Abolish the Lords and install a chamber of youth instead

To abolishing the House of Lords, I say “yes please!” The House of Lords has been hugely discredited and abused by successive politicians of all colours for years.

Let’s put a young person’s chamber in its place, limited to a maximum age of 25. Let it be a place where the policies of the future are debated and considered by those who will be truly affected. Let eligibility be to those of 16 to 18 years, and of exceptional abilities in any field – except for politics.

It is a depressing state of affairs that the voting power of pensioners directs policies of the future. No wonder young people have little interest in voting.

Alastair Duncan Winchester

Why Farage?

Rather than apologise for the behaviour of some of their students during a talk by Nigel Farage, Eton College needs to explain why Nigel Farage was there at all.

Was this a one-off, or was it a planned series of visits by politicians representing a balance of views? What other controversial figures have been invited to present their views to Britain’s “future leaders”?

It is difficult to imagine that this would have happened at a state school.