Thread: Government & Post Election Discussion
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Old 10-01-2018, 22:12   #1059
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Re: Government & Post Election Discussion
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Originally Posted by Mr K View Post
That'll account for the Tories increased 'strong and stable' majority at the last election
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Originally Posted by Damien View Post
I think it's a bit convenient that the wise thing to do is triple-lock pensions whilst tripling tuition fees.

Another reason might be rather than more knowledge it's actually that as people accumulate wealth the policies which benefit them change. You might be all for a radical increase in home building until you face the prospect of it depressing the value of your newly purchased home. A cut to jobseekers allowance for the under-25s is less of a concern when you're over 25.

This would also explain why the same trend doesn't happen for people who work in the public sector.

This is obviously a simplification, exceptions exists, but in general older demographics vote Tory because it benefits them and younger voters vote Labour because they believe it will benefit them.
That doesn’t represent how I think at all!

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Originally Posted by Damien View Post
It's not socialist if the Tories do it.

That said I thought the social care policy wasn't too bad. Someone has to pay somewhere. At least this way you got to keep your home until you die, the flaw to me was that it became a lottery on if you got dementia or not.

And it also highlighted the other side of your example. The Tories took some Ed Miliband policies are suddenly they're decent policies to the right-wing press and they're barbaric to Labour. The Tories essentially proposed a bigger inheritance tax to pay for social care and suddenly Labour were outraged.
They were simply taking account of public views.
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