The political and social divide between young and old has been explored by lots of people in recent years. A lot of that work looks at young people and their complaints about a system that (they think) favours the older Baby Boomer generation: they got final salary pensions after secure life-long jobs, and inflation ate away the mortgages on their big houses. Less widely appreciated is the degree to which older voters feel that the same system isn't working for them, that it doesn't reflect their attitudes and interests.