And the old, said Cable, have had the last word about Brexit, imposing a world view colored by nostalgia for an imperial past on a younger generation who are much more comfortable with a modern Europe.
Cable said when he joined the Coalition Cabinet in 2010, "we took pride in the triple lock to banish the scourge of pensioner poverty".
But one of its unintended consequences has been a growing rift between generations, said Cable adding that British pensioners have suffered relatively little from the aftermath of the financial crisis.
Labour MP, Frank Field, chairman of the parliamentary Pensions Select Committee accused Cable of patronising older voters.
Field told the Sunday Telegraph: "Not only is he patronising he is undermining his own base because he must have been elected by older voters.
"Should the minority in Twickenham (Cable's constituency) who voted against him now have the right to a new vote? Here we see the birth of Britain's Donald Trump to lead the Remainers."
Cable claimed in his article that more Brexiteers are embracing economic pain as a price worth paying for 'taking back control', almost as a badge of honour.
"We haven't yet heard about 'Brexit jihadis' but there is an undercurrent of violence in the language which is troubling. We have already had the most fervent of Brexiteers, such as Nigel Farage (former leader of UKIP) warning of civil unrest if the will of the people is frustrated," said Cable.
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