Thread by @terryelaineh1, #BackTo60From the beginningWhat a journey!#50sWomen coming together & male supportersFighting for JUSTICEWhat [...]

#BackTo60

From the beginning

What a journey!

#50sWomen coming together & male supporters

Fighting for JUSTICE

What a Team!

#FullRestitution
#CEDAW
#IStandWithJoanne
#RIPGreer
#WednesdayWisdom

#Backto60 for #50sWomen
Millennials Speak Out in Support of 1950's Women

"Our grandparents have worked hard all their lives and always paid their taxes and now it's time for the Government to give back"

"I believe in a fair and equal society"

#CEDAW

QC Michael Mansfield | Backto60 Campaign | Number 10

Mr Mansfield spells it out:

"It's a simple, simple message, ........ it's not about benefits, it's about something that is owed to you, it is YOUR, actually it's YOUR fund"

#BackTo60
#50sWomen

Michael Mansfield QC:

"What is striking about this particular issue is that it's simple, it has the moral high ground, it is a SERIOUS INJUSTICE by those ........ in Parliament"

"It's a very simple problem, it's THEIR money.."

#BackTo60
#50sWomen

BackTo60 Shoulder To Shoulder

#OneVoice supporters - belonging to all our peer groups - on a 'Battlebus Tour' of Parliament, 10 Downing Street and the Department of Work & Pensions at Caxton House

#IStandWithJoanne
#BackTo60
#50sWomen
#OneVoice

Revealed: The £271 billion “rape” of the National Insurance Fund that deprived 50s women of their state pension
Posted on July 19, 2018 by @davidhencke

"This would pay more than three times over the money due to the women"

#BackTo60
#50sWomen

https://davidhencke.com/2018/07/19/revealed-the-271-billion-rape-of-the-national-insurance-fund-that-deprived-50s-women-of-their-state-pension/

Revealed: The £271 billion “rape” of the National Insurance Fund that deprived 50s women of their...

CROSS POSTED ON BYLINE.COM The fact that 50s women were robbed of their pensions by raising the pension age is undeniable. But the biggest argument against putting this right has been the cost &#…

https://davidhencke.com/2018/07/19/revealed-the-271-billion-rape-of-the-national-insurance-fund-that-deprived-50s-women-of-their-state-pension/

Backto60 Judicial Review Battle Bus 30th November 2018

"Permission Granted!"

"Give these ladies their pension back!"

#BackTo60
#50sWomen
#CEDAWPeoplesTribunal
#WednesdayWisdom

Outside court 30th Nov & CH5 News
Sheila Jones & Dr Davina Lloyd

" what we do object to is raising it in a way that disadvantages us further on the back of all the disadvantages we've had"

#BackTo60
#50sWomen
#WednesdayThoughts
#CEDAWPeoplesTribunal

BackTo60 The London Take Over
July 2nd 2019

"3,480,000 Women have been impacted by the Government's changes to the Pension Age"

"Today, Women of the #BackTo60 Campaign take to the streets to challenge these changes"

#WednesdayThoughts
#50sWomen

Flashmob Westminster
17 July 2019

#BackTo60 Dancers: Pandora's Box http://www.pandorasboxperformers.com/

Taking the message to Westminster.... chased off by Black Rod!

#FullRestitution
#50sWomen
#WednesdayThoughts
#CEDAWPeoplesTribunal

Dr Davina Lloyd @DrDavinaLloyd1 at UN Convention

"How can we get this intransigent, misogynist Government to do anything to help these people, without having to keep dragging them through the Courts?"

#BackTo60
#50sWomen
#FullRestitution

Philip Alston @PhilipGAlston at the UN

"It's this group of women that have been singled out by the UK Government to simply lose, basically 5 years of their expected pensions"

#BackTo60
#50sWomen
#FullRestitution
#WednesdayThoughts
#CEDAWPeoplesTribunal

Boris Johnson On the #50sWomen Pension Injustice

"the answer I got back from The Treasury is not yet satisfactory but I will undertake ... to return to this issue with fresh vigour and new eyes and see what I can do to sort it out"

#BackTo60
#50sWomen

Boris Johnson On the #50sWomen Pension Injustice

"The Treasury raised some stupefying sum that they say will be necessary to deal with it. I'm not convinced that's necessarily true. Let's see what we can do"

#BackTo60
#50sWomen
#FullRestitution

Joanne Welch Campaign Director at #BackTo60

"We are buoyant, we're confident and we're very strong"

Fighting back for JUSTICE for all #50sWomen

#IStandWithJoanne
#FullRestitution
#CEDAWPeoplesTribunal
#WednesdayThoughts

Jackie Jones MEP explains #CEDAW @JackieJonesWal1

"Most importantly, it protects against sex discrimination"

"Despite being IN LAW for 40 YEARS and we ratified it 40 YEARS ago, we are still waiting for the Gender Equality.."

#BackTo60
#50sWomen

Joanne Welch Campaign Director #BackTo60

10 Downing Street
20th January 2020

"..... #BackTo60 has been granted an appeal in the High Court based on all grounds argued...."

#50sWomen
#FullRestitution
#WednesdayThoughts
#CEDAWPeoplesTribunal

Mac Hawkins @Hawkins2Mac @CCBCunison says:

"...In memory of those women, we will carry on with the fight until justice is served for every single #50sWoman"

#BackTo60
#50sWomen
#FullRestitution
#WednesdayThoughts

Lianne Dallimore Branch Secretary @CCBCunison

10 Downing Street
20th Jan 2020

"....the fight goes on, as we said it would..."

#BackTo60
#50sWomen
#FullRestitution
#WednesdayThoughts
#CEDAWPeoplesTribunal

Jackie Jones @JackieJonesWal1

#CEDAW

"It's a really comprehensive Bill of Rights..."

"....Get #CEDAW incorporated into Domestic Law so that we FINALLY get women to EQUAL status with men...."

#BackTo60
#50sWomen
#FullRestitution
#WednesdayThoughts

Abena Oppong @abenaopp supports #50sWomen

"..to your question Ann @annfenner1, about whether I'll back #BackTo60 campaign, I'm very much in fully favour of 1950sWomen being reimbursed for their losses and inequality they faced through State Pensions"

Exclusive: The 4.6 million men who “retired” at 60 to get a pension top up paid by the taxpayer

Posted on May 22, 2020 by @davidhencke

"Now this entire scandal is yet another example of unfair treatment to 50s women"

#BackTo60
#50sWomen https://davidhencke.com/2020/05/22/exclusive-the-4-6-million-men-who-retired-at-60-to-get-a-pension-top-up-paid-by-the-taxpayer/

Exclusive: The 4.6 million men who “retired” at 60 to get a pension top up paid by the taxpayer

DWP’s extraordinary disclosure Successive governments extended a 1983 “men only national insurance subsidy” for 35 years and broke a promise to women born in the 1950s to offer th…

https://davidhencke.com/2020/05/22/exclusive-the-4-6-million-men-who-retired-at-60-to-get-a-pension-top-up-paid-by-the-taxpayer/

John McDonnell @johnmcdonnellMP

"This is a historic injustice, we have to address it"

"They were given no adequate notice, they were not properly informed "

"I think we have a sense of responsibility to address this INJUSTICE"

#BackTo60
#50sWomen

George Osborne boasting how he 'robbed' 3.8m #50sWomen

"We've brought forward the increase in Pension age to 66 to later in this decade, we've brought forward the increase to 67 in the next decade"

"The savings dwarf almost everything else"

#BackTo60