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The smaller someone's pension, the earlier they die. That is just not acceptable. Unfortunately, that means that because of the rights in Jack McConnell's pension scheme, he is likely to live as long as Methuselah.
There might be a human rights issue over a disqualification sine die, just as the human rights issue of imprisonment without fixed time limit is being tested in Europe.
There will always be situations in which protection is required. For example, someone might die intestate and not leave a will, and there will always be silly old men who believe that attractive young women really do find them the most attractive thing in the world, and who get married to them and leave their estate to them.
One youngster could get away with that and encourage another to do it, but the other could die immediately from it. That is the danger and the message that we must convey to young people.