Anyone on the basic pension is a long way from any tax liability.
Therefore an argument about claiming or not claiming a pension is totally spurious

Well, to begin with she will get other pensions at 67, not just the state one. Secondly, I was not talking about the pension as such, but merely stressing that currently she has no income, and will not for a few years.

So she fits into your "No pay, no say" criterion. The reason I asked was more psychological than anything else. It is very easy to talk in terms of generalities, but some people find it more difficult when you get down to the specific. Nevertheless, not you. "My wife should not be permitted to vote, pure and simple", according to you. It was a position explicitly rejected by Parliament when Disraeli suggested it, but hey, when it comes to Parliamentary supremacy, Iains' views trumps that every time...

But I wonder why you are so unambitious? Surely the next logical step is to have the number of votes proportional to the amount of income tax you pay? Then we could set the clock way back before the reform bills.