By John Oxley The furore over winter fuel payments is driven by the false idea that pensioners are uniformly old, frail and poor. But in politics, feelings often matter as much as facts, says John Oxley This week’s tussle over the winter fuel allowance has highlighted one of the problems of our politics – how much of it is driven by perceptions that are wrong or incomplete. For many, the concept of “pensioners” conjures up images of the very old, very frail and very poor. News agencies append articles with stock images of wizened hands clutching pennies. As a stereotype, it draws sympathy but …