No idea. Are they going to stop cars on that stretch of road where you can cross the border 4 times during a ten minute drive? It's meant to start in January, I'll be in Belfast with three people on Greek passports, will they have to do it even though they'll have been in Belfast since before it starts? Does anyone involved in this know anything about Ireland?
Hmm... I think we can get round this. Mrs Athens can do quite a convincing Belfast accent. I'll just get her to say "who are you asking for ID, wee man?" if we get stopped and we'll probably be waved through.
The UK state pension is one of the worst in Europe. The UK government contributes significantly less as a proportion of GDP towards pensions than most European countries and we have higher levels of pension poverty than most European countries. The average replacement rate in the EU is 71%, while the UK's is 58%. The state pension is absolutely sustainable, even with the triple lock (which has only come under such scrutiny because of record levels of inflation). Much like austerity, it's a political choice to deprive people, not an economic one.
