What is interesting is that the only group that the majority voted conservative were the required. The majority of Full time workers and Part-time workers voted Labour.
Here is the education split - just for you Dippenhall
Jokes aside on intelligence I don't read too much into the educational split due to the dramatic changes in numbers going onto higher education and university. It's a very different world now in that respect.
What percentage in the last 5-15 (or maybe longer) years of 18 year olds have gone to Uni? (is it roughly 40%?) compared to say 40 years ago? Doesn't mean those in their 50's/60's/70's etc aren't of Degree intelligence (whatever that is). Also is there a male factor back then, Woman weren't 'expected' to go to University.
Around 75 of the 250 kids in my year at 16 stayed on to do A Levels, I'd be surprised if half that went to onto University.
For my parents (late 40's birth) I don't think university would even have been on the radar/an option.
Personal anecdotes can't easily be extrapolated though. All of the 75 people in my year at 16 went on to do A Levels. One of them became a Government Minister. I don't suppose that is universal across all schools.
That is true, so 3.4% attending uni in 1950 compared to today? Or as recent as 2005 around 25% or better still 1960-1974 average of 6%? So anyone now roughly 60 - 75only 6%?went. So not really a surprise when you look at the election and voting split by education level.....
I'm totally baffled by the point you're making. I wish I'd gone to university.
Did you not have the opportunity? Or just didn't fancy it?
Tell me again what you were trying to say in your post.
I have a theory that expanding the number of students in higher education was done to get the extra students off the unemployed stats.
Sure many of those that go (that wouldn't have done so twenty years ago) are not completely useless but the jobs they would have taken were given to someone else.
If we assume that the estimated extra two million students, on the basis that we don't seem to have two million jobs going begging, would have increased the unemployed numbers, it's a genius plan. This plan became even more genius when those students were told that one day they'd have to pay for the three year party they get.
I wonder why so many of them voted Labour when they thought they were in for c. £25k worth of debt wiped off.
There is an estimated 1.75m students (undergraduates) in the UK. That constitutes 13.5% of the total Labour vote, and at c. £25k each would cost the taxpayer, on paper, £43.75 billion. This is, of course, assuming that there wouldn't have been a u-turn if Labour had won - you know like the Lib Dems who changed their minds when they got into government.
Was going to start a new thread but hardly seems worth it. (Sorry lib dem voters, I actually quite like the party and thought they got screwed over a bit in 2015)
I have a theory that expanding the number of students in higher education was done to get the extra students off the unemployed stats.
Sure many of those that go (that wouldn't have done so twenty years ago) are not completely useless but the jobs they would have taken were given to someone else.
If we assume that the estimated extra two million students, on the basis that we don't seem to have two million jobs going begging, would have increased the unemployed numbers, it's a genius plan. This plan became even more genius when those students were told that one day they'd have to pay for the three year party they get.
I wonder why so many of them voted Labour when they thought they were in for c. £25k worth of debt wiped off.
There is an estimated 1.75m students (undergraduates) in the UK. That constitutes 13.5% of the total Labour vote, and at c. £25k each would cost the taxpayer, on paper, £43.75 billion. This is, of course, assuming that there wouldn't have been a u-turn if Labour had won - you know like the Lib Dems who changed their minds when they got into government.
To quote many post Brexit vote, they didn't really understand what they were voting for. (said tongue in cheek, unlike some on here I actually love democracy)
Corbyns politics are unbelievably popular because for the vast majority of people, they won't pay more but they will get more. What's not to like?
I would have had my student debt wiped off if Labour had won (I think?) But that wouldn't be enough to tempt me to vote Labour. I was too won over by the Conservative policies to privatise and destroy the NHS, melt poor people for glue, and deport all foreigners.
The problem with politics and society in general is that things are always black and white for some people, never a shade of grey, which in reality everything is.
The "black and white" viewers on here tend to be Labour voters, some of the things I have seen posted on here have been completely ridiculous, and as for the economic arguments that have been posted as fact, well, they shouldn't give up their day jobs.
Please, please, please, stop viewing a political party as a football team, a tribal war, and start understanding that you can and should criticise and scrutinise the party you support.
Quite simply you cannot leed the liberal party and be against Gay marriage. The two are incompatible
He wasn't against gay marriage (voted in favour) but he was exceptionally reluctant to say that gay sex wasn't a sin.
In my opinion a fine view to hold for a religious man (we don't criticise non Christians for their bigotry) but not necessarily compatible with being the leader of the lib Dems I would agree.
I think he was pushed too far - I agree his voting record should have been enough. He probably could have answered better, but he voted in favour of gay marriage. Had he voted against, then the grilling would have been legitimate.
What is interesting is that the only group that the majority voted conservative were the required. The majority of Full time workers and Part-time workers voted Labour.
Here is the education split - just for you Dippenhall
Jokes aside on intelligence I don't read too much into the educational split due to the dramatic changes in numbers going onto higher education and university. It's a very different world now in that respect.
What percentage in the last 5-15 (or maybe longer) years of 18 year olds have gone to Uni? (is it roughly 40%?) compared to say 40 years ago? Doesn't mean those in their 50's/60's/70's etc aren't of Degree intelligence (whatever that is). Also is there a male factor back then, Woman weren't 'expected' to go to University.
Around 75 of the 250 kids in my year at 16 stayed on to do A Levels, I'd be surprised if half that went to onto University.
For my parents (late 40's birth) I don't think university would even have been on the radar/an option.
Not relevant to this particular point @Rob7Lee but how old are you if your parents were born in the late 40s? I assumed you were in your late seventies, not that it matters but it seems I was miles out.
What is interesting is that the only group that the majority voted conservative were the required. The majority of Full time workers and Part-time workers voted Labour.
Here is the education split - just for you Dippenhall
Jokes aside on intelligence I don't read too much into the educational split due to the dramatic changes in numbers going onto higher education and university. It's a very different world now in that respect.
What percentage in the last 5-15 (or maybe longer) years of 18 year olds have gone to Uni? (is it roughly 40%?) compared to say 40 years ago? Doesn't mean those in their 50's/60's/70's etc aren't of Degree intelligence (whatever that is). Also is there a male factor back then, Woman weren't 'expected' to go to University.
Around 75 of the 250 kids in my year at 16 stayed on to do A Levels, I'd be surprised if half that went to onto University.
For my parents (late 40's birth) I don't think university would even have been on the radar/an option.
Not relevant to this particular point @Rob7Lee but how old are you if your parents were born in the late 40s? I assumed you were in your late seventies, not that it matters but it seems I was miles out.
i'm in the age bracket where more vote Labour than Tory
I have a theory that expanding the number of students in higher education was done to get the extra students off the unemployed stats.
Sure many of those that go (that wouldn't have done so twenty years ago) are not completely useless but the jobs they would have taken were given to someone else.
If we assume that the estimated extra two million students, on the basis that we don't seem to have two million jobs going begging, would have increased the unemployed numbers, it's a genius plan. This plan became even more genius when those students were told that one day they'd have to pay for the three year party they get.
I wonder why so many of them voted Labour when they thought they were in for c. £25k worth of debt wiped off.
There is an estimated 1.75m students (undergraduates) in the UK. That constitutes 13.5% of the total Labour vote, and at c. £25k each would cost the taxpayer, on paper, £43.75 billion. This is, of course, assuming that there wouldn't have been a u-turn if Labour had won - you know like the Lib Dems who changed their minds when they got into government.
To quote many post Brexit vote, they didn't really understand what they were voting for. (said tongue in cheek, unlike some on here I actually love democracy)
Corbyns politics are unbelievably popular because for the vast majority of people, they won't pay more but they will get more. What's not to like?
I would have had my student debt wiped off if Labour had won (I think?) But that wouldn't be enough to tempt me to vote Labour. I was too won over by the Conservative policies to privatise and destroy the NHS, melt poor people for glue, and deport all foreigners.
The problem with politics and society in general is that things are always black and white for some people, never a shade of grey, which in reality everything is.
The "black and white" viewers on here tend to be Labour voters, some of the things I have seen posted on here have been completely ridiculous, and as for the economic arguments that have been posted as fact, well, they shouldn't give up their day jobs.
Please, please, please, stop viewing a political party as a football team, a tribal war, and start understanding that you can and should criticise and scrutinise the party you support.
I think most of 'the left' just started out as anti-Tories but came over to Labour as they had an excellent centre left/social democratic manifesto. You don't like that, I get it. A bit hypocritical to talk about buying votes as isn't that what every manifesto seeks to do, you only have to look at the Brexit referendum which will cost us far more than teh Labour manifesto ever will.
You follow with a sweeping generalisation of the people on this discussion who are politically to the left of you, who in your mind only see things in black and white, isn't that a case of you seeing things perhaps a little bit too black and white. Perhaps you can tell me how your views and opinions have been changed by events and experience?
Finally, yes you are right people should criticise and scrutinise the party they support. I look forward to you taking the lead on this with a well thought out critique on whatever party you support.
I think he was pushed too far - I agree his voting record should have been enough. He probably could have answered better, but he voted in favour of gay marriage. Had he voted against, then the grilling would have been legitimate.
He could have said something along the lines of: "I am a committed Christian and, as such, hold personal views that guide me in my own personal actions, but, as a committed Christian, I believe that Jesus Christ compels me not to judge others. It is precisely my commitment to the message of Christ that underpins my support for equal rights for all. I do not believe that a politician having firmly held beliefs, provided they do not harm others, underpinning their service to their constituents is a bad thing."
Which, I'd guess is probably not too far from the truth.
Here you are @Chizz. Corbyn harnessed the fluid intelligencia who can believe anything they want to, are susceptible to brainwashing and free to make rash decisions, that's what the young are programmed to do, otherwise nothing would ever change.
Fine as long as it is individualistic new thinking and you experiment new ideas yourself. But as us crystallised intelligent old gits know, cult leaders and politicians are more or less in the same league, and you have to keep your distance in buying into every word they utter. They both say they are the only ones who can deliver their promises and will paint non-followers as the enemy.
Corbyn has masterfully employed the tactics of the cult leader to boost membership and support. A politician has to at try and make promises that are half believable to the sceptics, but the cult leader can discard believability. He just has to promise whatever his followers want, convince them who is the enemy with enough passion that excites them into a frenzy that displaces healthy scepticism.
Why @MuttleyCAFC do you assume that going to university means you are more intelligent? You are subjected to the influence of the teachings of lecturers whose only life experience is gained from being at school, reading books to pass exams and acquiring mostly useless facts that have no value in working for a living. It simply delays your maturation into crystallised intelligence.
You have surpassed yourself with that philippic @Dippenhall. Thank goodness we have you to harangue us young impressionable types back on to the straight and narrow.
Tell me you are just on a wind-up it is the only explanation.
What is interesting is that the only group that the majority voted conservative were the required. The majority of Full time workers and Part-time workers voted Labour.
Here is the education split - just for you Dippenhall
Jokes aside on intelligence I don't read too much into the educational split due to the dramatic changes in numbers going onto higher education and university. It's a very different world now in that respect.
What percentage in the last 5-15 (or maybe longer) years of 18 year olds have gone to Uni? (is it roughly 40%?) compared to say 40 years ago? Doesn't mean those in their 50's/60's/70's etc aren't of Degree intelligence (whatever that is). Also is there a male factor back then, Woman weren't 'expected' to go to University.
Around 75 of the 250 kids in my year at 16 stayed on to do A Levels, I'd be surprised if half that went to onto University.
For my parents (late 40's birth) I don't think university would even have been on the radar/an option.
Not relevant to this particular point @Rob7Lee but how old are you if your parents were born in the late 40s? I assumed you were in your late seventies, not that it matters but it seems I was miles out.
i'm in the age bracket where more vote Labour than Tory
Then you need rescuing my friend, there is more to life than running through wheat fields you know.
I think he was pushed too far - I agree his voting record should have been enough. He probably could have answered better, but he voted in favour of gay marriage. Had he voted against, then the grilling would have been legitimate.
He could have said something along the lines of: "I am a committed Christian and, as such, hold personal views that guide me in my own personal actions, but, as a committed Christian, I believe that Jesus Christ compels me not to judge others. It is precisely my commitment to the message of Christ that underpins my support for equal rights for all. I do not believe that a politician having firmly held beliefs, provided they do not harm others, underpinning their service to their constituents is a bad thing."
Which, I'd guess is probably not too far from the truth.
I think he did say that Norns or something like that right at the beginning (of the election rather than creation).
What is interesting is that the only group that the majority voted conservative were the required. The majority of Full time workers and Part-time workers voted Labour.
Here is the education split - just for you Dippenhall
Jokes aside on intelligence I don't read too much into the educational split due to the dramatic changes in numbers going onto higher education and university. It's a very different world now in that respect.
What percentage in the last 5-15 (or maybe longer) years of 18 year olds have gone to Uni? (is it roughly 40%?) compared to say 40 years ago? Doesn't mean those in their 50's/60's/70's etc aren't of Degree intelligence (whatever that is). Also is there a male factor back then, Woman weren't 'expected' to go to University.
Around 75 of the 250 kids in my year at 16 stayed on to do A Levels, I'd be surprised if half that went to onto University.
For my parents (late 40's birth) I don't think university would even have been on the radar/an option.
Not relevant to this particular point @Rob7Lee but how old are you if your parents were born in the late 40s? I assumed you were in your late seventies, not that it matters but it seems I was miles out.
i'm in the age bracket where more vote Labour than Tory
Then you need rescuing my friend, there is more to life than running through wheat fields you know.
Tend to steer clear of the wheat fields, wouldn't want to get in trouble. I'll await to be rescued.
Not relevant to this particular point @Rob7Lee but how old are you if your parents were born in the late 40s? I assumed you were in your late seventies, not that it matters but it seems I was miles out.
i'm in the age bracket where more vote Labour than Tory
Then you need rescuing my friend, there is more to life than running through wheat fields you know.
Tend to steer clear of the wheat fields, wouldn't want to get in trouble. I'll await to be rescued.
Gluten intolerant?
@MuttleyCAFC is, as I type, knocking out some top quality t-shirts (www.muttleyprinting.co.uk) saying things like rescue the ex-Lewisham one and no taxation without cost benefit analysis . He has already done some leaflets and posters and our ageing group of centre lefties with our crystallised not fluid intelligence have covered most of Kent.
Here you are @Chizz. Corbyn harnessed the fluid intelligencia who can believe anything they want to, are susceptible to brainwashing and free to make rash decisions, that's what the young are programmed to do, otherwise nothing would ever change.
Fine as long as it is individualistic new thinking and you experiment new ideas yourself. But as us crystallised intelligent old gits know, cult leaders and politicians are more or less in the same league, and you have to keep your distance in buying into every word they utter. They both say they are the only ones who can deliver their promises and will paint non-followers as the enemy.
Corbyn has masterfully employed the tactics of the cult leader to boost membership and support. A politician has to at try and make promises that are half believable to the sceptics, but the cult leader can discard believability. He just has to promise whatever his followers want, convince them who is the enemy with enough passion that excites them into a frenzy that displaces healthy scepticism.
Why @MuttleyCAFC do you assume that going to university means you are more intelligent? You are subjected to the influence of the teachings of lecturers whose only life experience is gained from being at school, reading books to pass exams and acquiring mostly useless facts that have no value in working for a living. It simply delays your maturation into crystallised intelligence.
So when the regions vote 58:42 for Brexit in an advisory referendum full of lies and confusion, then that's democracy which must be honoured for ever. But when Corbyn and Labour build a mass movement and articulate a credible vision and manifesto which secures 13M votes (of which 5% are party members) then this is a cult?
The name calling from the right continues. Diane Abbott is criticised for taking time out for her diabetes whereas everybody says look how Theresa May copes with hers. Well if this is coping, then what's she going to be like on a bad day?
I have fundamental disagreements with the perpectives of Corbyn, Varoufakis, Owen Jones and the populist left across Europe. But in our case we have no centrist alternative and those issues around privatisation are tiny compared to what is happening these last two years in our country. The Blue party is not only unfit to govern but is riven by divisions over Europe and Brexit. It's a shambles and would be amusing if it wasn't for the daily tales of chaos and the potential damage to our country. Plus the real damage to our reputation.
Pure Brexit is fine even if it threatens to trash the economy! People's jobs and 44% of our exports. Now that is indicative of a cult!
Fortunately it's not all bad news. For there are around 1.6 million impressionable 16 & 17 year olds who will all have a vote in 2019 or whenever this government collapses. And fortunately we live in a democracy where it is one person, one vote.
So people can sneer at millions who vote a certain way or millions who read the Daily Mail. And we have the freedom to discuss the leadership and the platforms upon which they stand.
What is clear is that as the analysis of last week comes out we can see trends for those under 40 voting red with more and more of each demographic participating. It is now uncool not to vote - and yet some sneer at this massive increase in participation?!
Enjoy the final months of rule by the Blue Party. I suspect that they will be in exile for at least as long as they were last time. Whereas the world wide crash was the result of deregulation sponsored by all Western economies, this chaos is home made in the blue corner with the help of the now defunct purple and yellow guys. And these people claim that they are the ones to trust with the economy and the national debt. How much is that growing over the last seven years? And how much less are we paying public sector workers... how many teachers, nurses and police jobs cut?
Meanwhile in the Eurozone, unemployment is down again for the 20th quarter in a row - that's 5 million new jobs in five years. And now Spain is joining France and Germany in a rally to reform the Euro architecture. No rabble rousing, no empty promises, just adults in the room discussing solutions and how to implement for the betterment of their peoples and their businesses. UK politicians need not apply!
Here you are @Chizz. Corbyn harnessed the fluid intelligencia who can believe anything they want to, are susceptible to brainwashing and free to make rash decisions, that's what the young are programmed to do, otherwise nothing would ever change.
Fine as long as it is individualistic new thinking and you experiment new ideas yourself. But as us crystallised intelligent old gits know, cult leaders and politicians are more or less in the same league, and you have to keep your distance in buying into every word they utter. They both say they are the only ones who can deliver their promises and will paint non-followers as the enemy.
Corbyn has masterfully employed the tactics of the cult leader to boost membership and support. A politician has to at try and make promises that are half believable to the sceptics, but the cult leader can discard believability. He just has to promise whatever his followers want, convince them who is the enemy with enough passion that excites them into a frenzy that displaces healthy scepticism.
Why @MuttleyCAFC do you assume that going to university means you are more intelligent? You are subjected to the influence of the teachings of lecturers whose only life experience is gained from being at school, reading books to pass exams and acquiring mostly useless facts that have no value in working for a living. It simply delays your maturation into crystallised intelligence.
So when the regions vote 58:42 for Brexit in an advisory referendum full of lies and confusion, then that's democracy which must be honoured for ever. But when Corbyn and Labour build a mass movement and articulate a credible vision and manifesto which secures 13M votes (of which 5% are party members) then this is a cult?
The name calling from the right continues. Diane Abbott is criticised for taking time out for her diabetes whereas everybody says look how Theresa May copes with hers. Well if this is coping, then what's she going to be like on a bad day?
I have fundamental disagreements with the perpectives of Corbyn, Varoufakis, Owen Jones and the populist left across Europe. But in our case we have no centrist alternative and those issues around privatisation are tiny compared to what is happening these last two years in our country. The Blue party is not only unfit to govern but is riven by divisions over Europe and Brexit. It's a shambles and would be amusing if it wasn't for the daily tales of chaos and the potential damage to our country. Plus the real damage to our reputation.
Pure Brexit is fine even if it threatens to trash the economy! People's jobs and 44% of our exports. Now that is indicative of a cult!
Fortunately it's not all bad news. For there are around 1.6 million impressionable 16 & 17 year olds who will all have a vote in 2019 or whenever this government collapses. And fortunately we live in a democracy where it is one person, one vote.
So people can sneer at millions who vote a certain way or millions who read the Daily Mail. And we have the freedom to discuss the leadership and the platforms upon which they stand.
What is clear is that as the analysis of last week comes out we can see trends for those under 40 voting red with more and more of each demographic participating. It is now uncool not to vote - and yet some sneer at this massive increase in participation?!
Enjoy the final months of rule by the Blue Party. I suspect that they will be in exile for at least as long as they were last time. Whereas the world wide crash was the result of deregulation sponsored by all Western economies, this chaos is home made in the blue corner with the help of the now defunct purple and yellow guys. And these people claim that they are the ones to trust with the economy and the national debt. How much is that growing over the last seven years? And how much less are we paying public sector workers... how many teachers, nurses and police jobs cut?
Meanwhile in the Eurozone, unemployment is down again for the 20th quarter in a row - that's 5 million new jobs in five years. And now Spain is joining France and Germany in a rally to reform the Euro architecture. No rabble rousing, no empty promises, just adults in the room discussing solutions and how to implement for the betterment of their peoples and their businesses. UK politicians need not apply!
You make some excellent points but it should be added that those responsible for the financial crisis are richer than they have ever been. Those not responsible, like teachers and nurses have had to go years without a pay rise. How is this the solution to a financial crisis caused by bankers? And how has the Tory party got away with shifting the blame from the guilty to the innocent? We are now well on a path to another financial crisis. The banks know that we will bail them out if they misjudge how much profits they can squeeze out of the system. It is a disgrace and people are waking up to it.
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Sure many of those that go (that wouldn't have done so twenty years ago) are not completely useless but the jobs they would have taken were given to someone else.
If we assume that the estimated extra two million students, on the basis that we don't seem to have two million jobs going begging, would have increased the unemployed numbers, it's a genius plan. This plan became even more genius when those students were told that one day they'd have to pay for the three year party they get.
I wonder why so many of them voted Labour when they thought they were in for c. £25k worth of debt wiped off.
There is an estimated 1.75m students (undergraduates) in the UK. That constitutes 13.5% of the total Labour vote, and at c. £25k each would cost the taxpayer, on paper, £43.75 billion. This is, of course, assuming that there wouldn't have been a u-turn if Labour had won - you know like the Lib Dems who changed their minds when they got into government.
The two are incompatible
(said tongue in cheek, unlike some on here I actually love democracy)
Corbyns politics are unbelievably popular because for the vast majority of people, they won't pay more but they will get more. What's not to like?
I would have had my student debt wiped off if Labour had won (I think?) But that wouldn't be enough to tempt me to vote Labour. I was too won over by the Conservative policies to privatise and destroy the NHS, melt poor people for glue, and deport all foreigners.
The problem with politics and society in general is that things are always black and white for some people, never a shade of grey, which in reality everything is.
The "black and white" viewers on here tend to be Labour voters, some of the things I have seen posted on here have been completely ridiculous, and as for the economic arguments that have been posted as fact, well, they shouldn't give up their day jobs.
Please, please, please, stop viewing a political party as a football team, a tribal war, and start understanding that you can and should criticise and scrutinise the party you support.
In my opinion a fine view to hold for a religious man (we don't criticise non Christians for their bigotry) but not necessarily compatible with being the leader of the lib Dems I would agree.
You follow with a sweeping generalisation of the people on this discussion who are politically to the left of you, who in your mind only see things in black and white, isn't that a case of you seeing things perhaps a little bit too black and white. Perhaps you can tell me how your views and opinions have been changed by events and experience?
Finally, yes you are right people should criticise and scrutinise the party they support. I look forward to you taking the lead on this with a well thought out critique on whatever party you support.
Which, I'd guess is probably not too far from the truth.
Tell me you are just on a wind-up it is the only explanation.
Not relevant to this particular point @Rob7Lee but how old are you if your parents were born in the late 40s? I assumed you were in your late seventies, not that it matters but it seems I was miles out.
Then you need rescuing my friend, there is more to life than running through wheat fields you know.
Tend to steer clear of the wheat fields, wouldn't want to get in trouble. I'll await to be rescued.
Gluten intolerant?
@MuttleyCAFC is, as I type, knocking out some top quality t-shirts (www.muttleyprinting.co.uk) saying things like rescue the ex-Lewisham one and no taxation without cost benefit analysis . He has already done some leaflets and posters and our ageing group of centre lefties with our crystallised not fluid intelligence have covered most of Kent.
Hold steady help is coming.
The name calling from the right continues. Diane Abbott is criticised for taking time out for her diabetes whereas everybody says look how Theresa May copes with hers. Well if this is coping, then what's she going to be like on a bad day?
I have fundamental disagreements with the perpectives of Corbyn, Varoufakis, Owen Jones and the populist left across Europe. But in our case we have no centrist alternative and those issues around privatisation are tiny compared to what is happening these last two years in our country. The Blue party is not only unfit to govern but is riven by divisions over Europe and Brexit. It's a shambles and would be amusing if it wasn't for the daily tales of chaos and the potential damage to our country. Plus the real damage to our reputation.
Pure Brexit is fine even if it threatens to trash the economy! People's jobs and 44% of our exports. Now that is indicative of a cult!
Fortunately it's not all bad news. For there are around 1.6 million impressionable 16 & 17 year olds who will all have a vote in 2019 or whenever this government collapses. And fortunately we live in a democracy where it is one person, one vote.
So people can sneer at millions who vote a certain way or millions who read the Daily Mail. And we have the freedom to discuss the leadership and the platforms upon which they stand.
What is clear is that as the analysis of last week comes out we can see trends for those under 40 voting red with more and more of each demographic participating. It is now uncool not to vote - and yet some sneer at this massive increase in participation?!
Enjoy the final months of rule by the Blue Party. I suspect that they will be in exile for at least as long as they were last time. Whereas the world wide crash was the result of deregulation sponsored by all Western economies, this chaos is home made in the blue corner with the help of the now defunct purple and yellow guys. And these people claim that they are the ones to trust with the economy and the national debt. How much is that growing over the last seven years? And how much less are we paying public sector workers... how many teachers, nurses and police jobs cut?
Meanwhile in the Eurozone, unemployment is down again for the 20th quarter in a row - that's 5 million new jobs in five years. And now Spain is joining France and Germany in a rally to reform the Euro architecture. No rabble rousing, no empty promises, just adults in the room discussing solutions and how to implement for the betterment of their peoples and their businesses. UK politicians need not apply!