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And everyone who intends to vote for a party joins it as a member right. A doubling in a parties membership from across the country wouldn't be a barometer for wider support as a whole either.
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And everyone who intends to vote for a party joins it as a member right. A doubling in a parties membership from across the country wouldn't be a barometer for wider support as a whole either.
So you agree with me? Labour were complacent, relied on the sudden swell of support from a small subsection of the electorate, which didn't translate to votes from all age groups and backgrounds, then blamed the media. Conservative party membership is irrelevant to this.
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Well it obviously wasn't looking at the last election.....
Edit. Probably a bit provocative but labour did get spanked at the last election.
William.
Grumpy_Git
Labour membership: 485,000
People aged 20-30: approx. 7 million
Total electorate: 47-49 million
The belief that support from the first two groups alone can with an election is partly why Labour lost the election.