I AM ABOUT TO SEND THE FOLLOWING PIECE TO MY LOCAL AND REGIONAL PAPERS AS A LETTER, , PLEASE READ AND SIGN THE PENSION BELOW. DEAR SIR, I OWE MY VERY EXISTENCE IN “MY” COUNTRY, BRITAIN, TO “ALL”, WW2 VETERANS BE THEY LIVING OR DEAD, INCLUDING MY LATE FATHER WHO SERVED THIS COUNTRY IN THE ROYAL ENGINEERS IN INDIA IN 1947, BUT WHO WAS HOSPITALISED FOLLOWING HIS SERVICE TO “THIS” COUNTRY, AND WHO DIED IN HOSPITAL MANY YEARS AGO. BUT I REFUSE TO WEAR A POPPY ON THE PRINCIPLE THAT AS A NATION, THE WAY WE TREAT OUR ELDERLY PEOPLE RE- STATE PENSIONS PROVISION FOR EXAMPLE, IS A NATIONAL DISGRACE. IN MY VIEW OVER THE DECADES WE HAVE BEEN CONDITIONED AS A NATION TO BELIEVE AND ACCEPT THAT OUR PENSIONERS ARE POOR, UNWORTHY OF ANYTHING OTHER THAN AN INADEQUATE BASIC STATE PENSION, MEANS TESTED HANDOUTS, AND COLD WEATHER PAYMENTS, PATRONIZATION HAS BEEN THE ORDER OF THE DAY. THEREFORE WEARING A POPPY IS HYPOCRICY. POLITICIANS LAYING WREATHS AT THE BASE OF THE SENOTAPH, IS HYPOCRICY.... BRITAIN’S 12 MILLION PENSIONERS HAVE BEEN FIGHTING FOR A DECENT STATE PENSION FOR OVER 30 YEARS, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN DOING THIS ALONE, WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF THE ABLED BODIED UNDER PENSIONABLE AGED GENERATION, I REFERE TO 60 MILLION BRITISH PEOPLE. WESTERN MORNING NEWS READERS COULD WELL BE FAMILIAR WITH THE NAME, ALBERT VENISION ?. ALBERT RESIDED IN NORTH DEVON, AND HE FOUNDED THE DEVON PENSIONERS ACTION FORM, A CAMPAIGNING GROUP FOR PENSIONERS. ALBERT AND I TRAVELLED TO THE HOUSEOF COMMONS IN 2005 IN A THREE QUARTER EMPTY COACH FROM THE SOUTH WEST, APATHY IS RIFE IN THE SOUTH WEST AMONG THE RICHER PENSIONERS WHO HAVE OTHER INCOME, BUT ALBERT AND I WENT TO BE PART OF A PENSIONERS PROTEST FOR HIGHER STATE PENSIONS, AND THE ABOLITION OF THE MEANS TEST UNDER TONY BLAIR’S NEW LABOUR GOVERNMENT, BECAUSE TONY BLAIR HAD CONTINUED WITH MARGARET THATCHER’S FUNDAMENTALLY STATE PENSIONS POLICY. I WAS ASTONISHED AT HOW FEW PEOPLE WERE THERE OUTSIDE THE HOUSE OF COMMONS ?, AND ALSO HOW MANY PEOPLE WALKED BY WITHOUT BATING AN EYELID. THE PENSIONERS HAVE PROTESTED OVER THE DECADES, WITHOUT ANY HELP FROM GREEDY SELFISH BRITAIN’S, AND RIGHT WING POLITICIANS WHO ARE IDEOLOGICALLY OPPOSED TO THE STATE AND EVERYTHING ATTACHED TO IT, INCLUDING THE STATE PENSION MAKE UP A DOZEN REASONS WHY THEY CANT PAY OUT. THE MAIN REASON BEING THAT WE ARE AN EVER AGEING POPULATION. HAVE YOU EVER HEARD SUCH SOULESS RUBBISH ?. IT IS GARBAGE. IT IS AN EXCUSE. BUT THEY WANT YOU TO BELIEVE THEIR EXCUSE, BECAUSE IT CONTRIBUTES TO ASSISTING IN CREATING DIVISIONS IN OUR COUNTRY. AND THE TORY’S LIKE THIS BECAUSE IT HELPS THEM GAIN POWER, JUST FOR THE SAKE OF POWER. OH YES!...... IN THE NAME OF COMMON HUMAN DECENCY, HOW CAN WE BRITISH HOLD OUR HEADS UP HIGH IN THIS COUNTRY WHEN WE HONOUR THE DEAD OF WW1 & 2, BUT WE CANT EVEN HONOUR TODAY’S LIVING WW2 VETERANS BY PAYING THEM WHAT THEY HAVE PAID IN FOR ALL THEIR WORKING LIVES, A DECENT STATE PENSION JUST LIKE EUROPEAN COUNTRIES DO ? THE EU VALUE THEIR ELDERLY PEOPLE, THEY VALUE OLD AGE, WE DONT VALUE EITHER. WE ARE SELFISH AND SELF CENTRED. FROM THE OUTSET IN 1980, IT WAS MARGARET THATCHER AND TONY BLAIR FROM 1997, WHO ARE DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR ELDERLY PEOPLE SUFFERING A MUCH DIMINISHED STATE PENSION. BUT IT WAS INITIALLY MARGARET THATCHER WHO IN 1980 BROKE THE STATE PENSIONS LINK WITH MALE AVERAGE EARNINGS AND BRITISH PROSPERITY. AND IT WAS TONY BLAIR WHO CONTINUED THIS PREMIS FROM 1997 AND NEW LABOUR CAME TO POWER ON A WHOPPING MANDATE FROM THE BRITISH PEOPLE, WHICH TONY BLAIR WASTED BY CONTINUING WITH THATCHER’S FREE MARKET IDEOLOGY OF DIMINISHING THE STATE. AND 60 MILLION BRITISH PEOPLE HAVE IGNORED OUR ELDERLY PEOPLE PROTESTING FOR BETTER STATE PENSIONS AND AN END TO MEANS TESTING FOR OVER 30 YEARS., AND NOW EVERYBODY IS SUFFERING IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER FROM THE VERY SAME IDEOLOGICAL AGENDA, THAT OF A DWINDING STATE CARE OF THIS RIGHT WING TORY LEAD COALITION WHO ARE USING THE DEFICIT AS A COVER TO WIPE AWAY ALL THAT WAS ACHIEVED AFTER THE SECOND WORLD WAR, ALL THE SOCIAL REFORMS THAT WERE BROUGHT IN BY THE LABOUR GOVERNMENT UNDER CLEMENT ATTLEE. INCLLUDING THE PRIVATISATION OF THE NHS. THE TORY’S WANT TO SMASH. SINCE THEN WE HAVE GOTTEN THE POLITICIANS WE DESERVE IN THIS COUNTRY, NO DOUBT ABOUT IT!!. THE BEST, AND ONLY WAY WE SHOULD HONOUR OUR “LIVING” WW2 VETERANS, IS BY PAYING THEM A £300 A WEEK STATE PENSION, AND BY ALLOWING THIS GENERATION FREE GAS AND ELECTRICITY, WITH NO COUNCIL TAX TO PAY. THEN WE COULD WEAR OUR POPPIES WITH PRIDE. UNTIL THEN POPPY DAY IS A HYPOCRITICAL FARCE FROM GOVERNMENT DOWN TO THE APATHETIC UNDER PENSIONALED AGED MAN AND WOMAN ON BRITISH STREETS. IF PEOPLE READING THIS LETTER HAVE ACCESS TO THE INTERNET, PLEASE GO TO THIS LINK AND SIGN MY PETITION ON BEHALF OF OUR LIVING WW2 VETERANS. epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/71817 AND NOW IM WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO WRITE INTO THIS LETTERS PAGE AND ASK THE QUESTION, “WHOSE GONNA PAY FOR IT”.?. AND THE ANSWER IS,,,, “US”!. FACTS ARE... Cold kills 200 British pensioners a day during winter. Britain has 12 million elderly people. “”Nine elderly people died every hour from cold-related illnesses last winter against a background of soaring energy bills. Official figures show the number of deaths linked to cold over the four-month period reached 25,400 in England and Wales, plus 2,760 in Scotland. Charities and energy company critics claim the UK has the highest winter death rate in northern Europe, even worse than much colder countries such as Finland and Sweden. Winter worries: More than 300,000 UK pensioners have died of cold related illnesses since 1997 There are fears the toll could rise this year following a recent barrage of price rises that may frighten elderly people into not turning on their heating. Heated issue: Pensioners see rising fuel bills and worry about whether they can afford to warm the house While the UK death rate is high, the total was down by around 30 per cent compared with 2008/9 because there were fewer flu outbreaks, according to the Office for National Statistics. The Coalition government has cut the last administration’s Winter Fuel Allowance payments of £250 for pensioners and £400 for those over 80, by £50. ENERGY BILL RISES Energy providers have announced big rises in prices this winter. • Scottish Power is increasing electricity bills by 8.9 per cent. • Scottish & Southern Electricity is putting up gas by almost 10 per cent. • British Gas announced a 7 per cent rise on gas and electricity Michelle Mitchell, director of the charity Age UK, said:It’s still unacceptable that in this day and age tens of thousands more older people die in this country every winter from the effects of the cold weather. As another winter sets in, plummeting temperatures will once again spell misery, ill-health and, in some cases, even death for too many people in later life across the country. The simple fact that the UK has one of the highest winter mortality rates in Europe – higher than even Sweden or Finland – makes it clear this is very much a home-grown problem. The fact is the UK’s elderly have seen their living standards plummet since the 80’s, and as a result millions of pensioners have and are living in poverty, after paying taxes and N.I. Contributions into the system all their working lives, ie for 30, 40, and 50 years. and the same thing is going to happen to young people also, if things don’t change for the betters, soon.
Posted on: Sat, 15 Nov 2014 18:33:55 +0000
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