Are older people today out of touch politically with younger generations?

Our young people are in their late teens and early 20s Bridgeit. The youngest was just too young to vote in the last election but is doing a politics degree (politics and ... not just pure politics) so extremely interested. The older two, now 21, did vote and were very interested in what each party was saying. They come from a politically aware family have also been forming their views for many years. I also heard and joined in discussions with their friends who seemed to understand and reason in a way that could teach some older people a great deal.

I cannot see how replying to someone else's question, Wally's in this case, can be stopping the flow. It must, surely, as 'reply' suggests, be continuing it. I suggest if you have a problem with the 'flow' you 'chastise' Wally rather than me - as you decided you should.

Many schools, even at primary level, have School Councils, and sub-committees, eg an Eco-Committee.

What is a school council?
A school council is group of students who are elected to represent the views of all pupils and to improve their school
"School council" means all kinds of school-based groups run by students, including student forums and youth parliaments.

Learning about democracy in a practical way too.

I would just like to say that the 'New Young Voters' that I know voted Labour NOT because of a promise to look into Student Debt, but for many other reasons. They are all informed and intelligent young people. To call them brainwashed is extremely insulting. They look to the bigger picture, and I am quite proud of the fact that the majority are NOT brainwashed.

There is a perfectly good argument for "free" education. Why, just because a young person holds that point of view are they either naïve or brainwashed? I am very much in favour on both lifetime education and "free" education. Do those who fling these bullying insults around think every single person who holds this view is naïve and brainwashed?

We all reached the opinions we do prompted by both emotional and rational reasons but it seems to me there is a lack of reasoning in some posts and the emotion takes over until it is just plain rude.

GG, I took your sentence ‘ our young voters’ to mean the country’s young voters, do I take it from your more recent post that you were referring to your own family .?

Many younger voters about to go to Uni or just started there would have voted Labour primarily because of what Corbyn was promising......who could blame them? It was never going to happen in all likelihood and would have been placed on the back burner as an aspiration, as it was later called.
No doubt they will be the ones not voting for Corbyn in the future.

lemongrove did you read my post with what Corbyn actually said? He did promise to cancel student debt. One sentence in isolation was taken from an interview the media changing its context. Please look at either of the fact checking links in my post for the truth.

Bridgeit I didn't say "our young voters" neither did I say the young people in our family they voted Labour. I did say they are no more naïve or brainwashed than the majority of people on here talking about their own views. Nor, I would add, are they as self-serving as Lemons now suggests.

I do not understand why anyone thinks they will win over another person to their point of view by insulting people or putting forward views, as Lemons has done, that have no factual basis. Why does it mean so much to you both to belittle others rather than put forward the points why you think something is or isn't a policy you believe in?

Is this a wind up.? Do you really not see that ,that is exactly what you do , ad nausem.
Never mind I’ve more important things to be doing. Enjoy .

Just in case people don't WMKF:

Mr Corbyn said he would “deal with it” in some way, and was looking at ways to reduce it, or abolish it, but also said there wasn’t a firm policy on it. Some media outlets and other MPs went further.

Unfortunately Corbyn cannot do anything about the media outlets, other MPs or those like Lemons who want to report things that were never actually said.

10.08.44 GGM2 ......you did indeed say ‘our young people’.

*Our young people* are in their late teens and early 20s Bridgeit. Today @ 12.55 GracesgranMK2 ???

When and where have I called you names Bridgeit or are you leaving on a lie?

Care to aplogise to Bridgeit ?

You have said ‘our young people’ now in two posts GGM2

10.08.44 GGM2 ......you did indeed say ‘our young people’.

Our young people are in their late teens and early 20s Bridgeit. Today @ 12.55 GracesgranMK2 ???

This is becoming very boring. I did indeed say "our young people". I do quite frequently and it has never been a problem before.

What I did not say, which Bridgeit "quoted" me as saying was "our young voters". I have no idea what you get out of this but three of you trying to prove one of you right when, if you read the posts you would realise she wasn't, is very close to bullying and for what? She misquoted me. That is a fact but one of such little importance that you would really think all three of you might have better things to do.

Now Lemons, perhaps the apologies should come from the three of you but I won't hold my breath know you find it extremely hard to apologise.

When you say ‘our young people’ it is not clear what you mean at all! But nothing new there.

Still bullying Lemons. No apology even though you asked me for one when you thought you were right I see.

Go back and read the posts, both yours and those by Bridgeit.
Stop all this nonsense about ‘bullying’ GGM2 you are not five years old!

She misquoted me Lemons. That is all I said and that is true. What are you actually trying to achieve with all this?

When you say ‘our young people’ it is not clear what you mean at all! But nothing new there

What absolute nonsense, lemon; it was glaringly obvious that she was talking about young people in her family circle the minute she quoted their age range. I don't think this is the first time you have displayed comprehension difficulties You just like to get your wooden spoon out...

You had to read the earlier posts first
It was sheer pedantry GGM2 on your part, so no wonder Bridgeit said she had better things to do.
‘Young people’ ‘young voters’ same difference when you are talking about young people voting ( which you were.) You were not talking of young people being acrobats or young
Anthing else in all your posts, so yes, they were young voters.End of.

A childish and patronising post Maizie from you.

Trying to wriggle out of comprehension failure, lemon?

I've read the whole thread and I prefer to respond to what
people say, not what I thought they said.

GG2's post was crystal clear and didn't warrant Bridgeit's sarcastic comment.

Well, you would say that Maizie
There is no comprehension failure, it was pedantry pure and simple.