Pensioners' lunch

The Digger and others speak very eloquently for those of us who have been denied the chance to meet up every two years at the pensioners' lunch to renew acquaintances with former colleagues, who, though not necessarily close friends, shared a common goal in maintaining Reuters' high standards in the business of news.

Tom Glocer's "reluctant" decision to axe the lunch won't cut any ice with the cynical of us who scoff at the "can't afford it" line. What about cutting back on some first class air travel for the Thomson Reuters hierarchy? ■