And that will be England gone,
The shadows, the meadows, the lanes,
The guildhalls, the carved choirs.
There'll be books; it will linger on
In galleries; but all that remains
For us will be concrete and tyres.

Philip Larkin 1922 -1985

Another odd thing about council tax bandings and the amount of council tax you pay:

I'm in a 2 bed Tudor cottage in East Suffolk band A.

My stepfather was 8 minutes down the road in a 2 bed retirement apartment in East Suffolk, also band A.

But he paid about £50 a month more council tax than me. And he got single person discount too.

What's all that about then? 🤔🤨

@SandyofSuffolk Probably the same way that Alan Crozier at the football FA became the boss of the post office and now Streeting's in charge of defence, as Tony Hancock once said, They're all raving mad !

@SandyofSuffolk Happened to me Sandy, my home in Suffolk was in C band, yet my home up by the Humber bridge is in E and yet worth £100,000's less! Go figure. I'm not rich & currently grounded from my flying role, cash is tight. I'm not poor but by no means rich.

@SandyofSuffolk I live in Durham in a band C semi and pay more than a band C in Westminster😳

Question:

How can a former Defence Minister be experienced and have enough knowledge to suddenly be Chancellor?

And how can a former Health Minister be experienced and have enough knowledge to suddenly be Defence Minister?

And don't say they have advisors. The advisors they have are all wet behind the ears just out of university or a charity job.

What makes any of these ministers qualified or experienced enough for the highly paid jobs they've recently acquired?

@SandyofSuffolk We live in a small semi detached in Penarth Wales which is a Band E, no help for these 2 pensioners

I'm a bot.🙄 🤣

Bitch maybe. But bot? 🤔🤨🧐

@DPJHodges @SandyofSuffolk Ah yes, but what about the Dan Hodges Brexit lines...

Labour are only raising the personal allowance to £13,036 for pensioners, whilst scrapping the triple lock.

Reform UK will raise it to £15,000 for EVERYONE, retired or working. This will give every household an extra £1,000 a year. ✅

@RazerWithAKnee this means (SO FAR!) we have now committed THIRTY FIVE BILLION to Ukraine.

Waspi women NOT compensated

All Sub-postmasters still NOT compensated

Nuclear tests cancer sufferers NOT compensated

People given contaminated blood NOT compensated

Windrush scandal people NOT compensated

But we've found another £10 billion for Ukraine!

😳 Page number 111 of the budget.

Always read the small print! The stuff they won’t mention.

🔥🔥🔥

The Guardian tried to trap Nigel Farage with a question about Tommy Robinson's conviction.

Farage went above and beyond what was required and said that he does not tell Reform voters who they are allowed to support or reject and went even further stating that the inson on those charges is wrong.

@Nigel_Farage

@SandyofSuffolk Sandy, my standing charge on gas is 16p a day, or £1.12 per week. It's a derisory saving, wrapped up as "a little bit of hope".

I could not even heat my loo for 16p.

@SandyofSuffolk I ordered a new jumper from Boden, my heart sank when I got an email saying it would be delivered by Evri We have had dreadful experiences with them.If. I'd known I probably wouldn't have bothered. I live in a rural area , one parcel was dumped in a hedge.. Watch this space 😟

@SandyofSuffolk We got a new router from BT due to arrive when we were on holiday. Went into the change details and asked them to deliver next door. They didn’t. It sat for two weeks in the rain outside my front door! Idiots.

@SandyofSuffolk Mine was "delivery will be 7 November"

Arrived in the middle of making lunch!
You just can't win

@SandyofSuffolk This is a delivery a friend of mine got 🙄

Funny how the most horrible men on here are always football fans.
Their brains obviously can't cope with anything more complicated than watching a few overpaid men kicking a ball about. Poor souls.

The OBR says British taxpayers will spend £431 BILLION a year on welfare by 2031.

Insane.

Is it any wonder when foreign nationals get to come here and live off the state?

Reform will end this madness.