jimbojango wrote:Moggy wrote:Just noticed how high support is for Reform in the over 65s group.
Utter banana split of a generation.
We probably should have an upper age limit on voting, what with the decline in mental capability. If under 18 is too young then maybe over 65 is too……
Victor Mildew wrote:jimbojango wrote:Moggy wrote:Just noticed how high support is for Reform in the over 65s group.
Utter banana split of a generation.
We probably should have an upper age limit on voting, what with the decline in mental capability. If under 18 is too young then maybe over 65 is too……
Why should Jawa be excluded from voting?
Tomous wrote:We should lower the voting age. Anyone who can work and be taxed should be able to vote.
Now, if you want to extend that and ban voting for those over the retirement age, I won't argue
Gideon wrote:Tomous wrote:We should lower the voting age. Anyone who can work and be taxed should be able to vote.
Now, if you want to extend that and ban voting for those over the retirement age, I won't argue
You shouldn’t get to decide the future if you don’t have one.
Gideon wrote:Tomous wrote:We should lower the voting age. Anyone who can work and be taxed should be able to vote.
Now, if you want to extend that and ban voting for those over the retirement age, I won't argue
You shouldn’t get to decide the future if you don’t have one.
I mean, we're all going to die soooo....Grumpy David wrote:Peter Murrell charged with embezzlement in SNP probe
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-68850088
The husband of former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has been re-arrested in connection with the ongoing investigation into the finances of the Scottish National Party.
EDIT: The husband of former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has been charged in connection with the embezzlement of funds from the Scottish National Party.
twitter.com/AdamBienkov/status/1781040812517646534
twitter.com/JayMitchinson/status/1780969030896988335
twitter.com/BestForBritain/status/1781057617734815940
Grumpy David wrote:Beginning to think history might repeat itself: Canada's 1993 election had the incumbent "Progressive Conservatives" go from 156 seats down to 2 whilst Reform went from 1 seat to 52.
Millennials are now the largest voting bloc and a future Labour government will be more reliant on this demographic, we might even see a shift away from work related taxes to wealth related taxes (boomer taxes).
Starmer's majority is going to be so large that his largest opposition will be other Labour MPs.rinks wrote:I read somewhere that, alarmingly, under 25s are increasingly favouring the Tories. So generationally, it'll swing back at some point.
There's divergence between men and women too:
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Gideon wrote:https://amp.theguardian.com/politics/2024/apr/19/sunak-to-cite-britains-sicknote-culture-in-bid-to-overhaul-fit-note-system
Super psyched that disabled people/people on benefits are back in the firing line, it feels almost nostalgic. As the grandchild of an immigrant I feel so special, having so much attention paid to me
rinks wrote:The number of MPs standing down at the next election has reached 100!
63 of them are rats leaving the Tory ship.
Moggy wrote:rinks wrote:The number of MPs standing down at the next election has reached 100!
63 of them are rats leaving the Tory ship.
Shame it's not 650.
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