bradiston

https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn02784/#:~:text=GDP growth in recent years,over this period at 8.7%. Sure, over the previous quarter. But over a year, it's dismal. 2nd only to Germany for scraping along.

So he's returned from France, to where he moved post Brexit, with his EU passport. What a scxmbag.

When this story first broke, I found a listing of shareholders online, revealing that 17% of the stock was held by a government ministry. There is no trace of that listing that I can find right now. I wonder why?

On any street corner, you mean? Or ask a WIN (motorbike taxi).

Emissions

I'm not Canadian so haven't much interest but maybe a Canadian pensioner might follow this up. Or a British OAP looking to retire there. It should at least be taken off the gov.uk list.

And who snorts all the coke from Mexico? Rich suburban whites.

That's a table from the CDC, the Centre for Disease Control in the US. A bizarre listing. I'm not sure what it purports to show. The number killed I guess. Not the number killing. That many many more blacks than whites are killed by gunfire in the US is a well known fact. I guess out in Montana it would be difficult to find a black man, let alone a white one. Most of firearm homicide occurs in cities and urban ghettos. But it seems whitey is adept at gunning down schoolchildren and innocent bystanders, shoppers and every day people. He accounts for 80 of the most recent mass shootings. Blacks, 26. https://www.enterpriseappstoday.com/stats/gun-violence-statistics.html https://www.statista.com/statistics/476456/mass-shootings-in-the-us-by-shooter-s-race/#:~:text=Mass shootings in the U.S.,ethnicity as of December 2023&text=Between 1982 and December 2023,shootings%2C and Latino in 12.

And in sport? And music? Fine arts? Theatre? Film? Literature? What's the proportion of great black athletes to whites? Athletics, basketball, baseball, American football? And great black musicians? Jazz, hip hop, rap, soul, r'nb, rock, pop. You're so brainwashed by the negative portrayal of black people in the US. Only seen as thugs and murderers, druggies and pimps. Truly shocking when you look at their incredible out of all proportion contribution to the true greatness of America. Not the racist, supremacist Trump magga chanting morons. But what the whole world grooves on. Yeah.

Yeah, and 5 times as violent. It's all in proportion.

The unwoke army approaches, mumbling incoherently, chanting "Woke is not real. Real is not woke." Hail the anti-Wokey wanky oakie. What kind of subspecies are these people? Originating in the swamps of Florida?

Canada is listed as being a reciprocal. Maybe ask the IPC? The International Pensions Centre? Maybe the list on gov.uk is out of date.

Wrong. Most gun crime is committed by whites. In other words, safe to assume it's a gone rabid white guy. If it was a black guy, it would the exception to the rule. So it's not mentioned. https://www.statista.com/statistics/476456/mass-shootings-in-the-us-by-shooter-s-race/

IPC? Can find multiple uses for this acronym but none that seems relevant. His research discussions? Any links to the video? I must have missed it.

If it was easy we'd all be doing it. For some it's a piece of cake because they ticked all the boxes well in advance. I don't know anyone who ticks any of the boxes.

Irish

You mean non dom? Non resident maybe. Give it all away, well as much as you're not likely to need, 7 years before you peg out. If you spend 180 days outside the UK per annum I believe you are automatically non resident. Wealthy people I know sell all their assets in the UK and move them all offshore. They pay 0 tax, have fat pensions and use tax avoidance schemes which are all legal. A decent accountant, tax advisor, wealth manager would sort it all out for you.

Not sure what qualifies as a dubious claim, or how it's flagged, what constitutes legitimacy or how it's established. They only had my word. Also, just how many cases have they pursued in the last 10, 20, 30 years? 0 is my bet. For a few quid claw back, which is all the annual rise amounted to in the past, and legal fees which are unlikely ever to be recovered, plus a fine, from an OAP living abroad with no estate in the UK, what means have they actually got to recover anything? Oh sure, dock his pension. Would a judge award such a punitive sentence if it resulted in extreme hardship? And I'm not sure it's even legal. Update: It's not. State Pension is not sanctionable. See below. But let's see. Maybe there'll be a flood of prosecutions, but I think the DWP has it's hands full with benefit fraud within the UK, mostly via Universal Credit. Last time I checked, it was in the billions. https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fraud-and-error-in-the-benefit-system-financial-year-2021-to-2022-estimates#:~:text=4.0% of total benefit expenditure,or 3.5% of benefit expenditure And who are the real fraudsters? https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/127/public-accounts-committee/news/198838/serious-doubts-raised-over-state-pension-as-pensioners-left-billions-out-of-pocket-by-government/ And the State Pension isn't sanctionable. Look under "Sanctionable benefits": https://www.gov.uk/benefit-fraud

Just how they would check passport stamps, even if it proved anything, is a mystery. I believe there are 500,000 UK pensioners living abroad. But where? I guess a percentage have registered overseas, maybe at an embassy, if that means anything, or are otherwise traceable, and a % have registered in reciprocating countries, eg the whole of the EU, US and Canada to name a few. How many does that leave? They would have figures and details on frozen pensions from which they could deduce how many were living abroad outside reciprocating countries. But that's a long list. DWP never asked me for proof of address in Philippines. I'm looking at other reciprocating countries for the future. I was accused of advocating fraud, which is quite frankly libellous. The poster has remained silent on my request for a retraction, and boasts of his 135,000 THB monthly combined pension. My combined one is 36,000 THB pm. I wish him well in hell, which is where he belongs.

I don't think passport stamps are reliable as evidence. Some immigration don't stamp. This has come up so many times, Lou. Every year. Somebody unearthed some statistics on benefit fraud relating to pensions. I think there has been one prosecution in 50 years. That could change, which is why i advise caution. Of course, tracking pensioners, amongst everybody else who travels abroad, might well become feasible if all countries signed up to some treaty that enabled it, which of course most have for banking fraud/money laundering etc. I'm aware that many people keep a UK address after they leave the UK. I don't. But I don't go round crying wolf about other people's business. It always surprises me the tone of moral outrage people adopt when they seem to feel hard done by. I pay taxes is a favourite, so why should I support you? Hey, i still pay taxes in the UK. Both my pensions are taxed. It's just they don't even reach a taxable amount.

Excuse me. Where do I advise fraud? I said you will need to live there for 180 days. Please retract your accusations. And let me know, out of curiosity, how they know where we are resident? Passport data? Is that shared now? And all three refers to the will, the resoures and the capability. I don't believe they have a single one of those.

I don't see why Thailand would have one, but there again I don't see why some that do, do, if you get my meaning. I don't think there's a large contingent of long stay Thai workers in the UK who will be repatriating at any time in the near future. Whereas people with Caribbean origins obviously do have a major presence (major as in a large minority), and have worked for many decades in the UK, contributing significantly to the UK economy, diversity and creativity. Israel is presumably on the list as so many Jews emigrated to Israel from UK after the war, as they did worldwide. Those countries with social security agreements, but not benefits agreements, eg Chile and Japan and South Korea, don't have a pensions agreement, as pensions are classified as benefits, not social security. Bit of a mystery why US and Canada are on the list, and why Oz isn't. That's a bit of a shocker as many have emigrated to Oz over the years, and vice versa, and the UK and Oz have deep ties. Bottom line is, a very quick fix for Thai expats is to register an address in Philippines. I'm not advising fraud. I'm just saying if it's an emergency... It's perfectly legal as long as you're there for 180 days (I think). The DWP in my experience were very helpful, no grilling, just an address, a phone number and a chat about the weather. I do own a property there but didn't initially use that as an address. I did receive a tax certificate from HMRC at my registered address there, so the databases are shared and do get updated. I really don't believe they have the means or the resources or even the will to track your country of residence, but always bear in mind they might one day have all 3. Keep your bases covered people, and your powder dry. BTW There is a catch, which is, you won't get the upgrade until the next upgrade time, next May. I think!

Commenting on my own comment, as I've realised there are a lot of reciprocating countries apart from Philippines. They're listed here as I noted before: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/reciprocal-agreements/reciprocal-agreements But looking at them it's hard to see a pattern. The old Yugoslavian states I guess inherited an agreement the UK had with Tito's government for hospital and medical care. I know that as I went there in 1966. Possible alternatives to Thailand where you'll get the annual updates might be Turkey, Barbados and Jamaica. Phew, thinking about it, why am I still here? Cost of Caribbean living, anyone? Turkey's surely a prime candidate. And its NATO! 🤣🤣🤣 Presumably reason for NOT going for the anti West diehards. Oh no, not NATO! US 6th fleet aircraft carriers in the Dardanelles, going to liberate Crimea. Gotta see!

My guess is, there are a lot of Filipinas and Filipinos working in the health industry in the UK, probably more than from any other country. I figure the Philippines government said, right, in exchange for our people keeping your national health system running, when they retire and possibly return to Philippines, we would like their UK pensions to update every year. Somebody in HM government was presumably more than slightly appalled at the thought of the possible consequences of a massive withdrawal of labour if the Filipino workers had gone elsewhere. Well bargained for by the Philippines government! And it's there for all to benefit from. We have the Philippines government, the nurses, doctors and carers from the Phillipines, to thank for that on all fronts! Now where are you looking, anti migranteers? Also, many Muslim migrants contribute massively in less well off areas, in running education and support systems for ALL migrants and everybody in the local community (my Thai ex wife when learning English included).