Quote Originally Posted by KerrAvon View Post
I thought about mentioning it when this subject was last raised, but had better things to do at the time.

The problem with the winter fuel debate is that it is framed in terms of pensioners all being war heroes who now sit in front of a candle with fingerless gloves.

The reality is that many current pensioners have access to defined benefit pensions that younger people can only dream of. And it's those younger people who have been paying tax to fund a hitherto un-targetted benefit.
When did the ration books stop?

Most pensioners will have seen those. Most will as kids seen the areas where they lived have to be rebuilt.

Every single one of them will have shared a bath and used an outside toilet.

They’ve all paid into a government system forcall of their working lives.
Regardless of how much they’ve paid in they have been part of the reason that Britain is one of the richest countries in the world.

And at the side of what they’ve given they’re now seeing pur irregular immigration to a level they’ve never seen.
They’re seeing those irregular migrants getting put up in hotels and given meals for free with spending money and the use of a phone.

Can’t see any equality in that!

You young uns!