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this was one of those times when things like this had ordinary people came to understand the way the pension system in our country works - and they didn’t like what they saw. happened before, when the Maxwell scandal broke, for instance, and ordinary people became aware their company pensions were not secure. …but the that movement too garnered a fair share of media space with its campaign to help those stripped of their pensions… WASPI issue is bigger than that - much bigger - as it concerns the state pension entitlement to which we all contribute. it goes to the core of what we think national insurance is all about. what the socalled waspi women have done is more akin to what the “made in dagenham” women did in the 1960s. they have highlighted an issue that affects all of us. perhaps there’ll be a film made about the waspi women some day? …I do hope so. well, perhaps so… …perhaps so.

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