Politicians must do more to heed the concerns of younger voters

"ANGRY young men" was the name of a play by John Osborne staged in London in 1956 describing the disillusionment many felt at that time with traditional British society. Now, it seems that legions of angry young men (and women) are ready to march in protest against society more widely.

They have good reason to be angry. Their prospects of employment are diminishing rapidly; their chances of receiving a pension that does more than keep them above the breadline after retirement are slim, and they face the prospect of crumbling social security systems.

A widespread backlash against globalisation has already been reflected in US, UK and other elections. But this may be only the tip of an iceberg of wider discontent among young people.