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Ben @bow_ben

Never give up. Ever. East End of London Joined July 2010
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Stuey Beef 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 @stuey_beef

a month ago

The state pension is not a random government favour, it’s the back end of a 35–40 year compulsory “contract” where people are forced to hand over National Insurance on the clear promise of a basic pension at the end. Politicians and think tanks helped design an unfunded, pay‑as‑you‑go system where today’s workers pay today’s pensioners, then have the gall to call it “unsustainable” as if the public dreamt it up. If a private firm sold you a retirement product on fixed terms, took your money for four decades, then announced at 66 that you “didn’t really need it” and would henceforth be means‑tested or frozen, they would be in court for mis‑selling and fraud. The crisis here is not pensioners “leeching off the young”, it’s a political class that built a Ponzi‑style NI system, diverted the proceeds for other spending, and now wants to default on the people who kept their side of the bargain. You do not blame the victims of a defective product for believing the brochure; you go after the people who wrote it.

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Ben @bow_ben

3 months ago

UK NHS, the “envy of the world”. Just don’t fall ill or have an accident.

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Daily Mail @DailyMail

3 months ago

Woman, 97, was found dead on the floor of her home after being told she would have to wait ten days for an ambulance for a suspected hip break, coroner hears trib.al/cUyNmTu

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Ben @bow_ben

11 months ago

@BBCBreaking Hottest day of the year so far. In July. Who would have thought it?

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Ben @bow_ben

a year ago

@FishHutBlackDog @jeremyiwhite @spusu_uk It’s the just complete lack of communication that has done me. Not a single mention on X to say there’s an issue. Going into the 3rd day of a major outage and absolutely nothing from the company. Beyond ridiculous #spusu

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Ben @bow_ben

a year ago

@jeremyiwhite @FishHutBlackDog @spusu_uk I would avoid them like the plague. I, too, am going to move after only being with them for a month.

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Ben @bow_ben

a year ago

@FishHutBlackDog @jeremyiwhite @spusu_uk I find if you select a network manually (only orange where I am) you get 45 seconds of connectivity before it drops & you have to repeat the process. @spusu_uk have said there is still an issue with no estimated time of resolution. Stuck abroad with no phone which I need urgently

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Ben @bow_ben

a year ago

@firstdirect No point. Just spoke to your complaints department who have confirmed they’re not prepared to do anything as, basically, it’s too much work & have closed the complaint. Just wanted to warn others their money clearly isn’t as safe as you think it is when your bank refuses to help

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Ben @bow_ben

a year ago

For anyone thinking of moving their banking to @firstdirect Having banked with them for 30 years, I’ll be moving elsewhere. Their once exemplary customer service is no more & trying to get them to dispute a credit card payment is impossible as it’ll involve “too much work”. Avoid

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(((Dan Hodges))) @DPJHodges

a year ago

The rights and wrongs aren’t the issue. I just don’t understand how a professional politician can give this commitment, make the statement Liz Kendall gave today, then think they can get away with it.

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Liz Kendall @leicesterliz

7 years ago

Women are suffering unacceptable hardship because of changes to their state pension age, with 3000 affected in Leicester West alone. This injustice can’t go on. I was proud to sign the @WASPI_Campaign pledge in Parliament today to reaffirm my support for their campaign

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Aldi Stores UK @AldiUK

2 years ago

No pressure boys but this is literally more tense than the time we tagged M&S after they sued us ⚽️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 #EURO2024 #NEDENG

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Ben @bow_ben

2 years ago

@g__j @VictoriaCoren @OctopusEnergy Kind of misses my point, don’t you think? DM you? The complaint I’ve had with you since December on this very matter is STILL outstanding! Potentially seeing one of your disabled customers die from hypothermia this winter isn’t a good look. But at least you keep winning awards 👏🏻

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Ben @bow_ben

2 years ago

@g__j As I still haven’t heard anything, I stand by my original claim that it helps to be famous (and talented) like @VictoriaCoren to get assistance from the top @g__j at @OctopusEnergy

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Ben @bow_ben

2 years ago

Thanks, @LNER @DavidHorne for, once again, offering wifi fit for 1994 not 2024 - making trying to watch the England game on one of your services an absolute impossibility

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Ben @bow_ben

2 years ago

@Zillion_e @IPVanish Did you get anywhere with this? I’m having the same issue where the app crashes / closes every time I try to open it

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Ben @bow_ben

2 years ago

@g__j @VictoriaCoren @OVOEnergy @OctopusEnergy Thanks, Greg

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Ben @bow_ben

2 years ago

@ando2040 @g__j @VictoriaCoren @OVOEnergy @OctopusEnergy Well, in my case, it “simply” was true.

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Ben @bow_ben

2 years ago

@g__j @VictoriaCoren @OVOEnergy @OctopusEnergy You may get a response from Greg himself but the general public, when DMing him as he suggests, just get an Octopus employee. Had been happy with Octopus & would’ve recommended them but their refusal to offer solid wall insulation under GBIS to a vulnerable customer is shocking

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Ben @bow_ben

3 years ago

@EmilyMckgkv29dg @BlindsDirectGB Absolutely nothing, probably. @BlindsDirectGB are literally the WORST company I have ever had the misfortune of dealing with. Lied to and ignored in equal measure. Just check out their @Trustpilot reviews uk.trustpilot.com/review/blindsd… #blindsdirect

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