Foxed by the vote

I Share the bemusement at the lack of political knowledge of some young people who voted for the first time in the General election (Letters).

One of my granddaughters was asked who she had voted for, and she said the Green Party.

When asked why, she replied: ‘I felt sorry for them as they don’t get many votes.’ RON HARMAN, Langley, Berks.

IT IS not only young voters who are confused. I was a presiding officer in a polling station for the referendum when one woman declared: ‘I am 40 and have never voted in my life — what do I do?’ Another lady asked me: ‘What does “Remain” mean?’

Perhaps an IQ test would be more in keeping than an age barrier.

Name and address supplied.

AFTER the Brexit vote, three teenage lads were having a drink in the pub at the next table to me.

One was complaining loudly that his generation had been badly let down, and their future had been taken away by ‘selfish older people’ voting to leave the EU. One of his mates said: ‘I thought you told me that you had voted to leave.’

The first lad replied: ‘I did, but I only voted that way as a protest vote — I didn’t expect it to happen.’

Is there any hope for the future? BRIAN MOORE, Solihull, W. Mids.