[Cherie]

Maybe it would be better to implement the rule that everyone eligible has to vote

[Tom4784]

I think it was TS in another thread that offered up a table that divided who voted what into age and education and it showed that basically, older less educated people were basically voting in ignorance, that being said, I think as long as you are elligible to vote, you are entitled to vote.

People are entitled to **** up the country more than it is already.

[James]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

I think it was TS in another thread that offered up a table that divided who voted what into age and education and it showed that basically, older less educated people were basically voting in ignorance, that being said, I think as long as you are elligible to vote, you are entitled to vote.

People are entitled to **** up the country more than it is already.

Here's the chart from the other thread - https://d25d2506sfb94s.cloudfront.ne...-28/vote1b.png

What you got to remember is that it was far less common for the older generation to have gone to university, with fewer places available. It was only in the 90s that university attendance took off.

Many people that went to school in the 60s left when they were 15 or 16.

So obviously if older people support a certain position then that position will also be supported by a demographic with fewer or lower qualifications.

It doesn't mean they are less intelligent though. I don't think it is helping the remain case when an argument like that gets made.

[bots]

Originally Posted by James

Here's the chart from the other thread - https://d25d2506sfb94s.cloudfront.ne...-28/vote1b.png

What you got to remember is that it was far less common for the older generation to have gone to university, with fewer places available. It was only in the 90s that university attendance took off.

Many people that went to school in the 60s left when they were 15 or 16.

So obviously if older people support a certain position then that position will also be supported by a demographic with fewer or lower qualifications.

It doesn't mean they are less intelligent though. I don't think it is helping the remain case when an argument like that gets made.

i went to Uni in the early 80's and it was less then 5% that went on to any form of further education. By the time it got to post grads it was less than 0.5 %. That doesn't mean people were stupid, uneducated or unaware of the implications of issues of the day.

My own belief is that people remember what a cluster **** the EU was, where France dictated terms, where the common market stored up butter mountains that then went to waste to keep the price high to benefit french farmers. They also remember that we managed just fine before the EU ... so why not just go back to that again. The problem is that the world has moved on, both in terms of a global economy and the standards and regulations now required to trade. It's not the same, and it never will be. The days of us being an isolated powerhouse have long gone.