The world has been in a slow down for many years. History is the truth. After WWI soldiers that fought marched on Washington and slept in the parks protesting benefits. After WWII their was chaos in the world.
America studied how much food could the people in Europe survive while help and services were provided.
The recent war in Syria was about climate change. Farmers and north could got no help. Drought caused rebellion it the middle east. It is about food and safety.
We have leaders who crippled us with debt. The recent tax reform was a disgrace. Our debt is too big
to fix. Our education system is poor. Our infrastructure is falling apart etc.
Now I am an optimist. The worlds poor have made great progress in recent years.
I believe in our free market. But we all have to invest in our children's future.
And our grandchildren.

Trouble with the UK now is that wages have been stuck for past 15-20 years. Those coming in to work are on minimum wage. Inflation over the last 15 years has wiped out most people's savings if they had any.

Pension age for those men born before 1955 was 65 women before 1959 was 60. Pension age is now increasing year on year, So I will work 1 year more(66) and wife will work till she is 66 (Equality law).This could also change because last year my wife 'Could' retire at 65...but it has gone up one year 'very quietly'. Who knows when we will retire or IF.

In the 1980's and 1990's several 'pension schemes' went bust! Since then several companies have 'propped up' their accounts by investing their company pension schemes in themselves....then gone bust.So very few pensioners have more than the State Pension.

In 1972 Ted Heath (the Prime Minister) warned that the state pension did not have enough money going in to have any chance of meeting future demand. This Government (Late 2016) decided that all workers should have a private pension....as there is a pension crisis....(Surprise surprise).
Employers have to contribute a minimum of 2% of employees contribution....which means inflation will negate ANY financial security that is promised.


The UK Government bailed out several banks in the 1990's, 2000's and 2010's for tens of thousands of BILLIONS. Since then they have curbed Public spending, Local Government spending and public services across the board. They call it 'Austerity' everyone else including The United Nations call it 'victimizing the poorest' and the weakest.

Currently the waiting list for 'Universal Credit' is 3 months (for no reason that can be explained to the UN investigators) other than to 'dissuade claiming'. Many benefits are now 'reviewed annually' by a 'tribunal'. None attendance means 'you don't contest their decision'. Appeals are now running with a 40 - 45 week delay before even a date is set. It is suggested that 71% of appeals are found in favor of the appellant. But The UN could not get an answer as to why the tribunals are not more stringently checked. (Outside companies run the tribunals and are ignoring DR's and Consultants advice....HM Justice hears the appeals and has access to all paperwork...)

The poor in this country are no longer the 15% witless and useless....but working people and those that have put in a full working life.(The once middle class) There seems to be no-one stopping the top 17% increasing their income year on year. (They have had two tax reductions in the last 2 budgets) Whilst Food banks, Clothes banks and soup kitchens have increased 37% in the last two years.

We no longer have a 'middle class' we have Poverty, Working and impoverished, and The Rich..and getting Richer... (Brexit deal includes a cash advance to the EU to cover UK EUMP's pension contributions.......)

We used to have a Labour Government that helped curb the excesses of Conservatism....But that ended with Harold Wilson in the 1960's. Successive Labour Governments have been more right wing (Conservative) than even the Liberals.

The worry about coming out of the EU is that UK citizens will no longer come under EU law....NOR have any chance of stopping the erosion of 'British Fair Play' in Government..
The rich will continue to get a 'Government' that meets their needs and sod everyone else.

Britain: The Country that once ruled the World is now on the verge of having its population becoming the poorest of any western country in the space of one generation. Having given away Wales, Scotland and Bowed to Northern Ireland, we should now trade solely as England.

'Welcome to the Tax Haven of England....Should Global Warming make you feel a bit Tacky....we have lots of Punka Wallas to cool you down!

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The world has been in a slow down for many years. History is the truth. After WWI soldiers that fought marched on Washington and slept in the parks protesting benefits. After WWII their was chaos in the world.
America studied how much food could the people in Europe survive while help and services were provided.
The recent war in Syria was about climate change. Farmers and north could got no help. Drought caused rebellion it the middle east. It is about food and safety.
We have leaders who crippled us with debt. The recent tax reform was a disgrace. Our debt is too big
to fix. Our education system is poor. Our infrastructure is falling apart etc.
Now I am an optimist. The worlds poor have made great progress in recent years.
I believe in our free market. But we all have to invest in our children's future.
And our grandchildren.

The world has been in a slow down for many years. History is the truth. After WWI soldiers that fought marched on Washington and slept in the parks protesting benefits. After WWII their was chaos in the world.
America studied how much food could the people in Europe survive while help and services were provided.
The recent war in Syria was about climate change. Farmers and north could got no help. Drought caused rebellion it the middle east. It is about food and safety.
We have leaders who crippled us with debt. The recent tax reform was a disgrace. Our debt is too big
to fix. Our education system is poor. Our infrastructure is falling apart etc.
Now I am an optimist. The worlds poor have made great progress in recent years.
I believe in our free market. But we all have to invest in our children's future.
And our grandchildren.