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After higher youth turnout in the 2017 general election Labour has to think hard about whether fairness is about class or cohort Labour’s surprise success in June’s election, gaining 32 seats and winning 40 per cent of the popular vote, has quickly been absorbed within a new narrative about the rise of youth. Before the election, the conventional wisdom was … Continue reading →
21 August 2017 by Kate Alexander Shaw
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The election continued the swing of working-class voters to the Conservative Party – but also the more important trend of working-class disengagement from politics. Can Labour respond without succumbing to populism? The general election was peculiar for a large number of reasons. One of those reasons, relatively overlooked to date, is that – amid some stunning victories in affluent areas … Continue reading →
5 July 2017 by Craig Berry
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Tags: Brexit, Conservative party, election, general election 2017, Jeremy Corbyn, Labour, Labour Party, populism, Theresa May, Tories, working class, young people
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Does age now trump class in British politics?
After higher youth turnout in the 2017 general election Labour has to think hard about whether fairness is about class or cohort Labour’s surprise success in June’s election, gaining 32 seats and winning 40 per cent of the popular vote, has quickly been absorbed within a new narrative about the rise of youth. Before the election, the conventional wisdom was … Continue reading →
21 August 2017 by Kate Alexander Shaw
Categories: SPERI Comment | Tags: general election 2017, Jeremy Corbyn, Labour, young people | Leave a comment