Setting a cut-off age is not a simple matter.
Despite the risks highlighted by Biden and Labour’s plans to force peers to retire at 80, setting a cut-off age is not a simple matter.Political discourse has been focused on whether, at 81, US President Joe Biden is capable of a second term – or even manage a blunder-free public appearance, says the writer.
The second is whether family and colleagues think he has the mental fitness. If there’s any sign he “is losing it”, they are to “please, please tell me”, he says. He believes age is a “very blunt instrument... one has to be careful you don’t discriminate”. There are peers, such as Mr Neil Kinnock, 82, and Mr Michael Heseltine, 91, “who make important contributions”. Tenure rather than age may be a more useful guide.Political discourse was focused on whether, at 81, President Joe Biden was capable of a second term – or let’s face it, even manage a blunder-free public appearance.
To do so, they will have to overcome ageism. While this has only been exacerbated by Mr Biden and the House of Lords, it is a persistent problem. In his 1974 book, Working, oral historian Studs Terkel wrote that while “the science of medicine has increased our life expectancy”, employers had not caught up. “The science of business frowns upon the elderly.”
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