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Originally Posted by Paul
I dont think its either, just simple incompetence.
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Yes, I think it is naivety.
I believe it was genuinely financially-driven as the government has signed up to very strict borrowing limits. And a Labour government has an ideological inclination to focus support on the poorer in society but not those who don't need it. And the Conservatives have been accused of using the Winter fuel allowance to buy pensioner votes.
However, as Damien says, the government had other options and the political cost has been very heavy.