[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by Christmas Sherry

On countless occasions in Berlin I saw people of all ages protesting together for a common cause. This was not like back home, where far too often protesting is a thing young people do, but the expectation is that one day they will ‘get it out of their systems’.


Who made Brexit happen. it was the young let us down

The young let us down..... Where did you hear this?

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Merry Corbynmas

The young let us down..... Where did you hear this?

I thought it was common knowledge a lot of young people didn't vote in the ref??

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by Christmas Sherry

I thought it was common knowledge a lot of young people didn't vote in the ref??

The turnout among young people aged 18 to 24 in the EU referendum was almost double the level that has been widely reported since polling day, according to evidence compiled at the London School of Economics.

The new findings – based on detailed polling conducted since the referendum by Opinium, and analysed by Michael Bruter, professor of political science and European politics at the LSE, and his colleague, Dr Sarah Harrison – suggests the turnout was 64% among this age group.

It has been widely assumed since the referendum that the turnout among young people was around 36% – a figure that has allowed Brexit campaigners to say young people cannot claim that they were betrayed by older pro-Brexit voters, as almost two-thirds did not bother to vote.


https://www.theguardian.com/politics...-twice-as-high

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Merry Corbynmas

The turnout among young people aged 18 to 24 in the EU referendum was almost double the level that has been widely reported since polling day, according to evidence compiled at the London School of Economics.

The new findings – based on detailed polling conducted since the referendum by Opinium, and analysed by Michael Bruter, professor of political science and European politics at the LSE, and his colleague, Dr Sarah Harrison – suggests the turnout was 64% among this age group.

It has been widely assumed since the referendum that the turnout among young people was around 36% – a figure that has allowed Brexit campaigners to say young people cannot claim that they were betrayed by older pro-Brexit voters, as almost two-thirds did not bother to vote.


https://www.theguardian.com/politics...-twice-as-high

Either way the claim by your first article that only young people protest is null and void and 64 per cent is still pretty low since it will affect the younger generation in the main

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by Christmas Sherry

Either way the claim by your first article that only young people protest is null and void and 64 per cent is still pretty low since it will affect the younger generation in the main

'This was not like back home, where far too often protesting is a thing young people do,'

Didn't exactly say that....

'The results found that 64% of those young people who were registered did vote, rising to 65% among 25-to-39-year-olds and 66% among those aged between 40 and 54'

The difference is 1% or 2% between 3 age ranges.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Merry Corbynmas

'This was not like back home, where far too often protesting is a thing young people do,'

Didn't exactly say that....

'The results found that 64% of those young people who were registered did vote, rising to 65% among 25-to-39-year-olds and 66% among those aged between 40 and 54'

The difference is 1% or 2% between 3 age ranges.

It is saying that..look at most protests there is usually a wide age range unless it is a student protest l...it's not just the young as this eejit is suggesting...biased much

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by Christmas Sherry

It is saying that..look at most protests there is usually a wide age range unless it is a student protest l...it's not just the young as this eejit is suggesting...biased much

It does not say that and I'd say he was more astute than idiotic.