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This may not be true this time... I think it may move to be later in life. Young people aren't getting married and having kids in their early 20s any more. Many are still living with their parents and playing computer games long after you and I were independent with responsibilities. I think...

You are so funny. Such a stereotype.

I remember thinking exactly like this in my late teens and early 20s. I was as puritanical and condemning as they are now. Time... Here's a joke I like. When I was 20, I was ashamed at the stupidity and ignorance of my father. When I was 35 I was amazed at how much he'd learned in just 15...

He called Britain "this shit-hole of a country" earlier whilst he was telling me how dumb I am. It's a shame he deleted it.

... Say hi to the EU Supergirl for me.

That is true. However the second point does not imply that more intelligent people vote Labour... indeed it's almost the same point as the first. This is why: In the 1950s, circa 3% of people had access to higher education. That had only risen to 10% by the 80s. These are your older...

Not going to happen any time soon. Neither side wants to lose a brand that has in the near recent past held government, especially when there are only two parties which could feasibly win.

I agree that Brexit was a big factor in the 2019 election. For most people, myself included, Brexit is over now... we move on. It may not seem like that, if you are one of the minority who cannot let go, but I think it's true for most of people we are discussing. So why are they continuing to...

I did. It's my analysis of why Labour continues to trail in the polls and is projected to lose more of the red wall in the upcoming elections. It's not my argument for not voting Labour. Indeed, I'm more likely to vote Labour myself now than at any time in the past 6 years. I won't; but it's...

Where was that said? Pity you deleted the other post. That told me!

And that's why I think you're funny - even more amusing that Tony. You've scanned a post in response to a question: "what do you mean by courting the woke" to look for words relating to woke and gotten all excited when you find some. So funny.

Is there anything else on your CV?

I don't know what Labour does now... it's in a right old pickle and whilst some of it is self-imposed (Miliband and then Corbyn) they are also the victim of the woke movement. I don't think Starmer has done very much wrong but he's not charismatic. Rayner would be worse - and just imagine if...

"Islington" - I wanted one word to summarise the kind of people to whom I was referring. It wasn't intended as an insult but a reference point. "Woke Stuff" - I tend to agree. Britain is, on the whole, a very tolerant society. Few, I suspect, would have any serious issue with a bloke wearing...

I mean all the post-modern stuff that appeals to middle-class Socialists: self gender-id; trans women in women's toilets and prisons; no-platforming; critical race theory; taking the knee for BLM... I think Starmer is astute enough to realise that what plays well in Islington doesn't in...

These are the votes for the Socialist Party in France over 50 years. Next election they are predicted to not even make it past the first round. Some people are speculating that the British Labour Party is going the same way. My pet theory is that Ed Miliband's decision to stand against his...