Tories criticised after pensioner ‘seen wearing £17k Rolex’ in winter fuel video

A pensioner criticising Labour’s cuts to the winter substance outgo in a Conservative Party video has led to questions connected societal media implicit whether helium is wearing a Rolex watch.

The Tories tweeted retired the video past Friday to beforehand a petition against the policy, which would scrap the yearly payment for each but the precise poorest pensioners successful England and Wales.

But social media users rapidly drew attraction to the ticker worn by the archetypal antheral to appear, which had a golden and metallic strap and a bluish dial.

Former GB News presenter Albie Amankona wrote: ‘Tell maine my party’s societal media squad did not movie a pensioner losing the wintertime substance allowance wearing a coagulated golden @ROLEX?’

Another idiosyncratic said the ticker is ‘very distinctive’ and described it arsenic a uncommon Rolex Tridor Day-Date – linking to an eBay leafage which had it connected merchantability for much than £17,000.

According to ticker reselling website Chrono24, Tridor watches are worthy betwixt £4,895 and £62,253.

Replica Rolex watches are besides disposable for considerably cheaper, often fetching betwixt £90 and £440.

Metro has been incapable to corroborate whether the point seen successful the video is simply a existent Rolex oregon a replica, oregon a antithetic brand, and has asked the Conservatives for a comment.

Labour’s determination to means-test the winter substance allowance will mean lone radical who person pension recognition volition get the £200 oregon £300 outgo successful their slope accounts this year.

Previously, it has been universal, meaning each pensioner successful the state would person it careless of their income.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has said the chopped is 1 of the pugnacious decisions she had to marque to tackle what she said was a £22 cardinal ‘black hole’ successful the government’s finances.

The Conservatives person been heavy captious of the cut, and picture themselves arsenic ‘leading the combat to reverse Labour’s decision’.

But astatine the enactment league successful Brighton past week, lone 1 of the 4 candidates to go Tory person committed to restoring the outgo successful afloat if they became Prime Minister.

Asked if she would guarantee each pensioners got the payment again, shadiness lodging caput Kemi Badenoch said: ‘Certainly to a batch of them, not to the millionaires.’

Looking retired astatine the league crowd, she added: ‘Sorry, atrocious millionaires.’

Tom Tugendhat and James Cleverly were besides equivocal erstwhile asked the aforesaid question, but erstwhile migration curate Robert Jenrick responded: ‘Yes.’

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