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Ironically, a significant number of the issues facing today’s government are exactly the legacy of the feckless, oafish and utterly incompetent Boris Johnson.
My husband and I are, technically, retired although we are both fortunate enough to get occasional paid employment. I have a state pension, private pension and a very small one from a previous employer. We are mortgage-free and can not only afford food, days out, theatre visits and the occasional holiday. We are avid readers & book collectors but have discovered a number of ways to save money on these treasures.
We both voted Remain in the EU membership referendum and continue to believe that Brexit was a huge mistake. We have family members living in Spain (the adults moved there before Brexit) and that family now includes grand-children and great-grandchildren (all the great-grand-children have dual nationality).
We have been Labour voters for most of our adult lives - although I admit to voting Tory on one (very misguided) occasion. Never again!
We stood in Parliament Square and loudly applauded Keir Starmer as he demanded a second referendum. He has been something of a disappointment since getting into Downing Street but we both still believe that only Labour can be trusted to look after the ordinary people of this country. The Tories are interested only in looking after their immensely wealthy supporters.
The sooner we rejoin the EU the better. We belong in the EU and nothing anyone says will change our minds. The far-right, hate-filled racists are anti-EU and that means that they must never, ever be allowed any position of power in the UK.
Ironically, a significant number of the issues facing today’s government are exactly the legacy of the feckless, oafish and utterly incompetent Boris Johnson.
My husband and I are, technically, retired although we are both fortunate enough to get occasional paid employment. I have a state pension, private pension and a very small one from a previous employer. We are mortgage-free and can not only afford food, days out, theatre visits and the occasional holiday. We are avid readers & book collectors but have discovered a number of ways to save money on these treasures.
We both voted Remain in the EU membership referendum and continue to believe that Brexit was a huge mistake. We have family members living in Spain (the adults moved there before Brexit) and that family now includes grand-children and great-grandchildren (all the great-grand-children have dual nationality).
We have been Labour voters for most of our adult lives - although I admit to voting Tory on one (very misguided) occasion. Never again!
We stood in Parliament Square and loudly applauded Keir Starmer as he demanded a second referendum. He has been something of a disappointment since getting into Downing Street but we both still believe that only Labour can be trusted to look after the ordinary people of this country. The Tories are interested only in looking after their immensely wealthy supporters.
The sooner we rejoin the EU the better. We belong in the EU and nothing anyone says will change our minds. The far-right, hate-filled racists are anti-EU and that means that they must never, ever be allowed any position of power in the UK.