Drone, I agree that legally the state pension is classified as a benefit and is included in the total benefit figures. But I think this is utter nonsense. I have a atate pension, having being contracted in for 50 years and don’t regard what I get as a benefit.
I regard Trump as a complete ignorant moron, but legally he cannot be as he is President of the USA (at the time of writing anyway). The law is sometimes an ‘ass’ as it is regarding some human rights legislation. What separates me from Farage et al is that I believe we should support the law even when we don’t like it. Once you ignore the law you have utter chaos, as we have now with Trump just doing what Trump wants.