Peter Brand
@peterbrand.bsky.social
Grandad, sailor, handyman, carer, dabbler. Retired Engineer
How opinions change.
December 12, 2025 at 8:26 AM
How opinions change.
#BrokenPromises
I’m not actually sure which is worse:
Cutting the real value of BP pensions by 11% for obscure reasons (to boost bosses’ bonuses?).
Or refusing to meet pensioners to discuss why the value of BP pensions should or shouldn’t be protected, and can be - without costing BP a penny.
I’m not actually sure which is worse:
Cutting the real value of BP pensions by 11% for obscure reasons (to boost bosses’ bonuses?).
Or refusing to meet pensioners to discuss why the value of BP pensions should or shouldn’t be protected, and can be - without costing BP a penny.
WE ARE STILL HERE
@bp_plc - No meetings. No apologies. No justice.
But BP pensioners aren’t backing down. We’ll keep going until this is resolved – one way or another.
@bp_plc - No meetings. No apologies. No justice.
But BP pensioners aren’t backing down. We’ll keep going until this is resolved – one way or another.
June 4, 2025 at 7:26 PM
#BrokenPromises
I’m not actually sure which is worse:
Cutting the real value of BP pensions by 11% for obscure reasons (to boost bosses’ bonuses?).
Or refusing to meet pensioners to discuss why the value of BP pensions should or shouldn’t be protected, and can be - without costing BP a penny.
I’m not actually sure which is worse:
Cutting the real value of BP pensions by 11% for obscure reasons (to boost bosses’ bonuses?).
Or refusing to meet pensioners to discuss why the value of BP pensions should or shouldn’t be protected, and can be - without costing BP a penny.
Please add your thoughts and comments on what this says about BP.
May 9, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Reposted by Peter Brand
An important development in the BP UK Pension Dispute.
For details of the dispute see bppensionergroup.org.
For details of the dispute see bppensionergroup.org.
April 27, 2025 at 7:43 PM
An important development in the BP UK Pension Dispute.
For details of the dispute see bppensionergroup.org.
For details of the dispute see bppensionergroup.org.
📣 The BP Pensions Matter is NOT Closed.
At the April 2025 @bp_plc Annual General Meeting, shareholder pensioners spoke out as their pensions have dropped by 11% due to BP breaking long-standing pension promises.
The company’s response? “The matter is closed.”
It’s not.
At the April 2025 @bp_plc Annual General Meeting, shareholder pensioners spoke out as their pensions have dropped by 11% due to BP breaking long-standing pension promises.
The company’s response? “The matter is closed.”
It’s not.
April 26, 2025 at 8:44 AM
📣 The BP Pensions Matter is NOT Closed.
At the April 2025 @bp_plc Annual General Meeting, shareholder pensioners spoke out as their pensions have dropped by 11% due to BP breaking long-standing pension promises.
The company’s response? “The matter is closed.”
It’s not.
At the April 2025 @bp_plc Annual General Meeting, shareholder pensioners spoke out as their pensions have dropped by 11% due to BP breaking long-standing pension promises.
The company’s response? “The matter is closed.”
It’s not.
Reposted by Peter Brand
MPs are elected to serve their constituents, not launch their TV careers.
We need a clear limit on hours spent and money earned from second jobs.
Add your name to our letter
👉 bit.ly/3EFkdZp
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
We need a clear limit on hours spent and money earned from second jobs.
Add your name to our letter
👉 bit.ly/3EFkdZp
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
MPs should not do media work that ‘monetises’ their role, says government
Labour sets out preferences as Commons standards committee looks at tightening rules on second jobs
www.theguardian.com
April 25, 2025 at 1:06 PM
MPs are elected to serve their constituents, not launch their TV careers.
We need a clear limit on hours spent and money earned from second jobs.
Add your name to our letter
👉 bit.ly/3EFkdZp
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
We need a clear limit on hours spent and money earned from second jobs.
Add your name to our letter
👉 bit.ly/3EFkdZp
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reposted by Peter Brand
Narrator voice: “Little did he know…”
November 19, 2024 at 8:45 PM
Narrator voice: “Little did he know…”
Since 2022, BP pensioners have been raising concerns over the company’s refusal to honour long-standing commitments for cost-of-living increases on pensions - adjustments that wouldn’t cost bp a penny.
BP’s reasons given for denying these increases just don’t add up.
#BPPensions
#BrokenPromises
BP’s reasons given for denying these increases just don’t add up.
#BPPensions
#BrokenPromises
November 19, 2024 at 10:21 AM
Since 2022, BP pensioners have been raising concerns over the company’s refusal to honour long-standing commitments for cost-of-living increases on pensions - adjustments that wouldn’t cost bp a penny.
BP’s reasons given for denying these increases just don’t add up.
#BPPensions
#BrokenPromises
BP’s reasons given for denying these increases just don’t add up.
#BPPensions
#BrokenPromises
IMPORTANT INFO FOR BP PENSION SCHEME MEMBERS - The BP Pensioner Group has meticulously analysed all bp’s 9 answers to the questions in the @bp_plc online pensioner “information” TV programme, with the results published in the link here:
bppensionergroup.org/bp-qa/
bppensionergroup.org/bp-qa/
February 24, 2024 at 9:26 AM
IMPORTANT INFO FOR BP PENSION SCHEME MEMBERS - The BP Pensioner Group has meticulously analysed all bp’s 9 answers to the questions in the @bp_plc online pensioner “information” TV programme, with the results published in the link here:
bppensionergroup.org/bp-qa/
bppensionergroup.org/bp-qa/
Reposted by Peter Brand
“Jacob Rees-Mogg’s ECHR post gets ratioed by stunning put-down”
"The ECHR is British in origin. It is our heritage and our standards. If you cannot operate by our British values, you should not be in our Parliament."
"The ECHR is British in origin. It is our heritage and our standards. If you cannot operate by our British values, you should not be in our Parliament."
Jacob Rees-Mogg's ECHR post gets ratioed by stunning put-down
"The ECHR is British in origin. It is our heritage and our standards", Mike Galsworthy wrote in a stunning put-down.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
December 12, 2023 at 3:21 PM
“Jacob Rees-Mogg’s ECHR post gets ratioed by stunning put-down”
"The ECHR is British in origin. It is our heritage and our standards. If you cannot operate by our British values, you should not be in our Parliament."
"The ECHR is British in origin. It is our heritage and our standards. If you cannot operate by our British values, you should not be in our Parliament."
Reposted by Peter Brand
“How bad is Sunak at politics? He’s found an issue that splits his own party three ways while uniting the opposition, and he’s decided to double-down on it.”
TORYPOCALYPSE: my SKETCH of the Twilight of the Spods. thecritic.co.uk/torypocalypse/
Torypocalypse | Robert Hutton | The Critic Magazine
Can you hear that? That noise? High-pitched. Sort of a whining sound. Is it coming from the TV? The radiator? Oh hang on, I know what it is: there’s a Tory outside! Everywhere we looked on Thursday�...
thecritic.co.uk
December 7, 2023 at 8:56 PM
“How bad is Sunak at politics? He’s found an issue that splits his own party three ways while uniting the opposition, and he’s decided to double-down on it.”
I never liked Jenrick though I could say the same about quite a few Conservative MPs - there used to be some good Tories but Johnson purged them because they were mostly pro EU
It's all about them - keeping power to keep the wealth where they want it ie mostly with their own economic class
It's all about them - keeping power to keep the wealth where they want it ie mostly with their own economic class
December 7, 2023 at 9:16 PM
November 20, 2023 at 8:30 AM
Reposted by Peter Brand
It’s hard to imagine the current situation arising out of the proper process.
bppensionergroup.org
bppensionergroup.org
October 4, 2023 at 11:04 AM
It’s hard to imagine the current situation arising out of the proper process.
bppensionergroup.org
bppensionergroup.org
It’s hard to imagine the current situation arising out of the proper process.
bppensionergroup.org
bppensionergroup.org
October 4, 2023 at 11:04 AM
It’s hard to imagine the current situation arising out of the proper process.
bppensionergroup.org
bppensionergroup.org
www.pensionsage.com/pa/BP-Pensio...
Every day the pressure mounts on bp to clear this blot from its copybook.
Every day the pressure mounts on bp to clear this blot from its copybook.
October 3, 2023 at 10:03 AM
www.pensionsage.com/pa/BP-Pensio...
Every day the pressure mounts on bp to clear this blot from its copybook.
Every day the pressure mounts on bp to clear this blot from its copybook.
Background to this question is here bppensionergroup.org
September 30, 2023 at 9:55 PM
Background to this question is here bppensionergroup.org
There’s a little window of opportunity here for BP’s stand-in CEO. Will he take it?
If you’re affected by this crisis, join here. bppensionergroup.org/join/
If you’re wondering what this is all about, follow the link and pick other options on the website’s menu.
If you’re affected by this crisis, join here. bppensionergroup.org/join/
If you’re wondering what this is all about, follow the link and pick other options on the website’s menu.
September 15, 2023 at 12:39 PM
There’s a little window of opportunity here for BP’s stand-in CEO. Will he take it?
If you’re affected by this crisis, join here. bppensionergroup.org/join/
If you’re wondering what this is all about, follow the link and pick other options on the website’s menu.
If you’re affected by this crisis, join here. bppensionergroup.org/join/
If you’re wondering what this is all about, follow the link and pick other options on the website’s menu.
Bernard Looney has resigned as CEO of BP. Meanwhile BP pensioners are 11% behind inflation, and wondering whether the CEO’s departure will help BP “do the right thing”.
September 12, 2023 at 11:17 PM
Bernard Looney has resigned as CEO of BP. Meanwhile BP pensioners are 11% behind inflation, and wondering whether the CEO’s departure will help BP “do the right thing”.