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Feb 2020
7:09am, 27 Feb 2020
722 posts
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Dave W
Sajid Javid speech. Like being savaged by a dead sheep.
Johnson's response to the floods. Pathetic. Hiding away rather than face the music.
Theresa May was an appalling Home Sec, and an absolutely terrible P.M.
But at least she tried, and did what she did out of a sense of duty.
Johnson, on the other hand. Lazy, useless, and does everything out of a posh boys sense of entitlement.
Already being found out for what he is.
Couldn't happen to a nicer bloke.
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Feb 2020
7:29am, 27 Feb 2020
75 posts
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JR
I’d love to know where all these xenophobic pensioners who voted Leave are. All the pensioners I’ve met/know voted remain. On the other hand I’ve met a lot of white middle class men who voted Leave.
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Feb 2020
8:08am, 27 Feb 2020
6,472 posts
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jda
Same here actually but I don't believe the statistics lie. Probably a large part of the answer is that xenophobic pensioners don't get out much, at least at the times and places that I do (though being semi-retired in a small town I'd expect to bump into just about anyone who wasn't house-bound).
And of course even a ratio of 3:1 in any given demographic still leaves a lot of people in the smaller fraction. It is by no means the case that all pensioners are xenophobic.
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Feb 2020
8:12am, 27 Feb 2020
19,198 posts
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DeeGee
Quite a lot of them are in Spain, as it happens. Which is nice for them.
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Feb 2020
8:14am, 27 Feb 2020
4,550 posts
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1step2far
I know alot here, but then I know alot of all age groups that voted leave. But the number incresase the older they are.
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Feb 2020
8:27am, 27 Feb 2020
19,199 posts
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DeeGee
I know a lot of people in all age groups who voted leave, but that's very much a virtue of where I live.
I also know more white middle-aged white men who voted remain than leave, but that's because I am one and my social circle has been honed over time to include people who are similar to me - with whom I can have a conversation about important issues without feeling the need to justify myself.
It'll lead to a sort of subconscious bias, I imagine, and is why politics is so very polarised at the moment. Because we seem to tend to surround ourselves with people who think like us, don't have to have our views validated, and actually have to seek out any opposing discussion.
But then, I find myself in a group of 4x4 enthusiasts, or hunters, or fans of Grimsby Town, which I'm not, and get hounded out and called all the names under the sun.
So, I don't engage in discussion of any political matter with anyone once it's obvious that they have a different view to me, and the whole thing goes round, and we never get the opportunity to challenge our own views...
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Feb 2020
10:29am, 27 Feb 2020
7,073 posts
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Too Much Water
My group of ABC1 university educated friends were split 50:50 as it happens
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Feb 2020
10:48am, 27 Feb 2020
19,200 posts
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DeeGee
Pretty close to the actual outcome then. A fair representation. That's how it should be.
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Feb 2020
11:01am, 27 Feb 2020
27,283 posts
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macca 53
I seem to remember getting flamed on here for my (I thought) innocent comment that whatever happened in the election half the country would be completely pissed off. 😁
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Feb 2020
11:03am, 27 Feb 2020
10,462 posts
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larkim
I've still yet to meet someone who has told me they voted leave. I must have a very narrow circle of acquaintances!
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