Sir, – When it comes to compulsory voting (Letters, July 17th), perhaps we should start by making it compulsory for politicians to implement the promises in their manifestos before we go down the road of forcing people to vote.
I really am getting too old to be this naive. – Yours, etc,
DAVID CURRAN,
Knocknacarra,
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