O/T DUP still not playing ball..

[KerrAvon]

German state pension £26k

French £16k

UK £7.488


Thatcher changed from 12% of GDP in line with the Germans to 5% of GDP .

The witch is well gone but the legacy remains , you can't afford not to vote labour in my opinion if you are a floating voter .

I see that you share the Shadow Home Secretary’s command of figures and respect for accuracy. Both German and French pensions are directly earnings related; higher earners get higher pensions with the German figure that you quote being the absolute maximum.

According to this Guardian article, the average German pension (2015 figures) was £11 316 for men in the west and £5626 for women (I’ve adjusted the figures to todays exchange rate). In the meantime, you’ve missed out the earnings related element (S2P) of the UK state pension and are also quoting an incorrect figure as the current UK pension for someone with a decent NI record is £8296 pa:

https://www.theguardian.com/society/...fits-happiness

You'll also note that the relative poverty rate for German Pensioners is shown as being higher than that for UK pensioners.