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1. You own ALL THE HOUSES

The chic Georgian crescents. The sandstone Victorian tenements. The stucco avenues of London. They must look even better when they’re yours. Three-quarters of you owned property in 2011 - and that’s the highest proportion across all age groups.

2. You gobbled up social housing

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Right to Buy = great times. You bought our council houses for a sweet Thatcherite discount in the 1980s and now you're selling them again for hundreds of thousands of pounds. One in three homes you bought then are now owned by private landlords. We guess you forgot to replace the council houses.

3. You're living in money pots

Total household wealth by age Office for National Statistics

Thanks to the housing market you helped to create, your property is worth HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS. One in ten of us own a property worth £500,000 or more. We should really try getting on the housing ladder. Oh wait...

4. You’re our landlord

Three in four landlords are between 45 and 64, according to a Strategic Society survey. We scour the estate agents for an affordable house, just to find ourselves outbid. What's that you say? You'll rent it to us? Thanks.

5. You’ve got gold star pensions, we don't

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The way YOUR pensions work, you get a regular retirement payment from our old boss - and it goes up in line with inflation. The way OUR pension works, we’re probably going to need a cyanide pill. Oh, and you also get the state pension - which we pay for. No bother.

6. You STILL think you’re hard done-by

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Your parents lived through the tough times. But when you talk about the Blitz, you're actually talking about a bad trip you had in 1972. You like to tell us how you survived on 20p a week. We do know how to factor in inflation. Oh, and as an aside, you also happen to be the only generation actually BETTER OFF since the 2008 financial crisis.

7. We can’t overthrow you

You're a bunch of wealth-hoarding pension munchers. But you’re also our kindly relatives. Try raising a revolution against your mum or gran.

8. You’re voting UKIP

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You’re more in favour of cutting immigration than any other age group. That Nigel Farage act is right up your street - seven in ten UKIP supporters are over 50. Your anti-immigrant views may seem odd because a) you’ll need low-paid Bulgarians to be your carers and b) you all live in Dorset. But unless we remember to register to vote, you’ll probably get your way.

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