Starmer's vision quest

[TailWindHome]

Starmer should scrap the triple lock

 

[CXRAndy]

Err, Donnie has threatened to try to take over the whole of one Nato member and territory of part of another. How is that not dismantling Nato?

By providing additional coverage over the northern ICE cap. Neither EU or Denmark are capable of achieving that.

So many look at the method and not what results Trump is achieving.

 

[Dorset Boy]

Starmer should scrap the triple lock

And leave the State Pension level and not increasing?
Easy to say scrap it but you need to propose an alternative or as the trumpet man likes to say, you are just breaking something.

I'd reform it, not scrap it. First stage, make it an average of the three measures.
Then look to drop the average earnings measure from the equation.

 

[Dorset Boy]

By providing additional coverage over the northern ICE cap. Neither EU or Denmark are capable of achieving that.

So many look at the method and not what results Trump is achieving.

That's utter bollocks, the US already has access to all the bases it needs in Greenland, as you will knoew, a number are currently mothballed.
And you ignore his threats re Canada.

Let me also give you another Donnie result - 96% of the cost of tariffs is being born by the US importers and consumers.
So look through the lies.

 

[Bromptonaut]

Trump doesn't need to annexe Greenland to cover (what was) the northern ice cap.

He just needs to rebuild the numbers US had there during the previous Cold War.

But The Troll knows that.

 

[TailWindHome]

And leave the State Pension level and not increasing?

Yup

 

[CXRAndy]

That's utter bollocks, the US already has access to all the bases it needs in Greenland, as you will knoew, a number are currently mothballed.
And you ignore his threats re Canada.

Let me also give you another Donnie result - 96% of the cost of tariffs is being born by the US importers and consumers.
So look through the lies.

Trump is not a fan of Carney and Canada restrictions on US trade. He is seeking far better trading agreements.

He plays hard for deals he wants, normally settles for something less that he actually wants.

Everyone gets outraged over his methods.

 

[Pross]

And leave the State Pension level and not increasing?
Easy to say scrap it but you need to propose an alternative or as the trumpet man likes to say, you are just breaking something.

I'd reform it, not scrap it. First stage, make it an average of the three measures.
Then look to drop the average earnings measure from the equation.

Why should it be linked to anything other than inflation? Wage growth is irrelevant (or will feed into inflation anyway) and the 1% is a luxury. I understand why uit was initially brought in, to ensure pensions never fell behind inflation and grew a bit if inflation was low, but I'm struggling to see why they should continue to have pensions growing at least as fast as wages and generally more quickly (and I say that despite approaching the age where I'll be in receipt faster than I would like!).