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Hats off! Excited to read more of these in the future!

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strange numbers for SNP with no o-levels / GCSEs: in scotland we don't have A-levels, O-levels or GCSEs. those over 50 have O-grades, which are at least directly relatable to O-levels. maybe this is skewing the responses and you need to reword your questions?

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Wishful thinking lol

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Fantastic analysis, Ben! Really looking forward to reading more soon!

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Boomer One Nation Tory here, would never vote Labour, formerly Bromley Conservative Association chairman, not voting for the current Mancunian Economic Liberal Wokists masquerading as the Conservative Party. If they stand here on the Wight I would probably vote SDP.

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I wonder if you could map similar data for Conservative MPs who consistently vote for pro-over 60s / NIMBY-esque legislation of the type that's destroying them now? Disclaimer - am Gen X.

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Wouldn't differential voting rates between the age groups be an additional factor? It would play well for the Tories, and given the shenanigans with upcoming requirements for voter ID, they appear to be intending to major on it.

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As someone with a Statistics A-level, I find this sort of stuff fascinating. Real skill to take such a mass of information and interpret what it might mean for the future. And a Verve lyric thrown in as well!

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Superb research and analysis, data which supports the longstanding hypothesis of A Very Public Sociologist

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Great article; bad Fitzgerald impression.

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Fascinating stuff, thanks for digging into the data. I don’t suppose the housing tenure voting intention splits into under/over fifties? I’d be fascinated to see if there’s any differences there between the two groups given the different experiences with buying homes in different periods, though I imagine small sub samples might be an issue.

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Retired. Home owner. Educated. Reasonably well off. Happy with supply side, small state, low tax. Distressed and disgusted with net zero. Joined party to vote out May. Will not vote conservative next time to punish.

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