Pouring more petrol on the pensions blaze

gosling's grouse

"When am I going to retire?" has become the adult equivalent of the expression all children use when...

"When am I going to retire?" has become the adult equivalent of the expression all children use when on a car journey, "When are we going to be there?" The adult answer to this question - travel, not pensions - usually depends on what sort of mood the driver is in. Ranging from, "when we get there" to, "if you keep asking, Santa won't come." It also depends on who the driver is. The trouble with pensions is no-one's sure who the driver is. Last week it was the turn of Adair Turner, but Tony and Gordon also indulged, with a typical bit of Blair and Brown backseat driving right down to the ...