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I think the Tories picked up on that much better than Labour did, and promised to basically make politics go away by getting the most dominant electoral issue out of the way - whereas Labour offered a lot more engagement, a lot more intervention, and that's part of the reason it was a lot less appealing.
100% Hence the tory hammering of 2 more referendums message. The make-it-go-away vote was strong.
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Certainly some of this. Boris was for 'less politics'. Not unlike Trump.
I just blame boomers and gen x.
a) They lived through 70s Labour
b) They read newspapers
c) They love Facebook
d) They're too fucking old to understand what they're looking at
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My theory on the election is that the reasonable (by recent standards) turnout of 67% is actually a symptom of, rather than masking, a huge amount of political fatigue and disenfranchisement.
I think the Tories picked up on that much better than Labour did, and promised to basically make politics go away by getting the most dominant electoral issue out of the way - whereas Labour offered a lot more engagement, a lot more intervention, and that's part of the reason it was a lot less appealing.
A lot of people took a gamble that 1) their voices might actually be heard, like they thought they would in 2016 and 2) the Tories can't make things significantly worse than they already are.
I think they're right about 1 and fear they're wrong about 2.
And I hope that the Tories have so little planned beyond Brexit that the next Labour leader can actually offer something hopeful and enticing.