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  The joke of this idea, mooted by ALL the main political parties is this. Employers won't hire workers who are anything like that old. In fact, if your the wrong side of 40 and out of work it can take years to gain employment. Until that ageist problem is rresolved by forcful action against the culprits, nothing will change and there will be no point to increasing retirement age.
  
  In addition to this, the pojnts made by Harry are spot on but I would add, whatever the occupation, we all feel differently. I have energy to burn and feel I could go on for years yet, indeed I want to, but I have similarly aged family members who have had enough and want to put their feet up metaphorically speaking.
  
  But, we all have to recognise that we have to pay for our pensions (although I thought I had) and for some reason the country doesn't have the money to afford so many old people. who aren't contributing.
  
  I can't help thinking a couple of other thoughts on this subject:
  
  1. Who was responsible for making sure our state pension contributions were adequate for purpose and why didn't they deal with this issue years ago.?
  2. Where did the contributions money go?

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