. In 2024 I expect they will be calling for a repeat performance to "stop the 2024 steal".
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Feb 2022
7:53pm, 4 Feb 2022
16,570 posts
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rf_fozzy
With Trumpists in charge of adminstering elections in several states. No longer a democratic state. |
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