IT'S pretty obvious that Mr and Mrs Morant (Letters, 26 June) viewed Britain under Blair's Labour government with blinkered vision.

Of course, as pensioners they will remember the war years when money was somewhat hard to come by but is it any easier to obtain today? I think not, or is it of any real value when we get it?

It is not for me to judge what situation Mr and Mrs Morant find themselves in today but I bet they are council house dwellers on some kind of benefit.

This is not meant as a snob remark but merely an observation to add that if they were home owners they would not see so much good in being a pensioner today unless they were in possession of a substantial private pension to supplement their state pension.

Nobody will convince me that it is possible to run and upkeep a decent home on a state pension and anyone who says they can is wrong.

Many pensioners on benefit will say they are well off purely because they are in actual fact on larger state pensions than some others!

The system itself is, of course, not a fair one, all pensioners regardless of status should receive the same amount upon reaching retirement age (a liveable pension).

There would then be no need for pension credit or benefit of any kind and like Mr and Mrs Morant we could all say how well off we were.

To make sweeping statements like Blair being the best PM ever is mind boggling./ Why do Mr and Mrs Morant lay the blame at Ted Heath's door for this country's entry into the EU when they are obviously happy with their lot within it?

If the situation for all pensioners were as rosy as Mr and Mrs Morant seem to believe there would be no need for such organisations as the Pensioners Convention fighting for pensioners rights.

E E BOAL, Lordswood, Southampton.