“The government must realize that the basic state pension is totally inadequate and millions of older people, many of them women, are struggling to cope with rising bills and the cost of living.”
“I would not travel to the Middle East or Asia without first having full knowledge of the means to do what is needed in order to prevent myself from contracting [the Avian Flu]. But I don't worry too much about the bird flu in general; I don't feel threatened by it, because I don't think it is going to get to where we are.”
