And even dinner dates that go well probably should end sooner than they do.

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And very interestingly Jon, yesterday we had a nationwide consultation on precisely these issues and at the start of that consultation, involving people from six cities across the UK, only about a third of people agreed with me, that the State pension probably should rise - by the end of the day, well over half thought that it was an inevitable part of funding any pension reforms.

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While it is worth reflecting that the vast majority of inter-actions with it would be rated as "satisfactory, " the overall end of year verdict should probably read: "Could Do Better".

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People who believe Joe Paterno's statue should still be standing in Happy Valley probably will, and feel pretty good about it at the end.

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