Winter fuel payments cut Options

[Richard Garvie]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12846318

The yearly tax-free payment to help people pay for their heating in the winter was worth £250 for the over 60s last week, and £400 for the over 80s.

But the payment will revert to £200 and £300 for the two age groups in the winter of 2011-12.

[Strafin]

As I said originally it is not the end of the world, but the categories are there for a reason. Which is essentially what you have just said yourself, except like most posters on here now, you can't help but have a go and treat every post as a personal argument.

[Andy Capp]

As I said originally it is not the end of the world, but the categories are there for a reason. Which is essentially what you have just said yourself, except like most posters on here now, you can't help but have a go and treat every post as a personal argument.

Fine, so you understand why we are having this conversation then, but I don't understand what value your last post brings, other than to demonstrate you behave like me.

My gripe is that some on here are happier to take shot at Richard Garvie when ever they can, and regardless of its merits. On this I think it is a petty issue. Why do people like user23 feel it necessary to censure someone on this issue. I very much doubt it is out of concern for the integrity of the forum as he stated.

[GMR]

Fine, so you understand why we are having this conversation then, but I don't understand what value your last post brings, other than to demonstrate you behave like me.

My gripe is that some on here are happier to take shot at Richard Garvie when ever they can, and regardless of its merits. On this I think it is a petty issue. Why do people like user23 feel it necessary to censure someone on this issue. I very much doubt it is out of concern for the integrity of the forum as he stated.

People like User23 come from an Orwellian world where control by the few is the eventual goal. He doesn't like it so it shouldn't be on here. We should be welcoming differences like Richard Garvie so we can have good and different debates. Just because we are from Newbury doesn't mean we should go with the image of a brain dead and limited society. There is more to Newbury than Neanderthals going about their business.