Excellent video (9:08) from Jacob Rees-Mogg here.

Ah, the WASPI Women. Now this one is a personal beef of mine, and no one ever points it out, including Mr. Rees-Mogg here.

Actuaries calculate pensions based on life expectancy and probability, in the same way that a higher risk group pays higher insurance premiums. Women live 4 years longer than men, so shouldn’t women retire at 69? Coupled with the fact, that as Mr Rees-Mogg points out, they had 17 years notice to prepare.

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