By the way, state pensions, for the receipt of which workers have contributed for decades in advance, are totally inadequate and many people end up having to claim pension credits in order to reach the poverty line. Pensions are much higher in the rest of Europe (speaking geographically rather than politically) and heating allowances wouldn't, perhaps, be necessary if the (mostly foreign-owned) utility companies did not charge so much for heating fuels... Just sayin'...
Oh dear. I have a feeling I may know of whom you speak... Glad you got an apology... They're rare from that quarter!
By the way, state pensions, for the receipt of which workers have contributed for decades in advance, are totally inadequate and many people end up having to claim pension credits in order to reach the poverty line. Pensions are much higher in the rest of Europe (speaking geographically rather than politically) and heating allowances wouldn't, perhaps, be necessary if the (mostly foreign-owned) utility companies did not charge so much for heating fuels... Just sayin'...