What Kemi said:-
"I have evidence that gay young people are being told that they are transgender."
"Yes, some cultural practices are more "valid"than others."
"Lunch breaks are for wimps."
The state pension is an EARNED payment. We contribute during our working lives for it. It is ours and should not be means tested. If you are rich enough then the tax will be deducted. There is no need to reinvent the wheel.
It's hilarious how they allude, with all sincerity, to what intellectual prowess they have, and, in the process, remove all doubt it's actually conceit and stupidity.
E.g., she should have thought much more carefully about saying this, and the gaffes that prompted it.
The UK does have a system to recognise the poorest pensioners, those who claim Pension Credit. Another lie on the day she said they were no longer going to lie. You couldn't make it up.
Maybe someone should tell CCHQ that the Tories suspended the triple lock in 2021. It's the sort of thing they should really know and it is a falsehood to state that they have always protected it.
Exactly this. Amazing (or not) that the right wing media let this pass by without a blink. I think that it should have been 8.5% increase based upon wage inflation instead of the 4.5% that was awarded.
That 4% underpayment would be worth around £400+ p. a. now.
‘Looking at means testing’
1.This would cost real money and need every pensioner to be involved irrespective of capacity.
2.Income over the threshold is already taxed at 20%
3.IHT applies on death at full rate unlike the farmers.
Just saying…..
I just realised: the text in this paragraph sounds like ChatGPT desperately back-pedalling and hallucinating at the same time. I’ve seen transcripts which looked like this.
Not so much a gaffe, more a Russian dash cam-style swerve away from the actual question.
When will politicians learn that these 3 year old tactics are just boring, predictable, and people switch off immediately, if they even tune in to begin with? 🙄
I fundamentally disagree with means-testing and subsequently tend to view people who propose it as dim.
It’s a dishonest, inconsistent and unfair way to claw back tax payments. If she wants “millionaires” to contribute more tax she should say so (and I’d support that).
Almost invariably, means-testing costs more than it saves on things like this.
It's also arguable that drawing a line between recipients of Pension Credit and others is means-testing anyway, so as ill-judged and unnecessary as the policy may be, it already meets Badenoch's criteria ...
Interviewer..."So you're getting rid of the triple lock"?
Sadenoch.... "No, we're not getting rid of the triple lock. We're just going to take away millions of pounds from millions of pensioners who will no longer be in the triple lock".
"I never have to clarify" is just, well, stupid, even if you never make a mistake. Because the need for clarification may be a misunderstanding of the recipient.
Just a reminder that UK state pensions are amongst the lowest in the developed world.
In Spain, for example, I think pensioners are getting 85% of average earnings? 🤔
Perhaps means test MP and their expenses especially second accomodation. Why should taxpayers subsidise the wealthy MPs?
Next week she will have forgotten this idea.
I believe she got a 'D' in maths... and then blamed the education system for it... so any economic mishaps in her speeches are actually the fault of woke teachers, not her... do keep up everybody.
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"I have evidence that gay young people are being told that they are transgender."
"Yes, some cultural practices are more "valid"than others."
"Lunch breaks are for wimps."
E.g., she should have thought much more carefully about saying this, and the gaffes that prompted it.
That 4% underpayment would be worth around £400+ p. a. now.
1.This would cost real money and need every pensioner to be involved irrespective of capacity.
2.Income over the threshold is already taxed at 20%
3.IHT applies on death at full rate unlike the farmers.
Just saying…..
She seems to be utterly tongue tied and bamboozled when airing even the vaguest of her own policy ideas.
The phrase 'hard of thinking' springs to mind.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jan/08/kemi-badenoch-tells-tories-dont-expect-big-policy-plans-for-two-years
—Aldous Huxley adapted
When will politicians learn that these 3 year old tactics are just boring, predictable, and people switch off immediately, if they even tune in to begin with? 🙄
It’s a dishonest, inconsistent and unfair way to claw back tax payments. If she wants “millionaires” to contribute more tax she should say so (and I’d support that).
It's also arguable that drawing a line between recipients of Pension Credit and others is means-testing anyway, so as ill-judged and unnecessary as the policy may be, it already meets Badenoch's criteria ...
Sadenoch.... "No, we're not getting rid of the triple lock. We're just going to take away millions of pounds from millions of pensioners who will no longer be in the triple lock".
Her approach speaks louder than her words.
In Spain, for example, I think pensioners are getting 85% of average earnings? 🤔
Next week she will have forgotten this idea.