The relentless pursuit by successive govts & "the establishment" to increase #StatePensionAge is wrong on so many counts, not least  the apparent "Rape of the National Insurance Fund" @davidhencke
Everyone could learn a lot by looking at #50sWomen's latest petition update 
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                Seize the day with CEDAWinLAW's winning hand!
                Join with all groups in calling for mediation!
Listen for yourself to the 3 separate recordings from Salford City Radio @SalfordCRadio broadcast on 5th August 2025, explaining:
the legal obligations ...
            
        
    
    
            "Seize the day with #CEDAWinLAW's winning hand!" 
9 Aug 2025 petition update
#50sWomen #WASPI  
Join with all groups in calling for #mediation!
The strength of our case is outlined in the radio interviews
Why settle for less than your #EnforceableRights?
www.change.org/p/secretary-...
               
            
            
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                Looking Back, Going forward
                I gave my initial thoughts on the new socialist party in a recent blog, I will have more to say when I have time to assimilate all the information and misinformation coming my way โ I remain โฆ
            
        
    
    
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Looking Back, Going forward thephilosophicalmuse.blog/2025/08/02/l...
               
            
            
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                The Senior Citizens Liberation Front
                The title of this blog is inspired by a response to a satirical article about the arrest of a comrade Audrey White @RedRosa91940184. It suggested Geriatric Liberation Front which amused me at firstโฆ
            
        
    
    
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The Senior Citizens Liberation Front thephilosophicalmuse.blog/2025/07/22/t...
               
            
            
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            Current #pensions policy is gendered
Even #StatePensions will not be equal until 2040, & private pensions NEVER if the current #pensionstaxrelief continues to benefit high earners who are mainly men
#50sWomen say
#women must be better represented in decision-making
#CEDAW #GR40
               
            
            
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            Will the newly reformed #PensionsCommission take these gender differences into account when reviewing #StatePensionAge?
How will #pensionspolicy be amended to support greater #Equality, something that was never taken into account for #50sWomen?
#CEDAWinLAW demands #Mediation
               
            
            
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                A new socialist party? Yes please.
                Iโve been asked if I would join a party led by Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana but Iโm approaching the issue with cautious optimism. Iโve been reluctant to join another party since quitting Labour โฆ
            
        
    
    
            #SocialistSunday No4. @hugorelly.bsky.social @annjohns.bsky.social @shirleyann.bsky.social @krisgibson13.bsky.social @andreadudding.bsky.social @throwbagtommy.bsky.social @johnsensible.bsky.social 
A new socialist party? Yes please. thephilosophicalmuse.blog/2025/07/12/a...
               
            
            
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            The monstrous #injustice done to #50sWomen must include the "Forced Borrowing" imposed by Govt 
Between 2010 & 2025, an est. ยฃ36โ47bn in loans were taken out by #50sWomen, not to invest or build futures, but to SURVIVE
Excluding #EquityRelease!
#CEDAWinLAW demands #Mediation
               
            
            
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            ๐ดFORCED TO BORROW TO SURVIVE: THE HIDDEN DEBT BURDEN OF #50sWOMEN ๐ดEXCLUDING ABOVE EQUITY RELEASE PLANS: BETWEEN 2010-2025 AN ESTIMATED ยฃ36BN-ยฃ47BN OF LOANS WERE TAKEN OUT BY #50sWOMEN IN THE UK - NOT TO INVEST & BUILD FUTURES BUT TO SURVIVE
#WriteItOff
www.facebook.com/share/p/16tP...
               
            
            
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                YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
                Why writing to your MP still matters
            
         
    
    
            #50sWomen
Write to your MP! 
"I assure you, they notice"
@RichardJMurphy
Tell them that #justice will not be served through a focus on a weak #PHSO report that did not take account of the full #injustice 
Demand #CEDAWinLAW #mediation
#Discrimination
youtu.be/BCLSWHcN1wg?...
               
            
            
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            .@TorstenBell #Remedy via 
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Alternative Dispute Resolution-#ADR
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Temporary Special Measure-#TSM
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Ministers must Deliver
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#CEDAW Articles 4&8
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#CEDAWinLAW invited @leicesterliz to meet round the table;the only #Legalโ๏ธ& Lawful route forward to #Mediation #50sWomen #JusticeNow
               
            
            
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            Remember the case for #discrimination against #50sWomen has had no definitive determination made, as in spite of being granted an appeal on all grounds #SupremeCourt decided not to even hear the case 
Any Bill based solely on the flawed #PHSO report does not represent #Justice
               
            
            
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            @HouseOfCommons 
#DutyOfCandour 
Who are our MPs really representing, more and more of us are beginning to wonder.
#50sWomen demand #Mediation with ALL groups given a voice not more wasted time debating a flawed #PHSO report that only considered parts of the evidence.  #PMQs 
#CEDAWinLAW #Mediation
               
            
            
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            #50sWomen 
โJustice delayed by politics can still be delivered by #Mediation.โ
โยฃ58bn isnโt a demand โ itโs a debt of honour Parliament must face.โ
โThereโs only one credible way forward: Ministerial Mediation Now.โ
No more stitch ups for Women #RejectPHSO
#CEDAWinLAW Temporary Special Measure
               
            
            
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            โThree strikes and still flawed โ how many times must women be failed by the same watchdog?โ
โThe #PHSO was never equipped to deliver justice. Parliament must stop outsourcing truth.โ
โInadequate remedies from inadequate processes breach human rights law.โ 
#50sWomen
               
            
            
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            #50sWomen They will trample on our rights if we allow it.
โWhen states breach international womenโs rights law, compensation is not optional.โ
โCEDAW allows โ and demands โ temporary special measures to remedy structural discrimination.โ
โThis is not about charity, itโs about compliance.โ
               
            
            
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            ๐ดWARNING #50sWomen 
THANKS TO THE ESTABLISHMENT THIS MOTION FOR THE BACK BENCH DEBATE ON 3RD JULY 2025 - IF VOTED UPON AND THE 'AYES' HAVE IT - WILL THEN ATTEMPT TO DEPRIVE THE MAJORITY OF 3.5M #50sWOMEN OF THEIR LAWFUL ENTITLEMENT TO A FINANCIAL REMEDY
OVER TO YOU ๐
www.facebook.com/share/p/1CCx...
               
            
            
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            #50sWomen must have #Mediation if they are ever going to achieve #StatePension Justice. 
#Waspi Ltd seeks to exclude the voices of all 50s Women groups.  We cannot allow that to happen.
Not on #CEDAWinLAW's watch when the LAW is onside for 3.5m asset stripped #50sWomen
www.change.org/p/secretary-...
               
            
            
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            #50sWomen will not forgive the betrayal of the 2019 "debt of honour"
"#50sWomen's #economicwellbeing has been hit again..and again.. and again"
Please support #CEDAWinLAW call for #mediation 
www.change.org/p/secretary-...
               
            
            
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            Pensions and Work thephilosophicalmuse.blog/2023/11/18/p...
Secretary of State for Work & Pensions to attend settlement talks re ALL #50sWomen! - Sign the Petition! chng.it/bg9bqtjs
               
            
            
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            Pensions and Work thephilosophicalmuse.blog/2023/11/18/p...
Secretary of State for Work & Pensions to attend settlement talks re ALL #50sWomen! - Sign the Petition! chng.it/bg9bqtjs
               
            
            
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                A clean slate
                Iโve been taking some time lately to do other things, both online and offline, not as much I should. If I take a break from my regular work I have emails piling up that need to be gone through. I sโฆ
            
        
    
    
            #SocialistSunday No4. @hugorelly.bsky.social @annjohns.bsky.social @shirleyann.bsky.social @krisgibson13.bsky.social @andreadudding.bsky.social @throwbagtommy.bsky.social @johnsensible.bsky.social 
A clean slate thephilosophicalmuse.blog/2025/04/27/a...
               
            
            
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                HOW ABOUT YOU?
                Show your support for REAL justice for #50sWomen through CEDAWinLAW:
๐ด"I am with #CEDAWinLAW representing 3.5m #50sWomen calling for #Mediation with Secretary of State for Work & Pensions."
Copy & Pas...
            
        
    
    
            Show YOUR support for REAL justice for #50sWomen through CEDAWinLAW:
๐ด"I am with #CEDAWinLAW representing 3.5m #50sWomen calling for #Mediation with Secretary of State for Work & Pensions."
Copy & Paste the above sentence and spread the word ...
And click here โคต๏ธ
www.change.org/p/secretary-...
               
            
            
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                HOW ABOUT YOU?
                Show your support for REAL justice for #50sWomen through CEDAWinLAW:
๐ด"I am with #CEDAWinLAW representing 3.5m #50sWomen calling for #Mediation with Secretary of State for Work & Pensions."
Copy & Pas...
            
        
    
    
            Petition update 20 April 2025 
HOW ABOUT YOU?  
Show your support for REAL justice for #50sWomen through #CEDAWinLAW calling for #Mediation with the Secretary of State for Work & Pensions
Click here โคต๏ธ
www.change.org/p/secretary-...
               
            
            
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