Do you think there should be an age limit on voting, I think once you hit pension age you should no longer be allowed to vote, you shall continue to receive your pension and any increases with inflation etc but having an ability to vote on things that may take many years to implement and ultimately you wont ever see is wrong.

The "grey" vote is the vote that decides who stays/remains in power and with the elderly voters being the most stubborn to change in any aspects of life let alone voting they stick to the same party even when they know little about the manifesto of that party. And because of this most of their children have certain allegiances based on voting because its "what my family always vote".

This is probably more prevalent in my area (south Wales) where labour dominates, my family and most around me that vote go out every election and vote labour, I asked some of them last time why they were voting, what they know about policy and they quite literally knew nothing, its basically genetic voting and stops young people really engaging in politics because the vote is almost always predictable. I am 26, haven't voted in a while and dont plan on doing so because no matter what I vote, all the elderly in the area which normally make up 50%+ of voters will go out and vote labour based on NOTHING and it aggravates me to no end that parties can constantly keep the same seats with almost no effort whatsoever, just knock a few doors and put a few signs up.

It might be controversial given that it is a civil right as such but why should a 75 year old woman have a say on what happens to my generation and the generation before me who will feel the changes the most. It just seems so wrong that in the modern age where life is changing in a heartbeat that people who the vast majority of the time struggle to change channels on a TV can vote on what happens to a generation that is powered by internet and technology and has vastly more knowledge of the modern world than people over 70, yet they get the final say because that is who local politicians target, the easy vote, the elderly.