I thought this was a hoax the first time I saw this story. But apparently not. The man is becoming a parody of himself.
12ft.io link for those who cannot be arsed with the Indie: https://12ft.io/proxy?&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.independent.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fuk%2Fpolitics%2Flabour-green-climate-change-starmer-miliband-b2372012.html
Young people don’t vote in big enough numbers to make any difference in elections though. There might have been an increase when Corbyn was leader, but they were largely racking up votes in places where they were already winning, so it was useless.
Unfortunately, it’s the 60+ brigade who decide elections and whose votes the parties need to court. Which is why every party is a NIMBY party.
Starmer is about to change this dynamic with the addition of younger voters and EU residents.
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I thought it didn’t make much of an impact, and reduced overall voting percentages because they didn’t turn out?