Labour punishing the elderly by ripping their Winter Fuel Payments is a disgrace, says Patrick Christys

Labour punishing the elderly by ripping their Winter Fuel Payments is a disgrace, says Patrick Christys

WATCH NOW: Patrick Christys shares his thoughts on Winter Fuel Payment cuts

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By Patrick Christys


Published: 10/09/2024

- 22:07

'Maybe a World War Two veteran could nip round to a refugee's house to keep warm this winter'

Sir Keir Shiver and Chancellor Rachel Freeze could have pensioners' blood on their hands this winter.

They've cruelly cut the Winter Fuel Payment to save around £1.4billion, money that's already been spent more than twice over so they could pay their union mates.


In a vote held tonight, Labour officially consigned some pensioners to a freezing cold death. And don't take my words for it that pensioners will die.

Take the Labour Party's own report, that revealed as many as 4,000 old people could be killed as a result.

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Patrick Christys delivers his verdict on Labour's cut to the Winter Fuel Payment

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Just one Labour MP voted against it, John Trickett, 53 gutless cowards abstained, including Diane Abbott apparently, of all people.

They obviously feared losing the Labour whip more than the threat of elderly people shivering to death in their own homes this winter.

The leader of the SNP in Westminster, Stephen Flynn, even said he saw a Labour MP punch the air with delight when the Winter Fuel Payment was scrapped.

One of the elderly people who will be sitting in their living room wearing a coat, hat and gloves this winter is a 99-year-old World War Two veteran. His name is Jim O'Dwyer.

He flew 31 missions on Lancaster bombers during the war, only for Sir Keir Shiver and Rachel Freeze to rip his Winter Fuel Payment away because he happens to have a small private pension. It's a disgrace.

The sad fact is this is a political decision in my view, which is a punishment for the elderly because pensioners don't tend to vote Labour.

But I tell you who is much more likely to vote Labour? Newly arrived refugees. Here's what the local council gives refugees from Afghanistan and Syria in Richmond and Wandsworth.

They pay landlords six weeks rent in advance, they pay the council tax, they help furnish the property.

They help them apply for all relevant welfare benefits and Universal Credit, help them register with a GP - a dentist even takes them to hospital appointments.

They make regular home welfare visits, even take the adults to the job centre.

So all of that stuff. Now, I'm not saying that those people don't deserve support, but what I am saying is, where's that level of support for our pensioners?

Maybe that World War Two veteran could nip round to a refugee's house to keep warm this winter. But honestly, what kind of country are we living in?

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