{"id":144390,"date":"2024-12-20T11:49:23","date_gmt":"2024-12-20T09:49:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=144390"},"modified":"2024-12-20T11:51:28","modified_gmt":"2024-12-20T09:51:28","slug":"freezing-this-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=144390","title":{"rendered":"Freezing This Christmas\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DcC6SU93OXE\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"922\" height=\"519\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mQrvmY5s2mo?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Up to 4,000 pensioners will die this winter in UK. This is the single biggest attack on pensioners in a generation. These are not my words, these are the words of the Labour Party in a report published in 2017 that discusses what will happen if the government cuts the Winter Fuel Allowance for those not on benefits. Despite this, Keir Starmer and the Labour Party have decided to cut the Winter Fuel Allowance, meaning more than 9 million pensioners will lose out on payment, and only those on Pension Credit will now be able to claim it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Help provide heating for the elderly this Christmas and donate at JustGiving: (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqa2o4LVNRd2FmWTlWUlZkN2RkVThqUGxBODZJUXxBQ3Jtc0tsNW5BdVVCMjdlcjJsbl9sTkREU2Nvcl9tekh5cm9fdWxGRUpxcmU4V3BaZGhXdTlPYkFQcGRUaGI4MGV4WkxCREdqS0Rrb0dEaG96Z3VmQ1MxbmI4YmNLbW5rZThNWGhBeHo5WERvcjEzcXIxc2RDOA&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.justgiving.com%2Fpage%2Ffreezing-this-christmas&amp;v=mQrvmY5s2mo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.justgiving.com\/page\/freez&#8230;<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Up to 4,000 pensioners will die this winter in UK. This is the single biggest attack on pensioners in a generation. These are not my words, these are the words of the Labour Party in a report published in 2017 that discusses what will happen if the government cuts the Winter Fuel Allowance for those [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":144467,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-144390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sounds"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/freezing-this-christmas.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":92863,"url":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=92863","url_meta":{"origin":144390,"position":0},"title":"The dignity of labour","author":"thebrainbehind","date":"17\/09\/2018","format":false,"excerpt":"via\u00a0boohooray\u00a0","rel":"","context":"In &quot;all other stuff&quot;","block_context":{"text":"all other stuff","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?cat=1"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/tumblr_nkoxzme8Ib1sb2ue8o1_500.jpg?fit=436%2C750&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":97674,"url":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=97674","url_meta":{"origin":144390,"position":1},"title":"The dignity of\u00a0labour via\u00a0boohooray\u00a0","author":"thebrainbehind","date":"17\/09\/2018","format":"gallery","excerpt":"The dignity of\u00a0labour via\u00a0boohooray\u00a0","rel":"","context":"In &quot;all other stuff&quot;","block_context":{"text":"all other stuff","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?cat=1"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_pf7pmd9IiD1qa68vyo1_500.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":128744,"url":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=128744","url_meta":{"origin":144390,"position":2},"title":"Paper Winter 2010","author":"thebrainbehind","date":"02\/02\/2010","format":false,"excerpt":"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=8963491&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1 Paper Winter 2010 from WillBeRain on Vimeo. 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