Good morning. Not looked at all the back posts, but at the last election the turnout was 59.8%, whereas 2019 was 67.3, 2017 68.8, and 2015 66.4. Which suggests there are quite a few non-voters LAST T… (View Post)

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There are almost certainly 4 years before the next election. There are issues with more immediacy, at least as far as many of us are concerned. For example will Oldham Athletic FC beat Southend Unite… (View Post)

All of whom will, of course, be in their mid-20's by 2029 and much more likely to vote. Not sure whether my 20 year old grandson voted; suspect he didn't, although one would have thought as a history… (View Post)

No idea what it's like now but in the late 50's it was a very good place for a middle-class youth from SE Essex to go to broaden his horizons. And generally speaking I found the locals friendly, but … (View Post)