Tory politicians are so totally hopeless and useless.
They don't care about the fact that literally everyone under the age of 45 hates them. They seem totally oblivious to the fact that the Boomers, who keep them in power for now, are a rapidly shrinking % of the electorate.
How can you not get that??
They're not making new Boomers anymore. The number of Boomers can only go one way.
Meanwhile, every single day, hundreds of new Zoomers reach voting age.
And Millennials are not becoming any more conservative as they age.
Do the maths!!
"Young people have always gone through a left-wing phase"
-Except, as recently as 2015 (left-hand side), "young" meant "people in their 20s".
Since 2017 (right-hand side), "young" means "people up to their mid-40s".
That's a big shift. And no conservative politician gets it. ImageImage

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