Sign the Petition for Womens state pension age going up unfair

stokesley

slightlymiffed wrote: »

This government may want to reconsider their position when they remember that for every 1950's affected woman, there is usually a 1950's husband or partner and thousands upon thousands of 1970/80's born children and we are all able to vote. We'll choose very very carefully now.

I'm a 1953-born woman. Sadly, my three 1980s born children are deeply unsympathetic to my plight, which may have something to do with the fact that they are likely to be about 120 before they get their pensions.;)

saver861

And .... the question remains....to all those that think the 2011 Act was unfair and did not give enough notice etc....

What have you done to try to rectify the said unfairness?

Hint hint hint hint .... the answer is not 'mouthing off about WASPI.'

For most ... I expect the answer is 'I have done Nothing' ...

slightlymiffed

missbiggles1 wrote: »

Why on earth would you think I'm a pensions/financial expert?

I'm a woman who was born in the 50s but that doesn't mean that I didn't watch the television or read a newspaper occasionally, where the initial change was very well covered.

How can you say you'd take notice of a letter but you ignored the media - it just doesn't make any sense.

Apologies for wrongly assuming you to work in the financial sector - I cannot conceive how anyone not employed in that field could possibly be interested in women's state pensions. However, you state you are born in the 50's so no doubt you already have your pension. Well done.

I didn't 'ignore' the media - I was working in it . I saw more news than most. I actually found the transcripts of Prince Charles' phone conversations with Camilla more riveting in those days than 'pensions'. In other words, I was normal.

I am not saying that I didn't know that state pension age was changing - I did - but I did not know what my own new state pension age would be until I asked DWP.

Unlike you it would seem, I care about all the women affected by these changes - not just myself.

slightlymiffed

bmm78 wrote: »

The 2011 changes had no apparent impact at the ballot box, despite going back on a pre-election promise that there would be no further rises in state pension age.

It seems to get overlooked how big a furore the 2011 Act caused at the time, and how hard campaigners (including a certain Baroness) and opposition MPs fought to get the concession they did.

The same arguments put forward about it costing the tories at the next election were used back then, but instead the electorate voted them in with a majority...

You are right bmm - but this government has a very small majority and is so busy infighting that they may have taken their eye off the ball... who knows who will even be Prime Minister after 23rd June?

They are using every trick in the book to promote apparent 'inter-generational unfairness' which is working - as stokesley's earlier post will confirm. Just need the young to bother to vote though.

mystic_trev

slightlymiffed wrote: »

Apologies for wrongly assuming you to work in the financial sector - I cannot conceive how anyone not employed in that field could possibly be interested in women's state pensions. However, you state you are born in the 50's so no doubt you already have your pension. Well done.

I didn't 'ignore' the media - I was working in it . I saw more news than most. I actually found the transcripts of Prince Charles' phone conversations with Camilla more riveting in those days than 'pensions'. In other words, I was normal.

You're implying that 50's women are like this!

https://youtu.be/LS37SNYjg8w

Shame on you!

bmm78

slightlymiffed wrote: »

Unlike you it would seem, I care about all the women affected by these changes - not just myself.

All women born after 6th April 1950 and all men born after 6th December 1953 are affected by the changes brought in by the 1995, 2007 and 2011 Pensions Acts.

1950s women do not have a monopoly on State Pension Age rises. It's an issue that affects the vast majority of the working population.

missbiggles1

slightlymiffed wrote: »

Apologies for wrongly assuming you to work in the financial sector - I cannot conceive how anyone not employed in that field could possibly be interested in women's state pensions. However, you state you are born in the 50's so no doubt you already have your pension. Well done.

I didn't 'ignore' the media - I was working in it . I saw more news than most. I actually found the transcripts of Prince Charles' phone conversations with Camilla more riveting in those days than 'pensions'. In other words, I was normal.

I am not saying that I didn't know that state pension age was changing - I did - but I did not know what my own new state pension age would be until I asked DWP.

Unlike you it would seem, I care about all the women affected by these changes - not just myself.

Well, as a woman who was expecting to get a state pension, how could I not have been interested, particularly as I was affected by the changes?

What amazes me is that someone of a similar age to me can happily announce that she wasn't interested and was actually more concerned over royal tittle tattle! (And no, that's being feather brained, not the "normal" reaction of a middle aged woman.)

Pollycat

missbiggles1 wrote: »

Well, as a woman who was expecting to get a state pension, how could I not have been interested, particularly as I was affected by the changes?

What amazes me is that someone of a similar age to me can happily announce that she wasn't interested and was actually more concerned over royal tittle tattle! (And no, that's being feather brained, not the "normal" reaction of a middle aged woman.)

Missbiggles, you replied to slightlymiffed's simply gob-smacking admissions of total disinterest in her state pension far better than I could. :T

slightlymiffed

missbiggles1 wrote: »

Well, as a woman who was expecting to get a state pension, how could I not have been interested, particularly as I was affected by the changes?

What amazes me is that someone of a similar age to me can happily announce that she wasn't interested and was actually more concerned over royal tittle tattle! (And no, that's being feather brained, not the "normal" reaction of a middle aged woman.)

Amazes you that I have a sense of humour Miss Biggles? Feather-brained? No - it's called honesty.

Again, I did not 'happily announce that I wasn't interested' - I said I found royal tittle tattle 'more riveting'. Golly, you do have a way of twisting things Miss B!

We may be of a similar age but that's all we have in common I fear.

Anyway - enough arguing semantics with you - I've more 'tittle tattle' to check up on.

slightlymiffed

Pollycat wrote: »

Missbiggles, you replied to slightlymiffed's simply gob-smacking admissions of total disinterest in her state pension far better than I could. :T

'Total disinterest in my state pension'? Where do you get that from?

I will leave you 'ladies' to your navel-gazing and word-twisting now - I have better things to do. - now where did I leave my copy of Hello mag?