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If young people don’t vote, and they haven’t for generations, then why would politicians listen. Young people are their own worst enemies in this.
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Then they need to educate themselves a little more.
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@kanedNunable I think it’s fairly provable that Labour are better than the Tories in most respects if you look at the last 40 years.
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@twisteddancer7773 most of Europe returned pro European left, centre left and centre right wing parties in the European elections. Only Germany, Italy and France saw a swing to the far right. And in Germany it was a fair bit lower than projected. Edit: also the far right struggle to agree much so it’s unlikely they can make much use of the few extra seats they achieved overall.
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@girngo I don’t understand the point you are making in the context of getting younger people to vote. I already know old people vote, and therefore parties pitch at them. The Tories have targeted people with wealth, or those who want wealth, for a long while precisely because they come out and vote. Older voters aren’t the problem. Younger voters who waste the franchise are.
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You just make that calculation certain.
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@TheDom277 Labour did a load of things. A lot of training too. Expanded university places etc.
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@Yournicked vote for the radical free marketeer who will make the UK more like the hellscape that’s the USA? That would be exceedingly shortsighte.
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I’ve always found Corbyn a bit dull and uninspiring, I really can’t understand why people got so animated about him. But then I witnessed him in action at the same time as Tony Benn, and he just came across as a pale imitation. Personally I would have preferred McDonald as a left wing candidate. A far more sensible choice and a better speaker and debater.
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@XAVR_ not true, a lot of his supporters were older left wing members.
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@XAVR_ you don’t seem to be willing to acknowledge Corbyns very real flaws. He had no experience in government, even in a junior role. On defence his positions were somewhat controversial. He displayed a reluctance to talk to the right and centre left media to defend himself on issues and smears, and when he did speak to them, he often came across as arrogant, petulant, and preachy. He was indecisive when he had to deal with an issue that went against his personal moral code such as Brexit,and stalled and procrastinated thus creating a vacuum. As a back bencher he just voted conscience and never worried about the politics of those choices. It’s came as no surprise when the PLP were rebelling as that’s the precedent he had set. In short, he seemed more a protest choice than a serious shot at PM to me having followed his career since the late 1980’s. 2015 was a winnable election, as the Lib Dem’s were toast, and Conservatives only won by weaponising Corbyn as a radical, who was an easy target as he is a radical compared to other parliamentarians. This was one of the key concerns his opponents in Labour had, look at how they weaponised a bacon sandwich against Milliband. The left needs to find away of dealing with this demonisation and the left needs a younger more charismatic leader, ideally without the historical statements that didn’t age well waiting to trip them up. I’m not seeing a new figure emerge yet because there’s a Corbyn fixation. It’s a shame, because we really need to move political discourse left and let neoliberalism die in a ditch.
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