I'll further elaborate about how the Tories screwed over the war generation.
If you fought in the war, you would be on average around 25-35 in 1945. By 1985 you'd be 65-75, the majority of pensioners were in that age bracket. This is when Edwina Curry suggested pensioners wrap themselves up in newspapers to keep the cold out, because pensioners who fought in the war were ****ing dying with no heat in their homes in the mid 80s.
The generation that followed the war generation were pampered by Thatcher with cheap mortgages, relatively cheap rents, (socialism for the rich) utility fire sales free money share options.
The majority of today's pensioners were far too young for the war.