Bingo Night With Gordon

HSBC, those champions of thrift in all its forms, have extruded a study showing that sixty per cent of women - a larger percentage than last year - are failing to contribute to a pension fund. Almost a quarter of those asked said that "they were not saving for their future because they did not have a job or were employed part-time". The poor fools "are not saving for the future because they mistakenly believe they have to be working to make pension contributions". Ironically, a mere £100 a month out of their unequal, part-time or benefits-agency-endowed income will get them a £165,000 fund in which to luxuriate when they retire, provided they are no older than twenty-seven and don't miss any payments, and provided the Government does not change the rules, and provided subsequent Governments do not change the rules. On a completely unrelated topic, women tend to be prejudiced against most forms of gambling.