Originally posted on Westminster Confidential:
Is the DWP not telling the truth over the rise in people living longer? One of the biggest issues about funding future state pensions and the incessant demands for raising the pension age is the fact that we are all going to live longer. This ministers argue is going to…
Lets talk about food poverty.
Originally posted on The poor side of life:
Dear readers its Thursday again, alas the days appear to be merging into one for me as I’m sure that they are for many of you. Today finds me exhausted, Long Covid does this to you so I’m trying to pace myself, giving myself little goals to…
50s women pension judgement: How the Court of Appeal rejected their case
Originally posted on Westminster Confidential:
Sir Terence Etherton, Master of the Rolls I have spent this morning reading the 21,000 word judgement of the Court of Appeal led by the Master of the Rolls, Sir Terence Etherton. For the faint hearted I warn you this will make grim reading. But I think the women who…
DWP increases its spending on fighting PIP and ESA appeals.
Originally posted on The poor side of life:
Dear readers I hope you are OK and keeping safe. Let’s talk about my week. It’s been a tough week for me but it is what it is. I’ve finally finished my latest lot of antibiotics and at the time of writing this blog I am feeling…
Happy Teachers’ Day – my 1st ever blog is dedicated to the world’s Teachers and Educators
Originally posted on Scribblings of a Petal Rebel:
Today is celebrated as Teachers’ Day in India. It is one of the many ‘Teachers’ Days’ celebrated on various days, all over the world, all of them in celebration, acknowledgement and deep appreciation of the many Teachers in our lives. Seeing as one of my earliest informal…
A problem for every solution
That’s our world, the world of our betters and masters, bastard Boris and his sneering, contemptuous, band of thieves. In the lead up to my recent return from deaths door, I knew I was done with politics. The daily filthy reminders of robbery, contempt and murder by the criminals in power. They are just criminals […]
The Road Less Travelled
Some of the more inspiring and treasured gifts of advancing years is that vast hoard of memories, hind sight, trial and error, hard won lessons, the incalculably valuable treasure trove of a lived life. Choosing a new path for my life is pretty damned simple, a life times experience offers very firm directions. Beginning at […]
A journey begins
Here’s a thought for you. Scientists have worked out that the chances of any one of us being born on earth are 1 in 400 trillion. By way of comparison, the chances of you winning the UK Lottery are, 1 in 45 million. Allow me to do that long hand… 1 in 400,000 000,000,000 and […]
No. Probably the greatest word in the world, in any language
No! Probably the greatest word in the world, in any language. Many years ago, following a suicide attempt which ended my marriage and estranged me from my wife and daughter, I vowed never to do such a thing again. Like so many people who despair of life, my thinking was distorted, if not downright wrong. […]
Suffering – because you’re worth it
I want to look back, I am curious about ‘my’ suffering, something that has dominated my life, even down to not regarding it as suffering for fear of sounding precious or special. I kept it in the category of deserved misery/penance. I can see one easy place where suffering was escalated, though it didn’t start […]
Fear and Loathing in Great Britain 