Stanley Johnson, father of Boris, calls for voting age to be capped at 80 The former MEP also wants to ditch Theresa May’s Brexit deal

Stanley Johnson has called for the voting age to be capped at 80.

The former Conservative MEP and father of Boris Johnson made the remarks on Loose Women, alongside former X Factor contestant Stacey Solomon and rapper Professor Green.

He said: “I’d definitely cap it at 80, anyway, and also reduce it to 16.”

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Oldies shouldn’t vote past 80

Discussing how older voters have had the run of things for too long, Boris Johnson’s father added: “It’s absolutely ludicrous that the way things went, the oldies, who have everything on their side – they vote – get to Leave.

“Do you know something? I can travel here [to the Loose Women studios] with an old-age bus pass, for heaven’s sake.”

Stanley is also father to People’s Vote supporting ex-Tory minister Jo Johnson, who has come off the fence over a second poll with deafening elan in recent times.

Brexit fiasco

The veteran politico waded into the Brexit debate in his appearance on the chat show as well.

Expressing his frustration with the Irish border’s primacy as an issue, Stanley said: “My answer would be simply to say to our dear friends from the EU – this question of the Irish issue cannot be allowed to determine whether or not we leave the EU, it’s nonsense.”

Although he served as a MEP and went on to vote Remain in the 2016 EU referendum, Stanley has since argued that it is important for Britain to follow through on the Leave result of the vote.