this is what the Tories have done to the north

[spacepyramid]

Yet still they voted for them...turkeys voting for xmas again

[spacepyramid]

Not exclusively the north but too much of it.

[nowaypose]

It’s completely sickening OP. I am Northern and also a teacher, the election result depressed me to no end.

[Tableclothing]

Where's that data from OP?

[madeyemoodysmum]

I suspect this has always been the case Comparing Vienna to Cornwall is just plain stupid.

[spacepyramid]

It's from Eurostat.

ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Main_Page

[Thubten]

I thought Glasgow was one of the poorest areas but no mention of anything on this image...………….

[Useful22]

Yes if course, that's all because of the Tories! What an ignorant statement

[user1497207191]

Can we have the same infograph for 2010 before the evil Tories came to power??

[Ijustwanttoretire]

Yeah, because all those previously-voting-Labour Northerners suddenly ALL TOGETHER had a head transplant and voted Tory. So they have, according to you and many others, gone from being totally sensible to complete morons in one fell swoop. Did it ever occur to you (and the others) that they actually KNOW what they want?

[BlaueLagune]

I don;t think they actually did all go out and vote Tory. I think a lot of Labour voters stayed at home.

Labour lost 2 million votes

Tories gained 300,000

[littlepaddypaws]

blauel why would a lot of labour voters stay at home ? let's give this some thought...

[spacepyramid]

Can we have the same infograph for 2010 before the evil Tories came to power??


Find it and post it then.

[Marriedtoapenguin]

Because the North was paved with gold pre Tories was it?

The Labour party did absolutely sod all for the North when in power. Invested in replacements for the lost industries did it? No.

Absolutely a lot of former Labour voters voted for the Tories. They were sick to death of a bunch of being ignored. They were sick to death of watching London and the South continually being the only areas listened to.

Labour managed to lose how many former pit areas? Areas, where in the not far distant past you would have been burnt at the stake for suggesting voting Tory?

But as normal the attitude is, thick racist northerners? And you wonder why Labour lost.

[RozHuntleysStump]

Not very original OP

[ticking]

Fake news...

fullfact.org/economy/does-uk-have-poorest-regions-northern-europe/

a) it's not recent - either 2016 or 2014
b) It doesn't statistically correct for living costs - so if an area is cheaper to live in (like west wales!) it'll show up as poor, whereas actual cost of living stats mean people are more well off than (say) inner london.

[DustyMaiden]

There are a lot of universities in those towns maybe it was the higher IQ that did it.

[PettyContractor]

That graphic was apparently created in 2014, since then the number of poorest regions in the UK has fallen from 9 to 6.

Apparently if you use larger region then the UK has only 4 of them.

So I suppose if we want to play games with statistics, we can things have got better under recent Tory governments.

fullfact.org/economy/does-uk-have-poorest-regions-northern-europe/

[recrudescence]

The ‘turkeys voting for Christmas’ thing is stupid and patronising. And it’s been done to death.

You’re going to have to do better than that if you want to persuade voters that you have a convincing alternative to conservatism.

[JinglingHellsBells]

Oh give it a rest @spacepyramid You lot lost. How you can honestly suggest that a Marxist government with no credibility whatsoever, was every going to give hope to the north is beyond me.

I rarely agree with Blair but he had it spot on this week.

[Butterflyflower1234]

The North has always been poor compared to London. Nothing to do with the Tories.

[MidnightCircus]

Lies, damned lies and statistics springs to mind

[Saddler]

😂 a week later and they're still crying

[LaudableLaura]

Yawn. People are allowed to choose who they want to vote for. It's called democracy. You lost, get over it.

[kittykatkitty]

Honestly just get over it!!
You Lost!
Deal with it!