RolloTreadway on Nostr: npub1g0tuf…3tvm4 It's also true - and again, this never seems to be noticed by ...
npub1g0tuf634rz4suczwj7kgnecr6cyt0eu9xmp3sp0fku68mqehq4msp3tvm4 (npub1g0t…tvm4) It's also true - and again, this never seems to be noticed by political journalists - that millions of people who were children in 2016 are now adults, and millions who were elderly in 2016 have passed away.
Given how the demographics of the 2016 referendum were so age-dependent, it was widely understood at the time that support for leaving would rapidly drop below 50% and keep going. That's exactly what's happened.
I'm sure the sheer ineptitude of Tory policy has increased the number of regretful leave-and-Tory voters beyond what it might otherwise have been. But there's also an inevitable, and very substantial, demographic change. This is literally a different country now. Just as it will be in 2030.
Given how the demographics of the 2016 referendum were so age-dependent, it was widely understood at the time that support for leaving would rapidly drop below 50% and keep going. That's exactly what's happened.
I'm sure the sheer ineptitude of Tory policy has increased the number of regretful leave-and-Tory voters beyond what it might otherwise have been. But there's also an inevitable, and very substantial, demographic change. This is literally a different country now. Just as it will be in 2030.