The Apprentice star Joanna Jarjue feels people over 70 shouldn’t be allowed to vote as they are out of touch with ‘modern realities’.

Jarjue, who made the final five in 2017, clashed with Stanley Johnson in the Good Morning Britain debate, by claiming that young people are dealing with issues “so much harder” than the older generation – such as Brexit and climate change.

But Stanley, 79, said it was “insulting” to the older generation and made the point that 70 is actually not that old these days, while host Adil Ray said that David Attenborough and Jeremy Corbyn would not be able to vote if people over 70 were excluded.

This comes as a recent poll found that almost half of young adults (16 to 34 years old) said over-70s should be banned from voting on the country’s future because they may not live through the consequences of their decisions.

‘For me and people of my generation when we’re thinking about buying a house, all the things that are harder for us that were a little bit easier for your generation Stanley, we don’t really want to withstand that.’

Joanna, 25, went on: ‘For a lot of older people, we’ve been through a period where it was cheaper for you to buy houses and things which were probably more domestic issues. But we are now trying to withstand things that are so much harder, so then put Brexit on top of that, and see the young generation predominantly didn’t want it…’

Stanley replied: ‘You would be cutting out a lot of people for a very long time, because 70 is young. When you get to 70 you call yourself the new 70. A more realistic thought is that everybody should exercise their vote in a responsible. That goes for the young and the old, which means that yes, the old do have to give a bit more thought to the kind of lifestyle they lead.’

“But we are trying to withstand things that are so much harder than your generation, so to put Brexit on top of that, and see that the younger generation predominantly didn’t want it…”

Stanley explained that while he agreed with some of what she said, he doesn’t agree with her on the Brexit issue.

“I actually think there are a lot of people out there who have given some thought to this issue. I would like to see how this plays out in this coming election,” he said.

“I think the realistic thought is to say, everyone should exercise their vote in a respectable way, that goes for the young as for the old.”

Host Susanna Reid chimed in to suggest that if you’re not going to get 20 years out of a vote, such as the referendum, should you be able to go to the ballot box?

Stanley replied: “I very seldom get cross, but I think what you just said is a little bit insulting to the older generation. Because it makes it seem like the only thing they think about is their teeth, their spectacles, and their health and their pension.”

Many viewers were equally as offended as Stanley, and took to Twitter to criticise Joanna’s point of view, saying the younger generation have “never had it so easy”.