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The Conservative Party I cannot find any mention of the WASPI cause in the Conservative Manifesto. However, an indication of the Conservative Party’s attitude might be gleaned from the response given by the Prime Minister to a question posed to him concerning this matter on the BBC’s General Election Question Time that was broadcast last Friday. “I do sympathise deeply with the Waspi ...

On the subject of pensions - I'll post separately about the various parties attitude towards the WASPI cause (that's about how the state pension age for 1950s born women got raised, first in 1995 and then again in 2011, but many women affected were totally unaware as they were never personally told about the changes.) An example: I know a woman whose state pension age (SPA) in 1995  became 63 ...

burneside
burneside
24 Nov 2019

Pension funds invest their assets in the kind of companies Labour would destroy, so current and future pensioners will be hit.  Labour is a disaster for the country in every way.

Carer
Carer
24 Nov 2019

@ burnside Typical tories then, Profit before People.

burneside
burneside
24 Nov 2019

It seems that businesses are far more worried about Jeremy Corbyn than Brexit, two power firms and two water companies have recently moved their ownership overseas to combat the threat of being snatched by the Marxists. Two of the UK’s largest power companies have quietly transferred the ownership of their British operations to offshore companies to protect themselves against Labour’s ...

Carer
Carer
24 Nov 2019

@ burnside Yes, @leatash had already pointed that out, so you are a bit late. What about the other bit then, about the rich already living abroad and moving  out when Labour get in?

burneside
burneside
24 Nov 2019

"Honda said the move was due to global changes in the car industry and the need to launch electric vehicles, and it had nothing to do with Brexit. "

leatash
leatash
24 Nov 2019

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-47287386

Opening Tomorrow
ZIGGY
ZIGGY
24 Nov 2019

So for once we agree then.