Labour can't win

[verdantverdure]

Unless absolutely SHEDLOADS of people who voted Conservative in 2019 vote Labour this time.

That's right, isn't it?

It’ll be interesting if this picks up as it has in other countries

I had a related thought that younger people access information in other ways. Less likely to be the BBC these days

Their voter base is diminishing rapidly. Only 40% of people over 65 intend voting for them today. Another ten years and they’ll have precious few supporters left.

Until they become the old people.

It’s all conditional anyway. Look at France. Educated and similar ages etc

Old people are changing their voting behaviour. Only 40% of over 65s vote Tory now.

I do think there will be a tendency towards more right wing politics in the west as western culture and global dominance comes increasingly threatened. In times of threat people tend to lock down against “outsiders” and non-traditional views. The world is effectively at war or at least in advance preparations for one . We are on a war footing, this includes revering to strong tribalism .

How is that percentage calculated

I think we’ll see it in fact we already are. Maybe due to this bit atm I’d say due to migration pressures which will increase due to climate

Yes I think there is going to be such a massive change to the way our world is, resource guarding and cultural protection are going to become so important. We need to take steps now to ease into this new epoch otherwise there are going to be even worse problems in the future.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1379439/uk-election-polls-by-age/

The crossover from majority left leaning to majority right leaning used to happen about 40, but it doesn’t really happen anymore.

The current crossover point is 71.

What about in France and other EU countries shifting away from the left?

Larger vote share to the right, someone must be giving them top spot whatever age

I think it’s more of a shifting from the centre.

Some EU countries have very left wing governments.

Oh god he's really going all in for the 'man of the people' image isn't he 😅

France may go far right though?

Or do you mean Le Pen is centre

So just under double the amount would vote Tory than Labour.

Yeah, but they are are either right wing or left wing. Very much like the 30’s😟

It’s a polarisation. Extreme politics is extreme politics whether right or left. Extreme left is no more friendly than extreme right

Which EU countries have governments that are further left now than they have been on average historically?

I ask my son about the young people far right thing and he said it's an Incel Thingie Tate thing, but also that there are bellends in all age groups. (He's had half a cider )

@verdantverdure Your son is a perspicacious fellow.

He's very well brought up you know

Oh Yes They Can! 👏

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Well this post is aging badly....