Mike 700 I respect your right to vote Tory but would you consider yourself your average, Joe public disabled guy? You have just returned from New York and I have lost count of the number of times you have been abroad visiting family. All of which is great but your average person, never mind being disabled, couldn’t afford to do that. I am more worried about the poor Mike, I am trying to persuade those who are persuadable to vote against the most right wing government in living memory. A government who’s cabinet is full of “Tory Toffs” who don’t have a clue about what “making ends meet” actually means.
Brydo,
I suffer from Parkinson’s Disease, which is a’progressive’ debilitating disease, which means that it get worse, as time goes by!
Coupled to this, both of my femurs , pelvis and both hips are held together by stainless steel screws, rods and wire, weighing in at around 2kilo’s , from losing an argument with a parachute ( the last of just over 2000 previous arguments )
In a working life of around 45 years , during which I was made redundant three times, retired from aviation on medical grounds, and I was finally forced kicking and screaming into an early retirement due to the PD, I paid some 5 % of my income into pension schemes so that I had enough in retirement to visit my children and grandchildren living abroad.
My attitude is that life is what you make it, work is where you find it, and nobody owes me a living and I skimped & saved so that I would not be poor in retirement, , that doesn’t make me a Tory, or a bad person, just good at planning, and I find it particularly strange that you should condemn me for saving enough to enable me ( a disabled pensioner ) to still be visiting my kids?
Labour economic policy is fantasy politics , cruelly designed to fool the vulnerable and they should be ashamed for the lies they are promoting over the NHS – thoroughly ashamed , and even though I will not be voting Tory as clearly stated in an earlier post, like Pops I shall go down the independent route, the Tory party is , currently, the only party to vote for, as no other group can maintain a strong economy and deliver democracy, and I will never ever vote for the shameful liars and charlatans of Corbyn’s Militant Tendency Party!
May I suggest that you take a look at the people in Labour’s current and previous shadow cabinet and you will be surprised how many came from well to do families, attended public schools, and OxBridge.
Have a good evening.
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