WITH the General Election weeks away, I compare Russell Brand’s advice to first-time voters to that which I was given in second half of the 1940s by my parents, who had lived through two world wars and the great depression.
Since we were a comfortably-off churchgoing family, they said our duty was to vote for a more fair and just society and especially for policies that would make life easier for those who were poor and vulnerable.
In the continuing light of that advice, I am looking for manifestos that propose a wholly public health service, subsidised council housing, rent controls, a living wage and – to make this feasible – progressive taxation and strong measures to prevent tax evasion by global corporations and the super rich.
It would be good to see a first-time voters’ wish list.
Maurice Vassie, Deighton, York.
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