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Should blue-collar workers be able to retire early? Craig Phillips- Mr DIY believes people in manual jobs should be able to retire early. However, Dr Alison Edgar MBE disagrees as she tells Kate Garraway and Richard Madeley that it is 'unsustainable.' What do you think?
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@craigbigbro1 @thealisonedgar @kategarraway @richardm56 Would you expect a footballer or Athelete to still be running at 68? No, of course not. Working in heavy work in all weathers takes a horrendous toll on you physically and mentally, for the lowest pensions in the developed world. The argument shouldn't be choosing between workers

@craigbigbro1 @thealisonedgar @kategarraway @richardm56 Ask the woman in the interview to train up and do a manual job like building and see if she still agrees in a few months time

@craigbigbro1 @thealisonedgar @kategarraway @richardm56 Most men in the building industry are knackered by the age of 60.

@craigbigbro1 @thealisonedgar @kategarraway @richardm56 I agree. Manual workers should be allowed to retire when their bodies don’t allow them to work efficiently. Would you trust a surgeon with Alzheimer’s?

@craigbigbro1 @thealisonedgar @kategarraway @richardm56 I think Alison doesn't have an idea of real life "People have choices in their career path" Hello 👋 Choices???

@craigbigbro1 @thealisonedgar @kategarraway @richardm56 My husband is a builder and 54 yrs old the thought of him doing what he does for another 10 years or more is scarey.

@craigbigbro1 @thealisonedgar @kategarraway @richardm56 Get that thing in orange off the telly. It has no idea of real life or doing a hard day's work! Get it on a building site for even just a week, it will soon have a change of heart then.

@craigbigbro1 @thealisonedgar @kategarraway @richardm56 Craig is spot on, many manual workers start 7 years earlier, the body just cannot take it. 50 years of carrying heavy loads. I realise everyone has a different job and many won't have done that work, but it's like the argument is dismissed. Also it's not as simple as choice.

@craigbigbro1 @thealisonedgar @kategarraway @richardm56 People in the UK should all be protesting to retire at 62 like the French. Life’s to short!

@craigbigbro1 @thealisonedgar @kategarraway @richardm56 Don’t raise the age and let all retire at same age 65


