Moreover, given I have a wife and daughter (as well as a son) who are my whole life, I think it is unfair to claim that we never experience women's lives. I live in a constant low level fear for… (View Post)

I agree generally. Though there is an upper limit to how far you can go with that. Healthy life expectancy has not gone up as quickly as overall life expectancy so simply tracking the latter upwards … (View Post)

I am 57 - and currently will reach official retirement age at 67. And I have always thought exactly the same. I always thought that by the time I retired the state pension would be a thing of the pas… (View Post)

No. Average life expectancy figures do not include anyone who dies under the age of 1. That has always been the case. (View Post)

Kind of a nonsensical comment. By the time they retire they will be old people. Moreover when the pension was introduced in 1925 to be paid at age 65, average life expectancy was 58. When the payment… (View Post)