Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death Many of us will have begun paying into our pension as soon as we turned 16-21. For those approaching retirement age in the UK, most will benefit from a state pension, which we, our employers and the government willContinue reading “How does the UK state pension compare to the rest of Europe?”
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Sixty-five
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death Tuesday, 14th May 2024. I awake. It is less than a week to my sixty-fifth birthday. How do I feel about being 65? Health wise [cancer]? About life in general [the state of our fucked up world]? Being 65Continue reading “Sixty-five”
Record Profits – I thought we were in Recession?
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. Every time I receive yet another bill there is an increase? Food, energy, insurance (house, car, holiday), Council Rates, literally EVERYTHING! Seemingly never-ending? However, simultaneously, every time I look I see announcements of ‘Record Profits’ for ALL those industriesContinue reading “Record Profits – I thought we were in Recession?”
1 in 2
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. 1 in 2 – not great odds? An ‘average’ family of four, two adults, two children? Two from four will contract cancer within their lifetime. That phone call, that conversation. As a parent, the most horrific, devastating news youContinue reading “1 in 2”
Energy Debt
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. Every three months The UK’s energy regulator [Ofgem] review and set a level on how much energy suppliers can charge for each unit of energy. From 1 April to 30 June 2024 the price for energy a ‘typical household’Continue reading “Energy Debt”
TAX
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. Not one of these taxes [below] existed 100 years ago, & our nation was one of the most prosperous in the world… We had absolutely no national debt, had a huge manufacturing base, and ‘Mum’ stayed home to raiseContinue reading “TAX”
‘Popular Conservatism’
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. Where I come from there is no such thing as a ‘Popular Conservative’. I started to hate them during the 80’s, the Thatcher years. I despised ALL ‘Tories’ with every fibre of my human being. I really didn’t thinkContinue reading “‘Popular Conservatism’”
Glastonbury in the Sun
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. Many of us are creatures of habit, routine, more so the older we get? I have just watched the BBC Sunday Politics show, Laura ‘Cunts’berge. Same old same old with the same old same old cast confirming what IContinue reading “Glastonbury in the Sun”
BT Superfast Wi-Fi Promise
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. When Is A Promise Not ‘really’ A promise? I have been experiencing Broadband issues at home for several months and flagged this on at leart 3 occasions with BT. Several reboots later, the purchase of a new ‘super-duper’ BTContinue reading “BT Superfast Wi-Fi Promise”
Side Hustle – Taxation
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. From 1 January 2024, new data-sharing rules are set to come in that will force popular digital platforms to share their users’ information, including their income, with HMRC. The new rules will apply to well-known ‘side hustle’ platforms, suchContinue reading “Side Hustle – Taxation”
Dying to Live 