General Election June 2017

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cliveo in reply to @croft

I am the youngest person in the office where I work, and pretty much the only person with left leanings. I am told again and again that you get more conservative when you get older - does this hold true in practice?

I first voted in the 1970s. I voted Labour then and have voted Labour ever since. HavYes, over the years my views on pragmatic ways to implement my ideals have changed, not necessarily in a rightwards direction. Many people who I knew at university who were then apolitical have since spent their lives as activists. Most to the very left.

I have an on going debate on Twitter with someone I knew at university to, then as now, was at the very right of the Tory party.

In other words, tribalism can be stronger than the rightward shift of years. Stay active; stay left.

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HousecatHST in reply to @cliveo

I get the tribalism thing. I've always considered my political party the same as my football team, you don't change who you support, you might bitch and moan about them (I really wasn't happy with Corbyns position on brexit) but when it comes to the big match against your hated rivals your right be behind the team.

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