[Vicky.]

72% is pretty impressive if thats what it turns out to be. Still should be higher though.

[Vicky.]

I really do think the voting age should be lowered to 16 tbh too.

[Loukas]

Vote by age group (Sky Data on the day poll)

18-34
Lab 63%
Con 27%

[LeatherTrumpet]

Originally Posted by Withano

Still outnumbered by the ageing population. Luckily this time a lot of old people voted with the young instead of against them.

i think you will find all the population is ageing

[Withano]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

i think you will find all the population is ageing

Source

[Shaun]

Find it hard to believe considering the 2010/15 figures James posted but I wouldn't be surprised by 60%

[bitontheslide]

Originally Posted by Withano

Source

[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

at last, we have a scapegoat for this clusterfck

The old and decrepit that don't know what the internet is and take the tabloids as gospel?

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

Originally Posted by Dezzy

The old and decrepit that don't know what the internet is and take the tabloids as gospel?

[DemolitionRed]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

i think you will find all the population is ageing

True, though a lot of those ageing folk are between 13 and 17 which will be perfect for the next election.

[Vicky.]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

[James]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

The old and decrepit that don't know what the internet is and take the tabloids as gospel?

There's a lot of fake (and unreliable) news on the Internet though. That was blamed for Trump getting elected.

We'll see if the 72% figure story in this thread is an example of that phenomenon.

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by Cherie

Speculative at best Withano, We might not be Brexiting at all if they weren't so complacent in the referendum

Were they complacent?... I don't think they were.

[Mystic Mock]

It's good for British Politics that so many of us came out to vote.

And the main reason was that Labour was the only party that promised young people a bright future, even if it's fake it was nice that there was hope for us for a change rather than being told we're gonna have to suffer all of the changes that will also affect the other age groups aswell, but alot of them are better equipped to handle it as they're more likely to be in a well paid job to cope with the Tories punishments.

[Brillopad]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

The old and decrepit that don't know what the internet is and take the tabloids as gospel?

No lies on the net then. Surely no-one is daft enough to take the net as gospel!

As for your blatant ageism, time will have the last laugh on you there - enjoy it while you can. The stupidity of your words will finally dawn.

[Kazanne]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

The old and decrepit that don't know what the internet is and take the tabloids as gospel?

They fought for you to have the freedoms you have, that is really disrespectful to older people imo.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by James

There's a lot of fake (and unreliable) news on the Internet though. That was blamed for Trump getting elected.

We'll see if the 72% figure story in this thread is an example of that phenomenon.

Good point James

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Kazanne

They fought for you to have the freedoms you have, that is really disrespectful to older people imo.

Just a normal day on TiBB

[Brillopad]

Originally Posted by Kazanne

They fought for you to have the freedoms you have, that is really disrespectful to older people imo.

And he was telling others in recent threads how 'disrespectful' their vote for Brexit and the Tories was was to those that fought in the wars to preserve our freedoms. You couldn't make it up.

[Toy Soldier]

Do we have to point out, once again, that to have served in word war 2 one would realistically have to have been born in or before around 1927... Making the youngest ww2 veterans 90 years old today.

Anyone under that age did not fight for our freedoms. The rhetoric that the "older generations fought in wars for what we have!" made sense back in the 1990's... When Ww2 veterans were in their 70's. But people appear to have got stuck on it like a soundbite. It's 2017. It just doesn't hold water anymore.

[Toy Soldier]

Also have to say... A bit of irony to see people complaining about ageism against the older generations, whilst in the same post being ageist about young people. it does work both ways, you know. For every "inexperienced" young voter, there's an "out of touch" elderly voter.

[Smithy]

Originally Posted by Kazanne

They fought for you to have the freedoms you have, that is really disrespectful to older people imo.

But now they're fighting to take away the NHS and people's rights, that's pretty disrespectful too

[bitontheslide]

Originally Posted by Smithy

But now they're fighting to take away the NHS and people's rights, that's pretty disrespectful too

That is a completely fabricated point with no basis in fact whatsoever

[Brillopad]

Originally Posted by Smithy

But now they're fighting to take away the NHS and people's rights, that's pretty disrespectful too

Generally older people need the NHS more than the young so that really makes no sense.

[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by Brillopad

No lies on the net then. Surely no-one is daft enough to take the net as gospel!

As for your blatant ageism, time will have the last laugh on you there - enjoy it while you can. The stupidity of your words will finally dawn.

More chance of truth on the internet where all sides are reported than with the tabloids and their regular character assassinations and worship of Theresa May (I believe I saw the sun call her the 'people's champion'. on a front page a few days before election, very unbiased reporting there!

It's the older generations that decided both the EU Ref and this election, they deserve to take the flack for their mistakes, it was also their generations that ****ed up everything to begin with so you can be quiet with those weak claims of ageism.