tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764541874043694159.post8859771473482356615..comments2024-03-28T12:23:39.665+00:00Comments on Coppola Comment: Dear AnthonyFrances Coppolahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09399390283774592713noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764541874043694159.post-14967907296362627712016-01-04T11:44:02.665+00:002016-01-04T11:44:02.665+00:00I have reluctantly decided to close comments on th...I have reluctantly decided to close comments on this post. I do not believe a debate about whether or not the Slog's allegations were factual is helpful. We should be discussing the underlying issues of inequality, low incomes, benefit cuts and harsh conditionality. That is the focus of my WASPI position paper and indeed of much of my writing over the last few years. If you wish to comment further, please do so on the WASPI position paper and limit yourself to the proposals I make in that post. Frances Coppolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09399390283774592713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764541874043694159.post-76315026727682254552016-01-04T11:37:05.139+00:002016-01-04T11:37:05.139+00:00Anonymous,
I do not "support the government ...Anonymous,<br /><br />I do not "support the government on its morality". If you were at all familiar with my work you would know this. I am concerned about the population - ALL of it. Including the poor, sick, disabled and unemployed who would suffer if the WASPI demand were met in full. I have explained this in my WASPI position paper and I do not propose to discuss it further here. <br /><br />I have not described anyone as a liar or a thief. Nor would I - especially not an anonymous commenter who has not signed their post. I have no idea who you are.Frances Coppolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09399390283774592713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764541874043694159.post-47698478060811440932016-01-04T11:33:15.803+00:002016-01-04T11:33:15.803+00:00Paul, I have only been writing since 2010. All the...Paul, I have only been writing since 2010. All the pieces I have written since 2010 are available on this blog, on Pieria.co.uk, on Forbes and on the FT. You are welcome to use the search facilities and word clouds here, to peruse the archives, and to read everything listed under my profile on Pieria, everything listed under my profile on Forbes and everything listed under my profile on the FT. Frances Coppolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09399390283774592713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764541874043694159.post-6273297076397151132016-01-04T11:28:19.162+00:002016-01-04T11:28:19.162+00:00Others do not have a right to deliberately misrepr...Others do not have a right to deliberately misrepresent my position in order to ingratiate themselves with a particular special interest group. Nor do they have the right to post false, malicious and damaging allegations about me. And they have a right to be wrong, but not to refuse to correct factual errors. Frances Coppolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09399390283774592713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764541874043694159.post-88666487311189080082016-01-04T10:30:38.661+00:002016-01-04T10:30:38.661+00:00Anonymous the money went into tax cuts for those w...Anonymous the money went into tax cuts for those who could already afford not to miss this money,once more economic activity will be further muted by these moves,One point Francis can you proved a links to all the pieces you have written in all these years that warned these people of government policy to ordinary people.paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03431327179470830789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764541874043694159.post-50363139161386895842016-01-04T08:02:19.496+00:002016-01-04T08:02:19.496+00:00Exactly the point.
The UK gov made promises it is ...Exactly the point.<br />The UK gov made promises it is now breaking but those older have no time left to make up the difference.<br />The other point is where did the money for this go. Oh I see misappropriated by the government for its own interests and stuff the population.<br /><br />So Ms Coppola you want to support the government on its morality then fine but I am no liar or thief,your call.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764541874043694159.post-8209584404240326032016-01-04T07:38:34.478+00:002016-01-04T07:38:34.478+00:00You are "upset and horrified"? Oh dear. ...You are "upset and horrified"? Oh dear. Perhaps you should stop posting on the Internet then. There will be differences of opinion, and a post on Twitter is likely to attract opposing opinions. Others have a right to be wrong, or to have received a different interpretation of your views. It is definitely something that you are going to have to live with. Richard Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02695542839602594038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764541874043694159.post-24911555770219688702016-01-03T23:48:10.577+00:002016-01-03T23:48:10.577+00:00And my best wishes for 2016 to you too, Tim. Thank...And my best wishes for 2016 to you too, Tim. Thanks!Frances Coppolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09399390283774592713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764541874043694159.post-85447726618613860872016-01-03T23:47:30.178+00:002016-01-03T23:47:30.178+00:00Ooh, that's helpful! Thanks.Ooh, that's helpful! Thanks.Frances Coppolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09399390283774592713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764541874043694159.post-2058219908721789372016-01-03T23:46:11.877+00:002016-01-03T23:46:11.877+00:00You may have read the Slog piece, but you clearly ...You may have read the Slog piece, but you clearly haven't read mine. I corrected two factual errors, one of them serious, and provided evidence to support the corrections. Perhaps you aren't interested in evidence? I completely agree that misrepresenting facts never going to improve understanding. That is, indeed, the whole point of this post.<br /><br />I have no idea who you are, and therefore cannot comment on whether we are likely to have similar opinions. Frances Coppolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09399390283774592713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764541874043694159.post-18773375531877367912016-01-03T21:53:27.911+00:002016-01-03T21:53:27.911+00:00Hi Frances, A quick look at the Slog site makes i...Hi Frances, A quick look at the Slog site makes it abundantly clear that the guy is a fruitcake. One day the politicians will realise that the state pension system is way past it's use by date and that Universal Basic Income is the way to go, but I'm not holding my breath. All the best for 2016. Timpolit2khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08184279620350984044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764541874043694159.post-21186388991693264072016-01-03T18:08:49.468+00:002016-01-03T18:08:49.468+00:00Frances,
Thanks for those posts, my wife is just ...Frances,<br /><br />Thanks for those posts, my wife is just about to receive her State pension and we were discussing how the difference in ages started.<br /><br />One point you could have added is that the hated Thatcher made a lot of noise about the demographic time bomb in the '80s, but a lot of people chose to put their fingers i their ears and sing lalalalala.<br /><br />https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=_BzihfoTRGYC&pg=PA99&lpg=PA99&dq=margaret+thatcher+demographic+time+bomb&source=bl&ots=kF3S9j7MZV&sig=XtTVQ5HS-JilgMvfZ3qJ3uMlvB4&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjBve_Pm47KAhXKvxQKHfb2ARUQ6AEIIDAA#v=onepage&q=margaret%20thatcher%20demographic%20time%20bomb&f=falseBloke in North Dorsetnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764541874043694159.post-3070593604835883912016-01-03T18:05:10.352+00:002016-01-03T18:05:10.352+00:00I've read the Slog piece and cannot see any fa...I've read the Slog piece and cannot see any factual errors within it. Perhaps you are not interested in facts? Of course, opinions are valuable, although we're hardly likely to have similar ones. But mis-representing facts is never going to improve understanding, especially across the sex divide.Ed Pnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764541874043694159.post-45862594350154451662016-01-03T15:02:02.665+00:002016-01-03T15:02:02.665+00:00Francis i have watched closely your problems with ...Francis i have watched closely your problems with WASPI & i do think & have thought for sometime that,whilst you have been aware for sometime & kept abreast of what has been said & written over a few decades,governments have left lay people confused,but even if this wasn't the case a 30% drop in incomes has means many & this includes men when they get to 65 finding out,what the woman at WASPI are finding that it not just to late but impossible to fill that gap!whilst am sure you think you have been sympathetic & have empathy for them,i must admit i do think you have under-estimate how confused & lack of what was policy & what was hearsay & what would be needed to be done by individuals wasn't at any stage made clear to them & hence the angst now being shown,unfortunately towards you & not those responsible for this mess,Only to say that if it had been clear am sure some form of protest would have been made to parliament particularly with austerity long before now!that this wasn't a feasible way forward,although has we have seen i don't think government cares & are quite pleased your the focus of there angst. to waspi i say Francis could & i hope would be a great help to you,so please focus your angst where it should really be targeted. paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03431327179470830789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764541874043694159.post-32894797150759825392016-01-03T14:42:53.615+00:002016-01-03T14:42:53.615+00:00Oh Dear! when ego's clash :-)Oh Dear! when ego's clash :-)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03885449626968662197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764541874043694159.post-2293252193628394862016-01-02T23:20:13.874+00:002016-01-02T23:20:13.874+00:00It is iniquitous for you to be referenced througho...It is iniquitous for you to be referenced throughout the slog piece misleadingly and irrelevantly. Your articles are clear and focused - more than can be said for your detractor.David Gortonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764541874043694159.post-80596903738890055252016-01-02T22:48:34.274+00:002016-01-02T22:48:34.274+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Lizzie Cornishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14067055125505036235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764541874043694159.post-62627038445469883512016-01-02T21:14:22.646+00:002016-01-02T21:14:22.646+00:00Blimey! Don't cross Frances.Blimey! Don't cross Frances.101https://www.blogger.com/profile/05152193157609213997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764541874043694159.post-62299329992520105312016-01-02T20:45:09.841+00:002016-01-02T20:45:09.841+00:00Well said Frances! Well said Frances! devonseaglasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02637463423116171963noreply@blogger.com