Politicians – THE MONTHLY MOSQUITO

Sixty-One On £85k — Britain Grafts To 67

Sir Robert Devereux: retired at 61 on £85k a year — while the rest of Britain is told to keep grafting till 67. I started paying in expecting my pension at 60, then it was pushed to 65, then shoved again to 67 — years of pension gone, millions short‑changed, and the very people whoContinue reading “Sixty-One On £85k — Britain Grafts To 67”

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No Uni. All Grit

Princess Anne walked out of school with six O‑levels, two A‑levels, skipped university entirely, went straight to the stables — and still ended up an Admiral with more honorary military titles than the rest of the Windsors combined. She went from governess‑taught lessons at home to five years boarding at Benenden, completing every exam onContinue reading “No Uni. All Grit”

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Dignity Is Defiance

Living with a disability means waking up every day inside limits you never chose — and then watching strangers debate whether those limits are “valid enough” to deserve help. Your life becomes public property. Your needs become public opinion. Your independence becomes a budget line. And the cruelty is that none of these debates happensContinue reading “Dignity Is Defiance”

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Club Med Wethersfield: Perks Up, Taxpayers Down

Essex’s council leader toured the Wethersfield asylum site expecting bleak barracks and instead discovered what looks suspiciously like Club Med for the perpetually displaced — a gym, football pitch, snack bar and a fleet of 17 minibuses chauffeuring residents into town like they’re on an all‑inclusive getaway. Welcome to Holiday Camp UK, where 800 veryContinue reading “Club Med Wethersfield: Perks Up, Taxpayers Down”

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Reform: The Rich Rise, The Rest Get Stripped

Voting Reform is like cutting your own lifeboat because you don’t like the people on the next raft. Reform voters: turkeys voting for Christmas — and they’ve already basted themselves. However, Turkeys are way smarter — they’d never vote for the chef holding the carving knife. What do we have to look forward to underContinue reading “Reform: The Rich Rise, The Rest Get Stripped”

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A System That Won’t Define Who’s Protected Puts Every Disabled Person At Risk

Reform UK’s welfare plan is dangerous because it creates a harsher, undefined category of “severely disabled,” leaving millions of disabled people unsure whether they would still qualify for essential support, despite evidence from the IFS that their system would be significantly harder to access and risk repeating past failures that have already caused serious harmContinue reading “A System That Won’t Define Who’s Protected Puts Every Disabled Person At Risk”

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Look After Our Own Collapses When The Vulnerable Become The Targets

The “look after our own” argument collapses the moment the same politicians turn around and target the very people they claimed to be protecting — disabled, sick, low‑income British citizens. When politicians say “look after our own” but target disabled people, they expose the truth that cruelty never protects anyone — it only spreads, andContinue reading “Look After Our Own Collapses When The Vulnerable Become The Targets”

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Woo The Crowd, Forget The Vows — The Oscar Act Never Ends

Kemi Badenoch basically said: “Brits and EU folks to the front of the housing queue; everyone else can jog on. Badenoch vows: if the Tories win, foreign tenants are out on their ear — council homes strictly Brits‑and‑EU‑settled only. The Conservatives are saying their plan to restrict social‑housing eligibility would free up around 230,000 councilContinue reading “Woo The Crowd, Forget The Vows — The Oscar Act Never Ends”

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Disability Justice Means Dignity — Not Gatekeeping

The system meant to protect disabled people has instead become a maze of waitlists, denials, and outdated rules that punish them simply for trying to survive. Politicians often promise to stand up for struggling families and vulnerable people, yet the disabled community is still consistently overlooked and left to fall through the cracks. Programs meantContinue reading “Disability Justice Means Dignity — Not Gatekeeping”

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Iran Accused Of Smuggling Spies Into Britain

Imagine the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps sitting around a table like: “Right lads, MI5 is watching the airports, the ports, the embassies… So what’s the plan?” “Small boats.” “Small boats?” “Yep. Blend in with Dave from Croydon who’s just trying to get back from Calais after a stag do gone wrong.” Meanwhile, the smugglers inContinue reading “Iran Accused Of Smuggling Spies Into Britain”