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Originally Posted by Escapee
I think they are more likely embarrassed about it. They have complained for the past 14 years, and now they have got what they wished for they suddenly realise things are going to get worse for them not the rich.
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TBH They're the one group the Tories didn't cut benefits for and even increased quite a lot. As said earlier all those on the state pension are getting £900 extra this year.
If even all that wasn't enough to vote for the Tories - who were still promising more benefits for pensioners at the last election - then I am not sure how realistic their expectations were in the first place.
I doubt many people voted Labour because they wanted lower taxes or higher benefits for pensioners, these were not promises from Labour. People voted for them based on the state of the economy, housing and public services. That's what they'll be judged one.
People treat this country as a retirement home with a G7 economy attached. The idea that it's more important not to means test the winter fuel allowance than make a step towards paying doctors closer to what they were paid 10 years ago, and what they would be paid elsewhere in the Western world, gives us a clue into how the NHS has become the mess it is.