As the BabyBoomers are so influential, their pressure groups (The Countryside alliance in particular) maintain an almost constant pressure on the government of the day to pursue their own agenda, at the expense of the younger generation.
Utter bollocks. I'm a baby boomer and fought long and hard for the abolition of hunting for 40 years as did many others of my generation.
One of the things that really gives me the rage is the older generation, who themselves benefitted hugely from rising houseprices are now, on the whole, very vehemently against building of new homes which would serve to open up the market for the next generation of homebuyers.
Yet more piffle. Many of us were against Thatcher selling off social housing but the me, me, me generation (younger than us) were all voting Tory and were all for it. That's why there's a housing shortage and why houses cost so much. More social housing is needed but Thatcher wouldn't let councils use the money from council house sales to build them.
Furthermore, if the NIMBYS would stop their opposition to wind farms, fracking etc, then we would face a much more certain future wrt energy supply.
Get a grip for fuck's sake. It's my "hippy" generation who have been advocating renewable resources and wind farms since the 60s.
Not all boomers are out to make you poor. What a pathetic and vile generalisation. Yes, we vote because we know it's the right thing to do, whichever party we vote for. Not our fault other generations can't be arsed. If you want change vote for it and campaign for it but be very careful not to alienate people who would have supported if your argument had been less adolescent and petulant.