Adam Trimingham, the Sage of Sussex? The buffoon of Sussex would be more

like it. He ignores the fact many of today's pensioners had to go off to fight a war and then suffered years of austerity when they returned. You couldn't save much for your old age out of post-war wages, believe me.

We were told by paying National Insurance we would be guaranteed a decent pension in our old age. That is all we ask, no more and no less.

-William Taylor, Annandale Avenue, Bognor