Quote Originally Posted by great_fire View Post
Labour politicians and the left-wing media portrayed them that way when the Tories were in power. Forced to choose "heating or eating".

https://www.theguardian.com/society/...022-kath-viner
That article doesn't appear to relate to pensioners.

Many Tories called for the benefit to be means tested. What's your point?

Does what politicians have said in the past have any bearing upon whether means testing makes sense?