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If I have to work my tits off until retirement age then I see no reason why the same shouldn't apply to the fire service.

What is the retirement age these days?  Have the Tory scum bags moved it to 70 yet?

But anyway look at it this way, say the retirement age is 70, and the average joining age 20.  Now a lot of people are gonna struggle past 50.  At work I don't think we let folks over 50 use breathing apparatus.  So you have a fighting fit fireman for 30 years hopefully, and then reduced duties for 20 years.  Well I reckon, if you do the percentages it won't work.

Now talking of retiring at 70.  Well if you sit on your fat arse pushing a pen or tapping away at a keyboard, well working to 70 shouldn't be too hard for most folks.

But if you are a fireman, or roofer, a scaffolder, a mechanic, a joiner, a carpet fitter - do I need to keep going?  Sure a few might be able to keep going but a lot of folks doing those jobs will be shagged well before 70.  So watch out for the Tory scum bag filthy robbing bastards foccing a whole load of folks who have worked hard, whose working life is done but they won't be able to claim a pension.

I mean I despair, this is a rich country, but you are getting screwed by a stockbroker PM and his cabinet of privately educated privileged millionaires, and their buddies who own the big media outlets are pulling the wool over your eyes.

People are obsessed with immigration, the EU, what benefits people are claiming, what their next door neighbour gets paid, who gets what pension, we fight over pennies amongst ourselves while the rich and the elite line their pockets.  Doh!