Hunt’s massive fail with ‘euthanasia’ tweet aimed at pensioner vote
Yes, his team really did let him tweet that One of the big political lessons of the past few years is that Tories just can’t do social media – and […]
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Watson attempt to raise pile-on of NEC backfires – leading member takes him to task and left members say ‘No’
Watson tagged CLP representatives on NEC into tweet asking for pressure to back new referendum – but earned rebuke and a left backlash Labour deputy leader Tom Watson has been […]
Tories set to repeat #DementiaTax fiasco, drop weight on elderly without fixing youth problems
One of the Tories’ biggest missteps in 2017 was their decision to include the ‘dementia tax’ on the homes of pensioners in care. The move – clung to in spite […]
Tory MP Percy’s remarkable response to a polite question
A UK pensioner living in Australia wrote to Tory MP Andrew Percy to express his fears about the government’s freeze on pensions for ex-pats in some countries – those […]
‘Corbyn is coming!’ BBC’s #Budget17 preview – and what it really means
The BBC’s Daily Politics show on Monday gave a ‘preview’ of what the government has told it will be the key themes in the government’s Budget next month – and it […]
#DementiaTax – what happens when SURVIVING spouse needs care too? #GE17
In spite of the uproar – and the migration of elderly voters to Labour – caused by the Tories’ plans to make older people pay even for […]
Tory #DementiaTax explained – please read and share #GE17
The Tories are banking on the complexity of their plans to hammer elderly people to prevent pensioners from understanding and switching their support to the Labour party. The Bow Group […]
Exclusive: NPC on #ToryManifesto. Your Tory-voting OAP friend/relative MUST read
As Jeremy Corbyn’s informal social media feed revealed today, Britain’s biggest pensioners’ organisation, the NPC (National Pensioners Convention) has called the Tory manifesto (or ‘my manifesto’, as Theresa May […]
Tories add a PS (FU) to their #stupidestsuicidenote #Torymanifesto
As the SKWAWKBOX showed last night, leaks of the Tory manifesto for the General Election show it represents what may be the ‘stupidest suicide note in history’, with measures that […]
Attack our grans AND babies? #ToryManifesto is #stupidestsuicidenote in history
Leaks of the Tory manifesto, which is set to be published tomorrow, indicate that Theresa May and her party are about to let their hubris persuade them to take a […]