THIS is the response I sent directly to MP Noah Law regarding his article in the Voice on February 19.

“Go to work, pay tax, pay thousands for your university education – maybe even sacrifice your life serving our country in the armed forces – but you can’t have a vote”.

…Er, I don’t think so; university generally starts at 18 (the voting age); under that you are supposed to be in education or training; you cannot be deployed on the frontline until you are 18. So, I suggest, your arguments are invalid.

But carry on – the latest opinion polls suggest that this cohort are more sensible than their elders and support Reform – so does Labour really want to pursue this policy?

The rest of your article in the Voice doesn’t hold water either – the older generation never had a vote on whether to join the (as was) Common Market in the first place. And don’t blame people like me for the problems caused by covid – it wasn’t the disease which caused the problem, it was the politicians’ response to it by enforcing lockdown – and may I remind you that Labour wanted harder, stricter and longer lockdowns.

The Labour Party’s disdain for the older generation is patently obvious – the withdrawal of the winter fuel allowance, the abandoning of the WASPI women, subjecting pension funds to IHT on death, the reduction of BADR and APR on death are all demonstrations of how you do not care about the elderly.

The presumption is that you don’t want our votes because we are soon going to die (as witnessed by that disgraceful Labour WhatsApp group) but you miss a very salient fact of life – people growing older became part of the pensioner generation, and given the way you treat the older generation, they then won’t vote for you anymore (if they ever did – remember, you only got 21 per cent of the vote last time, so when you walk around the constituency four out of every five people you pass did not want you as their MP).

As an old person whose vote you don’t want, may I offer you some advice – polish up (but don’t embellish) your CV because in four years’ time you are likely to need it.

A R Mitchell

Mevagissey