LONDON (The INDEPENDENT), October 30, 2004:
They're the poor relations of UK society. But they're mad as hell and they're not going to put up with it.
Two weeks ago, fed up with reading about a "crisis" caused by an ageing population with insufficient pension provision, THE INDEPENDENT wrote a piece bemoaning the fact that Britain's pensioners, far from being viewed as the national treasures they are in Japan, they are treated shabbily in every respect, are expected to live on a pitiful £105 a week, and, should they fall ill, will be kept waiting up to four hours in a casualty department.
It seemed that our government, and to a large extent the media, wished to sweep the subject of pensioners under the carpet.
Old people are either invisible or discussed in terms of being a problem.
(http://news.independent.co.uk)
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