Hello OP, could you link a source please for approval? thank you
Can you also add the percentage of these age groups in the overall adult population?
What’s wrong with old people?
Rejoining the EU and having to join the Euro would be a far bigger disaster for the UK than Brexit, which hasn’t been as dramatic as I expected. I’m in my twenties, voted Remain, but now would vote to stay out.
As a young person, the fairly worrying thing about this data is that young and old have increasingly extreme polar opposites in their views. In the old days, this wasn’t such a problem because politics was mediated by simple biology: old people died out, and so when young people voted it balanced against old people.
But that doesn’t work anymore; old people don’t die like they used to. In some ways, we are all victims of our own success. Societies are being counterbalanced by a growing median age. Democracies are increasingly for old people.
On the whole, Brexit was shit and I won’t forgive my country for it. But there’s lots of other problems coming – water, climate, space – where young people and their future will have no viable winning coalition. There just won’t be enough young people to counter balance these views. You only get the Brexit vote, every time. Politics becomes rule by the old.
Average UK lifespan is 81 years, so thats a baked in majority for rejoining the EU in something like 15-20 years?
This isn’t too surprising tbh. Even with the actual referendum, from what I saw it was mainly older people voting leave.
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Unfortunately, even if we do have another referendum, we’re (unfortunately) probably not wanted back lol
Its not fair that people who will not be there to see the future get to vote on it and fuck it up for the ones that will need to deal with it.
Its not fair that people who will not be there to see the future get to vote on it and fuck it up for the ones that will need to deal with it.
Wait till they hear what the yearly amount the UK would pay, to the EU, on rejoining.
Yet somehow, that small group of boomers apparently was the majority.
Honestly, if they vote to come back, they should go through the entire procedure again like any new member state and should no longer receive that preferential treatment they used to have.
While I voted Remain in 2016 I am fairly certain that attempting to rejoin the EU now would be mind-bogglingly stupid. The country would be forced to sign up to all of the silly ideas that we avoided last time – Schengen, the Euro etc – as well as all of the new power-grabbing schemes that Brussels has come up with in the meantime.
Beforehand Britain was managing to stave off the worst but Brexit has actually hastened the superstate (aided by the Ukraine war) and because of this I would not vote to rejoin *unless* there was a fundamental shift in direction.
I was happy with the status quo during the referendum, my main concern now is what the EU wants to become though. I just don’t see a federation working, I think it can only lead to disaster. Better to get out now before its too late.
These seems very reminiscent of “oh, it’ll never pass”…..”shit”
UK is not going to join the EU in short or medium term.
Is there any Politician that promised that? i am sure the conservatives are not thinking about it
Did this question include the statement that rejoining would require switching to the Euro? Because I somehow doubt it. If that was included in the poll then even youngsters would be less in favour of rejoining.
now…control for who votes?
I don’t see any substantial advantages to the UK in rejoining the EU that would be worthwhile to the average British citizen.
Judging by those generational lines the UK will be back in the EU within 60 years.
Is anyone surprised? Honestly.
sorry but the old assholes why want to setup the future for younger generations?
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Hello OP, could you link a source please for approval? thank you
Can you also add the percentage of these age groups in the overall adult population?
What’s wrong with old people?
Rejoining the EU and having to join the Euro would be a far bigger disaster for the UK than Brexit, which hasn’t been as dramatic as I expected. I’m in my twenties, voted Remain, but now would vote to stay out.
As a young person, the fairly worrying thing about this data is that young and old have increasingly extreme polar opposites in their views. In the old days, this wasn’t such a problem because politics was mediated by simple biology: old people died out, and so when young people voted it balanced against old people.
But that doesn’t work anymore; old people don’t die like they used to. In some ways, we are all victims of our own success. Societies are being counterbalanced by a growing median age. Democracies are increasingly for old people.
On the whole, Brexit was shit and I won’t forgive my country for it. But there’s lots of other problems coming – water, climate, space – where young people and their future will have no viable winning coalition. There just won’t be enough young people to counter balance these views. You only get the Brexit vote, every time. Politics becomes rule by the old.
Average UK lifespan is 81 years, so thats a baked in majority for rejoining the EU in something like 15-20 years?
This isn’t too surprising tbh. Even with the actual referendum, from what I saw it was mainly older people voting leave.
​
Unfortunately, even if we do have another referendum, we’re (unfortunately) probably not wanted back lol
Its not fair that people who will not be there to see the future get to vote on it and fuck it up for the ones that will need to deal with it.
Its not fair that people who will not be there to see the future get to vote on it and fuck it up for the ones that will need to deal with it.
Wait till they hear what the yearly amount the UK would pay, to the EU, on rejoining.
Yet somehow, that small group of boomers apparently was the majority.
Honestly, if they vote to come back, they should go through the entire procedure again like any new member state and should no longer receive that preferential treatment they used to have.
While I voted Remain in 2016 I am fairly certain that attempting to rejoin the EU now would be mind-bogglingly stupid. The country would be forced to sign up to all of the silly ideas that we avoided last time – Schengen, the Euro etc – as well as all of the new power-grabbing schemes that Brussels has come up with in the meantime.
Beforehand Britain was managing to stave off the worst but Brexit has actually hastened the superstate (aided by the Ukraine war) and because of this I would not vote to rejoin *unless* there was a fundamental shift in direction.
I was happy with the status quo during the referendum, my main concern now is what the EU wants to become though. I just don’t see a federation working, I think it can only lead to disaster. Better to get out now before its too late.
These seems very reminiscent of “oh, it’ll never pass”…..”shit”
UK is not going to join the EU in short or medium term.
Is there any Politician that promised that? i am sure the conservatives are not thinking about it
Did this question include the statement that rejoining would require switching to the Euro? Because I somehow doubt it. If that was included in the poll then even youngsters would be less in favour of rejoining.
now…control for who votes?
I don’t see any substantial advantages to the UK in rejoining the EU that would be worthwhile to the average British citizen.
Judging by those generational lines the UK will be back in the EU within 60 years.
Is anyone surprised? Honestly.
sorry but the old assholes why want to setup the future for younger generations?