Ultimately we’re going to have to move towards a system of cooperative living in order for old age to be affordable. The resources will need to be used more efficiently. This would also solve a major problem of older people being isolated.

You said that pensioners are not poor, now you're saying they need to be warehoused for the convenience of the exchequer.You said that pensioners are not poor, now you're saying they need to be warehoused for the convenience of the exchequer.

Ah, back to the poorhouse model. No thanks. Most European nations aren't having these conversations because they do not pay their pensioners crumbs. The UK has the worst pension in the developed world. This is a political choice. One which Scotland rejects.