Judging by Clegg’s nervous response in The Daily Telegraph yesterday, he realises the potency of this argument. This is not just politics; this is the British generational jihad, where the young are up in arms about the way the over-65s seem to have it all – and the way ministers seem to want to give them more. A Government that is apparently unable to afford to pay for careers advice appears to have endless cash for free bus passes and television licences for the elderly. A Chancellor asking workers to wait until the next decade for serious tax cuts somehow has the cash to offer the elderly free personal care – a pledge so expensive that even Labour could not afford it in the boom years.