52% of 18-24 year olds want monarchy abolished

[babsanderson]

This was in a yougov poll. Support for the monarchy is at an all time low amongst younger people.

I’m raising a wine glass to our youth!
Vive la révolution!
However I would be happy with a very trimmed down, more appropriately taxed monarchy
I will live in hope

She's worked longer and harder than you ever will. 🙄

@UWhatNow ”largely respected across the globe”? Hmm . . .

Not wanting to perpetuate a toxic system of inequality and privilege does not make you a misery 🙄.

That’s still only a third saying they support the Monarchy not being abolished

If you're happy to benefit from the perks of the role, the bare minimum really is to act appropriately as monarch. It's not appropriate and you were already asked what kind of message you think this sends to women and girls all over the world but also just in Britain? But you don't seem to want to explain.

He's a dirty old man at best.
Other widows aren't living a life of immense power and luxury, nor are they a representative of our nation. It was up to her. But it's entirely up to us what we think about it.

@MarshaMelrose seriously??? She certainly hasn’t worked harder than me or most of the people I know who work in various public services and still have to worry about how to make ends meet every day. What utter toadying nonsense 🤬.

And you know me how exactly?

I actually work for a living instead of hoarding generational wealth that shouldn't belong to me in the first place.

And a third who don’t know. It seems to be pretty equally divided between the three groups.

Respected? Ask people living in these colonised countries. People were celebrating her death, that's how negative her (and the wider monarchy) impact has been on some people.

Have you ever picked up a history book? Not one skewed to make you feel good about your heritage, a real one?

Well most sex offenders don't face consequences. It's depressing to hear women say things like that.

Do you really believe he didn't do what he is accused of? Because the documents associated with this case and the fact he settled the case out of court would indicate otherwise.

@UWhatNow your previous argument for keeping the monarchy who’s truly dreadful.

There are plenty of republics in the world (indeed we have one which is a very close neighbour) that is a very successful example of a republic with a widely respected elected head of state. We don’t need to be “grey” 🙄. We just need to move into the 21st century.

Is not who’s

Everyone is entitled go to their opinion I suppose, but what I never understand is how these polls are gathered. I've certainly never randomly been asked to take part in a yougov poll, and I'm not aware of anyone I know who has been asked to take part in such a poll either.

The police didn’t think so. Mind you, if it was the Met they do have shockingly low standards.

Which still means the majority of the country isn't positive about the monarchy.

That's more unity than we ever had in recent times (Brexit vote, general election) - you don't think a country should have more support for the monarchy existing I'd we're happy for them to leech off of us and be beyond the law?

But genuinely, what do you think? Putting our opposite views on the RF aside, is this how you really feel?

That it's okay to pull out "he wasn't sentenced" or "it wasn't proven"? What message is that for the vast majority of victims of sexual assault who never get justice because society pedals these narratives? That's so sad :(

Yeah I reckon it’s true. And great! Good for them! Maybe one day we’ll finally get rid of the monarchy!!

or a third haven’t really thought about it- let’s hope the recent shenanigans gives them more thought!
You can use statistics as you want to support your argument. You see it as a positive that only a third want to abolish the monarchy in this age group and a third don’t know?

I see it as a positive that only a third say they definitely wouldn’t abolish the monarchy

You didn’t look at the chart. Those three percentages are 18-24 year olds. It’s 60% positive across all age groups.

Yes apologies for that. But that is also interesting seeing how over votes go (general election, Brexit) in these demographics who I'd argue end up disproportionately affected by the outcome of the voting.

I don’t understand that sentence.

I'm refering to the fact that most major votes in recent years have had a very large divide by age group - younger people were less inclined to vote conservative or vote for Brexit.

But at the same time younger people often end up most screwed over by what happens after and have to deal with the consequences the longest. If you're 80 and you voted Brexit soon enough it won't matter to you, but if you're 20 your whole life trajectory has slightly changed.

There's a vast difference between a dirty old man and a sex offender. 🙄

@Miajk

As 18-24 year olds have aged, they have historically become more favourable towards the monarchy, so it seems perfectly reasonable to expect majority support for the Royal Family to continue

you seemed to have not factored that into your predictions