Middle class tearaway . Yes, its ernesto che guevara. His younger brother lifts the lid on what he was really like. Translation the shirt that we used to call the weekly shirt, because he would wear it the whole week without washing it. He was very untidy and people used to call him pig. Hello. Elections are meant to be the best of times to debate the grand strategic questions facing the nation. But maybe theyre the worst. The sublime arguments can get supplanted by the squalid struggle for votes. Even parties 20 ahead in the polls cant resist bribing the public. Is that what is happening here with regard to pensioners . An important question for this election is who should get more of the pie the old or the young. The old have been doing relatively well, partly thanks to the so called triple lock, which ensures the State Pension keeps rising by the inflation rate, or with earnings, or at 2. 5 , whichever is higher. Its kicked in while working age welfare and wages have fallen back. So
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