John Harris’s article struck me deeply, as someone who is turning 30 in July (A lost generation are stuck living with their parents – and Tory talk of housebuilding won’t help them, 22 May). What he says about the political class as a whole neglecting the aspirations and concerns of under-30s in society is not a uniquely British phenomenon, and unfortunately seems to be increasingly entrenched in many advanced societies around the world with rapidly ageing populations.
It seems to me that we’ve come a long way from a leadership – and even societal – mentality of building a better future for our descendant generations, even if it’s one that we will possibly never see in our lifetimes. How much of this is the cynical political calculations of the establishment appealing to the biggest ageing demographic in the voting population, or political disengagement and disillusionment from the younger generation of voting adults is moot – one feeds into the other in a cyclical pattern.
