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Report Abandoned Abroad: British Pensioner in Thailand Slams 'Immoral' Frozen Pensions Policy
I don't understand - this pension thing has existed for decades - surely he would have had te gumption to find this out before moving? The Second issue is that before the EU were pressurising the UK to increase levels to EU standards - France for instance has effectively doun=ble the UK penssion and Germany 3 times the UK pension. If they hadn't voted leave all pensioners would be hugely better off. -
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America has emerged....as an international laughingstock
If you were told that somewhere in Africa a certain country Afrostan was at war with a country African Republic and after 3 years Afrostan began to retreat and compromise, what would you think? You would say - this is without a doubt the result of a change in the strategic balance of power in favor of the African Republic! However, in the case of a proxy war against Russia, for some reason you do not think so and put all the blame on Trump. Or maybe you were deceived when they said that Russia's nuclear weapons are cartoons and can never be used? -
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ALL VACCINES WILL KILL YOU - The evidence is overwhelming
To me, this analogy was absurd, yet I understood how your bias could lead you to make it. I have showed you what that looks like from the opposite bias. I agree we should probably avoid them altogether. -
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Report Abandoned Abroad: British Pensioner in Thailand Slams 'Immoral' Frozen Pensions Policy
I think you are referring to the Carson case which actually started in 2002, with final judgement in 2010. The item you mention, Article 14 was actually dismissed on the basis it had not been brought before a domestic court. The main argument surrounded the right to an uprated pension and the court found that did not constitute a "human right". The government has claimed the frozen pension policy has been supported by the courts, but that is misleading. The court decision was against the claimants case, it did not mean the government was not guilty of discrimination under current equality legislation. In the final summation one of the judges made the following statement which the government has quoted quite regularly. "Unlike private pension schemes, National Insurance contributions had no exclusive link to retirement pensions." That is a distorted statement as the "Retirement Pension" is what many will be entitled to under the National Insurance Act of 1959/60. How exclusive a link is required. If there were no exclusive link, then everyone would be paid the same and that is certainly not the case. -
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What are you having for Dinner tonight?
Medium-rare Australian steak with french green beans and mash with mushroom sauce. Everything came out great. The Australian steak is not as flavourful as the American variety but still very good. -
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Crime Foreign Tourists Clash with Motorcycle Rider After Littering Incident in Pattaya
Criminal record for what exactly, DonniePeverley? They certainly didn't throw the first punch. If they were drunk, then why weren't they punished for that? Likely because they were not. What I see is one of them trying to discourage the rider from fighting. But the rider insisted on throwing a punch. There is no attempt analysis of the event at all, just the usual baying and hatred against foreigners....who are you, but younger.
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