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Forum: Europe
Jan 23rd 2015, 6:07 pm
Replies: 259
Views: 19,966
Posted By Banjoboy

Re: Winter Fuel Allowance - Europe pensioners and expats.

One wonders if you couldn't have spared her indignation by quietly slipping her a few hundred euros from your surplus funds.;)
Forum: Europe
Jan 23rd 2015, 5:32 pm
Replies: 259
Views: 19,966
Posted By Banjoboy

Re: Winter Fuel Allowance - Europe pensioners and expats.

Things are never quite as black and white as they might appear. Bear in mind that the French state pension is significantly higher than the UK equivalent so it's arguable that the French government...
Forum: Europe
Jan 23rd 2015, 3:16 pm
Replies: 259
Views: 19,966
Posted By Banjoboy

Re: Winter Fuel Allowance - Europe pensioners and expats.

But not if they're only interested in reading the France forums.

Frankly I didn't even know this Europe forum existed until today. The issues I have been raising are specifically related to the...
Forum: Europe
Jan 23rd 2015, 8:22 am
Replies: 259
Views: 19,966
Posted By Banjoboy

Re: Winter Fuel Allowance - Europe pensioners and expats.

With respect I think there are two conversations, or at least two themes within the same conversation:

- The first is whether ex-pats should get the WFP at all. The UK government has decided that...
Forum: Europe
Jan 23rd 2015, 8:03 am
Replies: 259
Views: 19,966
Posted By Banjoboy

Re: Winter Fuel Allowance - Europe pensioners and expats.

Not true.


To avoid the tedium Cyrian has chosen to unsubscribe from this thread.


Nope. I am as entitled as you to express my opinion.
Forum: Europe
Jan 22nd 2015, 5:32 pm
Replies: 259
Views: 19,966
Posted By Banjoboy

re: Winter Fuel Allowance - Europe pensioners and expats.

No, France is a special case.

Who, apart from the UK government, thinks that France has warmer winters than the UK?
Forum: Europe
Jan 22nd 2015, 5:24 pm
Replies: 259
Views: 19,966
Posted By Banjoboy

re: Winter Fuel Allowance - Europe pensioners and expats.

The comparison is irrelevant. French state pensions are significantly higher than UK pensions (which are amongst the lowest in Europe) so French pensioners have less need to top up their pensions...
Forum: Europe
Jan 21st 2015, 6:46 pm
Replies: 259
Views: 19,966
Posted By Banjoboy

re: Winter Fuel Allowance - Europe pensioners and expats.

That's right because according to the British government Italy is colder than the UK. France, on the other hand, is warmer than the UK. :confused:
Forum: Europe
Jan 21st 2015, 5:30 pm
Replies: 259
Views: 19,966
Posted By Banjoboy

re: Winter Fuel Allowance - Europe pensioners and expats.

Apology accepted. It's always dangerous to make assumptions :)

Indeed but to be clear Labour announced last year that they want to remove WFP from the richest 5% of pensioners and the...
Forum: Europe
Jan 21st 2015, 10:13 am
Replies: 259
Views: 19,966
Posted By Banjoboy

re: Winter Fuel Allowance - Europe pensioners and expats.

If the UK government had said "we'll axe the WFP for all ex-pats" then that's fine. My issue is the way in which they intend to apply the policy and as such UK citizens in France are clearly being...
Forum: Europe
Jan 21st 2015, 10:01 am
Replies: 259
Views: 19,966
Posted By Banjoboy

re: Winter Fuel Allowance - Europe pensioners and expats.

Once again you are wrong! I don't live in Portugual although it's a country I love. I don't own a boat. I live on a pension. I have a tiny house in France (which has no mains water, gas or...
Forum: Europe
Jan 21st 2015, 9:09 am
Replies: 259
Views: 19,966
Posted By Banjoboy

Re: End of Winter Fuel Allowance

Not really. The Early Day Motion was tabled just a few days ago. See Early day motion 695 - SOCIAL SECURITY - UK Parliament (http://www.parliament.uk/edm/2014-15/695)

There's an excellent article...
Forum: Europe
Jan 20th 2015, 10:39 pm
Replies: 259
Views: 19,966
Posted By Banjoboy

re: Winter Fuel Allowance - Europe pensioners and expats.

Look at what?



Well the UK Government has already devised such a system based on average winter temperatures of countries compared with the average winter temperature of south-west England.
...
Forum: Europe
Jan 20th 2015, 10:06 pm
Replies: 259
Views: 19,966
Posted By Banjoboy

re: Winter Fuel Allowance - Europe pensioners and expats.

No of course not but the withdrawal of WFP is based on temperature. The UK Government has cynically manipulated the figures insofar as they relate to mainland France.
Forum: Europe
Jan 20th 2015, 10:01 pm
Replies: 259
Views: 19,966
Posted By Banjoboy

re: Winter Fuel Allowance - Europe pensioners and expats.

There are plenty of UK citizens in France that need WFP just as much as UK citizens living in the UK. Who are you to say they don't?


I said that the principles were "fairness" and...
Forum: Europe
Jan 20th 2015, 9:09 pm
Replies: 259
Views: 19,966
Posted By Banjoboy

re: Winter Fuel Allowance - Europe pensioners and expats.

This is not about sympathy but about fairness and non-discrimination.

If you don't think those are principles worth upholding then that's fine, but why not start a thread about the benefits of...
Forum: Europe
Jan 20th 2015, 8:40 pm
Replies: 259
Views: 19,966
Posted By Banjoboy

re: Winter Fuel Allowance - Europe pensioners and expats.

The situation in France is quite different from Cyprus.

I don't think this link (http://www.connexionfrance.com/Winter-fuel-payment-expats-Roger-Gale-prayer-16549-view-article.html) has been...
Forum: Europe
Jan 20th 2015, 7:41 pm
Replies: 259
Views: 19,966
Posted By Banjoboy

re: Winter Fuel Allowance - Europe pensioners and expats.

Only signed by 2 MPs so far. I have written to my MP requesting her to sign.

Here's a link: Early day motion 695 - SOCIAL SECURITY - UK Parliament (http://www.parliament.uk/edm/2014-15/695)
Forum: Europe
Jan 6th 2015, 9:00 pm
Replies: 259
Views: 19,966
Posted By Banjoboy

re: Winter Fuel Allowance - Europe pensioners and expats.

They'll tell you that the UK boundaries do not include overseas territories whereas the boundaries of France do.
Forum: Europe
Jan 2nd 2015, 4:12 pm
Replies: 259
Views: 19,966
Posted By Banjoboy

re: Winter Fuel Allowance - Europe pensioners and expats.

Agreed.


It will indeed be a waste of time as that particular e-petition is closed! However there is a new one just started specifically regarding the manipulative way the UK government is...
Forum: Europe
Jan 2nd 2015, 1:18 pm
Replies: 259
Views: 19,966
Posted By Banjoboy

Re: End of Winter Fuel Allowance

It's closed. To be honest it came across as a bit of a rant and didn't really justify why it considered expats were being victimised other than the originators "belief" that withdrawal of the WFP was...
Forum: Europe
Dec 23rd 2014, 2:50 pm
Replies: 259
Views: 19,966
Posted By Banjoboy

Re: End of Winter Fuel Allowance

But it's most likely to be cancelled for those who are least likely to affect the outcome of a UK election.

Apparently only 20,000 expats are currently registered to vote in the UK. There's info...
Forum: Europe
Dec 22nd 2014, 10:21 pm
Replies: 259
Views: 19,966
Posted By Banjoboy

Re: End of Winter Fuel Allowance

So you keep saying.

You're entitled to your opinion of course but it might help the rest of us to understand your position better if you provide some sort of rationale. Perhaps at the same time...
Forum: Europe
Dec 18th 2014, 9:31 pm
Replies: 259
Views: 19,966
Posted By Banjoboy

Re: End of Winter Fuel Allowance

Is this fact or just another spurios assumption EMR?[/QUOTE]

If you look at the comments of online readers of various UK newspapers' articles on this subject I think you'll find that EMR's...
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