sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to UK Politics@feddit.uk · 13 days agoKeir Starmer announces U-turn on winter fuel payment cutswww.bbc.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up115arrow-down11
arrow-up114arrow-down1external-linkKeir Starmer announces U-turn on winter fuel payment cutswww.bbc.co.uksabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to UK Politics@feddit.uk · 13 days agomessage-square2fedilink
minus-squaremeejle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·12 days agoDoes it count as a U-turn if you’re not actually reversing something? This is just a “turn”.
minus-squaresephallen@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·12 days agoBut the media needs sensationalism. Like the way they describe the cuts as “Labour stops winter fuel payments” omitting the ending “for the wealthiest pensioners” to make people believe all winter fuel payments were cut.
Does it count as a U-turn if you’re not actually reversing something? This is just a “turn”.
But the media needs sensationalism.
Like the way they describe the cuts as “Labour stops winter fuel payments” omitting the ending “for the wealthiest pensioners” to make people believe all winter fuel payments were cut.