So would I. Most pensioners have paid off their mortgages, if they had one, and they don't pay NI (they do, of course pay income tax, council tax, etc, but no NI is a big benefit). Next to no one on £43k pa is going to struggle without a winter fuel payment of £200, or £300 if there is an over-80yo in the household, especially in Scotland where personal care in the home is free and not means tested.
It's a bad time in UK politics. The Tories were abysmally bad and we've all lost track of how many PMs and cabinet ministers we've had in the last few years. I hoped Labour would be better. It was hard to see how they could be worse. They inherited a very bad financial position, but they have this huge majority so it looked like a no brainer that they would have no trouble getting new laws passed. Oh dear.
I shudder to think what the next General Election might bring. The only comfort is it's four years away.