We pensioners can’t strike but we can revolt

A protest outside Downing Street against the move to suspend parliament. Brenda Edwards calls for a general strike. Photograph: Niklas Halle’n/AFP/Getty ImagesWhy can’t MPs just stage a mass sit-in in the Commons (Cross-party politicians call for an alternative parliament to fight no-deal Brexit, Letters, 31 August)?Pam LunnKenilworth, Warwickshire • I’ve ruled out a revolution because they always end in bloodshed and tyranny so the only answer is a general strike. If parl