Doing his best King Charles impression.

[Ivor Windybottom]

You think that UK pensioners should be left destitute and probably homeless if they haven't contributed?

Why not euthanise them humanely?

Why euthanise them? That would be cruel and unfair... to those paying for it.

Get them working. Gardening, washing cars, whatever. Contributing to society.

This concept of a 20-year state-funded package holiday named Retirement wasn't ever a right until the last 50 years. Before that people were absolutely knackered at pension age and died soon after, or they'd put enough of their own money aside to take care of themselves. Or their families looked after them.

 

[SPLINE]

So humour me. How do you think we should fund pension credit for those who have never paid in.

No Himmy - that is a secondary consideration. My point is about the morality of making people work longer to pay for people who don't work. I don't want to hear the communist side of the debate, I can hear that any time. I want to hear from the silent, working majority, and so I will have no further discussion with you on this one ta.