General Discussion
Amazing isn't it the info that you come across when you look into a particular subject. Of late, mine's been the UK state pension. And guess what else I've found out about it. Well, would you believe it, depending on which country the UK ex pat lives will determine whether or not their UK state pension gets index linked or not. For example: A UK woman goes to live with her son in the US. Come ...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/pensions/10896342/One-million-pre-retirees-to-receive-less-than-155-flat-rate-state-pension.html
P'raps we should call him Beaker then? http://www.lbc.co.uk/which-cabinet-mp-looks-like-beaker-25304 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1313700/Now-Clegg-likens-Danny-Alexander-Beaker-Muppet.html
"Meep meep?". I thought to myself "Lynne, what is Flo going on about?". So I did a search on those words. And now I know. The expression spitting image comes to mind. (Such a shame that programme no longer exists). Spot on Flo. I shall forevermore refer to Danny Alexander as meep meep.
Wonder what Danny Alexander (this government's Lib Dem Chief Secretary to the Treasury) will say when he leaves office next May. Thoughts anyone?
Ah yes that note that Liam Byrne left. Sounds remarkably similar in message to the note left in 1964 by Tory Reggie Maudlin to James Callaghan and the incoming Labour government "Good luck, old cock ... Sorry to leave it in such a mess." So, devolution and localism = lack of consistency on many things not only throughout the UK but also within the countries making up the UK = postcode ...
and if you read this link http://www.tfl.gov.uk/info-for/media/press-releases/2012/october/mayor-restores-free-travel-for-60yearold-londoners-with-the-60-london-oyster-photocard you will see that it was London Mayor Boris Johnson (that's Conservative mayor of London, Boris Johnson by the way) who brought in the London aged 60+ scheme.
The point I am making is that there is no consistency throughout the countries comprising the Uk with regard to aged 60+ free public transport travel and then, following on from that, no consistency within England. Now, this might not be an issue if the pension age for women was still 60 so that both men and women wherever t hey lived in England would be eligible for free bus travel if they ...
from the link I gave in my first post of this thread "A 60+ London Oyster photocard allows you to travel free on public transport in London from the age of 60 until you qualify for a Freedom Pass. To be eligible for a 60+ London Oyster photocard, you must: · Live in a London borough and · Be aged 60 or over With a 60+ London Oyster photocard you'll be able to ...
Wales and Scotland don't have underground systems do they? Shouldn't think they have much traffic congestion either except in the cities and the bigger towns at rush hour. Always seem to be loads of buses everywhere in London whenever I've been there.
