To think some might spend £650 energy payment on other things?

[Hemklop]

I'm prepared to get flamed here, as I know the benefits system is a touchy subject.

However, I was just wondering whether many people will not use the £650 lump sum payment for it's true purpose, given that it's the summer holidays and there are lots of temptations to spend on other things.

These people then won't be any better off when it comes to the winter?

What's most interesting about her life is that her father refused to support her political campaign.

Darlint , Liz Truss had an extramarital affair for 18 months with another MP.
I also read online she was once linked romantically to Kwarteng, but not sure if that is correct or not.
Any one who can deceive and lie for that long just isn't trustworthy. I know I sound really judgy , but anyone I've ever met who have had affairs or broken up marriages usually are cold and calculating and self serving ( be those people men or women )
There is something very odd about her.

Her dad was a university professor and both parents were very left wing in their political views.
A bit of an unconventional upbringing, being taken on CND marches as a young child and to visit Greenham common and eating beetroot quiches! So I've read.

I tend not to judge people on affairs of the heart (my life has been affected by such things in my childhood), but there's just something about her that isn't fucking right! I can't even pin it down in my head, let alone try to say what makes me uneasy about her. She reminds of someone who I know personally, who is so callous that you really question it as you think that nobody could be that callous? You start to question yourself!

Something minor actually, is that she wore a red dress to an interview with the Sky presenter Kay Burley who was also wearing a red dress lol. That shit comes up before they go into an interview. For the record, I'm not a fan of Kay Burley lol. It just seemed odd?
I think Frost or some dude stood down from negotiations with the EU and I suspect that it was as a result of Truss. She has also been extremely cold about Ireland, which isn't really a Tory strongpoint but there's just something OFF AS FUCK lol

The above reasons that I've listed are not usually things that would sway me against someone entirely. I find her difficult to fathom really apart from that I have a gut feeling that she has designs on world domination and that I'm not part of that design! 😁

I'm more surprised that she ever married than I am about her having an affair.

I put mine on my rent is that OK with you op or you going to judge even more. I can only work 15 hours a week as I'm disabled and have a disabled daughter to care for to.

I got this one, it’s brilliant! Have hardly used the Ben since getting it and everything comes out brilliantly. Got an extra bit of money off it with an NHS discount too Ninja air fryer

Yeah, like my 86 year old Mum filling her freezer with meat for the winter months....

I don't mind a beetroot quiche

'These people' 😆

I am one of those people. I've worked every day since turning 16 (apart from annual leave and 11 months' mat leave) and started claiming UC at the grand old age of 47 (I'm now 51). ExH left me and DS2 at the time and we had to sell the family home. I wasn't entitled to spousal so started to claim UC which I am grateful for as things have been tight.

I've increased my hours back up to 35 and now receive a smaller UC payment. I am thankful to have qualified for the £650. I've received my first payment and I can assure you it's not been blown on a tattoo or false nails.

FS

Indeed.

I am also one of 'those people'

Like you, I worked from 16. Did 3 jobs at one point. Have been a Civil Servant, Chef, Sports Therapist, Special Constable, Shop Assistant and lots of other things. Have been ambitious in all of those roles and reached some heady heights.

Had DD aged 40. Relationship didn't work as the father was useless. Managed to keep my house as I'd thankfully managed to build up enough capital during the 'good years'

Fast forward to now. I'm 51. I have Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, Postural Tachycardia, Osteoarthritis, High blood pressure, Severe asthma, Autism, Many debilitating skin conditions and allergies along with awful Gastrointestinal problems. I decided I'd lay my pride to one side and try for PIP. I get standard daily living rate. My Tribunal was refused because they simply didn't believe me. Was it because I was the last case of the day? Was I just unlucky? Do I have the energy to push the legal system further and call out some of the downright gaslighting I've experienced? I don't know. I'll tell you tomorrow because my energy is fading. Vitamin deficiencies are now draining my energy too.

It's hard. So bone achingly hard. DD is 10. I'm now in Menopause. I'm a true single parent in so much that DDs Dad doesn't look after her.

What I'd fucking give to be well, have some energy and be able to work and / or feel any sort of degree of 'normal'

I manage what little money I have well. I prioritise, I deny myself even the smallest things. It's simply how life is now. I don't tend to judge others or get jealous about richer people.

But I do think that some people should be careful about their views as you never know what's around the corner.

I do sometimes wonder, however how so many people manage to post multiple times a day on social media as well as being busy with a job or apparently debilitated from their issues. I simply guess they have more energy than me.

I've used my one and only last spoon of the day on this post. I won't be commenting further.

Probably.

But that’s their business.