Baby boomers’ big spending benefits all

Rita Gallard points out the benefits of baby boomers ‘laying out more on recreation, restaurants, hotels and culture’. Photograph: GettyThe worst idea was having fixed terms for parliament (Brexit and Britain’s broken democracy, Letters, 19 June). The electorate can now go to sleep for five years, whereas everyone should be thinking politically more often. The Chartists had the best idea. Their only unachieved object was annual parliaments; but we should not need annual general