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    Jeremy Corbyn is most popular politician among 16 and 17-year-olds
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    Jeremy Corbyn is most popular politician among 16 and 17-year-olds

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    1. letmeexistt on

      They’ll grow up listening to the mail and BBC telling them how much people like Corbyn are anti-Semitic rats that cannot be trusted and eventually most will end up believing them.

      Rinse and repeat

    2. welsh_cthulhu on

      Colour me surprised. Ideologue Magic Grampa with batshit policies polls well with teenagers.

    4. _HGCenty on

      Unfortunately only those in Islington North can vote for him.

      I wish we’d stop framing our politics as if we have a presidential system.

    5. Cottonshopeburnfoot on

      If they manage to turn out in number it’ll make Corbyn’s new party very interesting.

    7. Bright_Software_5747 on

      Funny how everyone was so proud they voted against him in 2019 and went for Boris but now when I discuss this topic I can’t find a single person who admits they voted for Boris 💀 Jeremy had some loopy ideas then and now but happy I didn’t vote for the Boris>Brexit>Truss pipeline.

    8. spacebatangeldragon8 on

      Potentially evidence against the emergent “Da Yoof are all TikTok-addled Reformniks” narrative – though it’s worth noting that the first generational cohort to actually be *impacted* by the voting reform plans in a general election (presuming no snap election/s) are presently 11-12, and I would be quite curious to see some work done on how *they* are developing politically.

    9. Billoo77 on

      Lmao they were about 10 years old when he was the Labour leader.

      They must like the song.

    10. denspark62 on

      “500 16-17 year olds for their thoughts on a range of political figures. Corbyn came out on top, with 12% saying they ‘strongly approve’ of him, versus 9% who said the same about Keir Starmer and Nigel Farage.”

      So within margin of error of farage or starmer being their favourite politican instead of corbyn.

      hardly a ringing endorsement of the idea that corbyn has got a new children’s crusade on his side.

    11. RejectingBoredom on

      “Alright Jezza, most of the country doesn’t like you but if sixth formers could vote we’d have that demographic locked down.”

    12. ConsistentMajor3011 on

      Of course he is, you need only talk to young people to find out what their priorities are

    14. LookOverall on

      Trouble is now that these teenagers are getting the vote they are likely to vote for a Corbyn fringe party, which could let Reform in.

    15. iamezekiel1_14 on

      As I’ve said before, 2019 and Murdoch are on the 📞 phone asking if you want another once in a lifetime beating? Once is careless, twice and you’d have to start asking questions.

    16. Mr_Miscellaneous on

      They were 7 and 10 years old at the election he was an option in.

      Since then we’ve had the cataclysmic ending of the Brexit Neverendum (exclusively due to Conservative government incompetence) a plague that killed over a hundred thousand (made worse by Conservative government incompetence), lost a decades-long war, saw conflict return to Europe and an economic nightmare (exclusively due to Conservative government incompetence) .

      So yeah, it’s much like older generations thinking Gordon Brown was their favourite politician a decade ago or how older people rue Kinnock losing in ’87 – it’s the counterfactuals and “what if’s”.

    17. Creepy-Bell-4527 on

      I liked where Corbyn stood on domestic policy but his giddily optimistic positions on defence and foreign policy would get us invaded, *and we would deserve it*.

      Still voted for him at every election.