Like most people, I was struck by the power of the student reaction to the rise in university tuition fees and the abolition of the EMA. This demonstration of political activism contrasts starkly with the low voting turnout of the 18-24 age group, the lowest of any age sector.
It is the elderly and old who turn out to vote in the greatest numbers. Is it merely coincidence that these age groups seem to have received more than sympathetic treatment from government in recent years (generous Winter fuel allowances, restoration of the earnings link for the state pension, pensioner tax credits) than the students ?
It is tempting to conclude that, if the young turned out to vote in larger numbers they may well have more political influence. Somebody tell them...please.
http://www.hoddereducation.co.uk/Colleges/Government---Politics.aspx?mRef=CNM01
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