adminAccording to the BBC, British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has defended the removal of winter fuel payments for millions of pensioners, saying that his government has had to “make difficult decisions to stabilize the economy.”
Starmer says, “We have removed winter fuel support for pensioners to stabilize the economy,” but he has yet to explain how bad the economy is. He constantly talks about the wreckage, but we have not seen much done to remove this wreckage. All they have done for now is remove “fuel support for pensioners.”
If the economy will improve with the winter support given to pensioners, then there is no need for anything else. Starmer, who has withdrawn all support, can later make a statement saying, “The economy has improved.”
Almost 4 months have passed since the elections, but we still have not felt that there was an election or that the Labour Party has come to power. Because the government is different, but the system is the same. If retirees saw that the economy would improve with the cuts made from them, they might accept these cuts, but there is no visible improvement.
In fact, it is not right to expect much from a government that thinks it will improve the economy with the cuts made from retirees.
