Why do politicians seek to justify terminating the winter allowance by reference to a £20 billion black hole when they know that the cost of of winter payment is only £2 billion? The bloody hypocrites have paid or pledged £12.5 billion to Ukraine and £3.3 billion to Israel to slaughter over a million Palestinian people? Israel are today’s fascists who are guilty of war crimes and genocide. Arthur Scargill, Socialist Labour Party 21/10/2024