Oct 2015
3:57pm, 14 Oct 2015
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Chrisull
Corbyn - giving tory heckler "the look" vine.co nice - thank Discovery Dave for tweeting this link |
Oct 2015
3:58pm, 14 Oct 2015
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Mykey
My wife gives me the same look when I mess up...
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Oct 2015
4:03pm, 14 Oct 2015
644 posts
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Cheg
Nice! Did he used to be a teacher? Great look.
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Oct 2015
4:10pm, 14 Oct 2015
645 posts
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Cheg
"When contributory pension's were introduced in 1948 the average life expectancy for a bloke in the UK was 66. Now that life expectancy is 81 should state pension age be 80? Or due to falling national UK birthrate he country needs an influx of young, tax paying immigrants in order to pay into National Insurance to fund the UKs state pension. " The pension issue is being tackled, weakly, by a combination of increased retirement ages, increased contributions from Employers and employees and by increased dosh from the government coffers. I'm sure short term an influx of young working immigrants would help raise some funds, but I think it only solves the problem long term if they leave before pensionable age. Otherwise we are just delaying the problem rather than solving it. |
Oct 2015
4:11pm, 14 Oct 2015
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ChrisHB
Let's discuss which newspapers spin this story as: disapproval of asylum-seekers tacit disapproval of black people disapproval of private enterprise disapproval of the Home Office and the whole government disapproval of everything except their own navel bbc.co.uk |
Oct 2015
4:22pm, 14 Oct 2015
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Too Much Water
What cheg said
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Oct 2015
4:27pm, 14 Oct 2015
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ChrisHB
In principle, yes, but for me personally, at 62 and probably still suffering from the aftereffects of a depression that spoiled my final years at work, I doubt if I'm fit for anything more demanding than shelf-stacking. And I daresay a poor manager could put that beyond my coping ability. The modern workplace burns people out at a relatively early age. |
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Oct 2015
5:00pm, 14 Oct 2015
8,045 posts
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Chrisull
Cheg - simple answer no. At 65 the body ages in a way that is different (and not slow downable). In running terms your stride length decreases, but also your strength does too. Anyone who has done any physical work or a job that requires being on your feet all day will suddenly struggle with teh requirements. The problem with the increased life expectancy is that a lot of 65+ years is spent infirm, immobile and unable to offer much. It's not a case that we are all as spritely as we were in our 20s, we're not. We're just able to stop the diseases that kill people off towards the end of life more.
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Oct 2015
8:49pm, 14 Oct 2015
6,235 posts
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Duchess
Then, if the duration of the pension increases, how is that supported? Increased contribution in the preceding years?
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Oct 2015
9:00pm, 14 Oct 2015
2,977 posts
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Jono.
no one should be allowed to live past the age of 75 - soylent green - its the future.
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