What the Tories did well once again, was use social media (Facebook) to a stronger advantage than labor.
Labor voters are younger and have left Facebook for instagram wechat and Snapchat ....
That said, Labor leavers didn’t switch to the Cons in any great numbers but the red wall was defeated because Brexit split off sufficient Labor leavers to bring them, down below the Cons. Corbyn didn’t offer these people anything worthwhile and in fact scorned these voters by offering them the misery of a second referendum (so you vote as we see fit)
This Marxist Lenist model of “we know what’s best for you” and too many similar policies to Shoorten (imagine as a landlord being t9ld if your tenant stays long enough they are permitted to buy it out from under you), the ludicrous amount of endlessspending of other people’s money (those who receive the taxes aren’t exactly the same mob who pay ‘em) is a bridge too far. (I did like the idea that companies must have an employee share scheme as that’s how true wealth capital is created)
Scott from MRketing knows three word slogans work like Get Brexit Done, Get Berexit done, stop the. Boats....
Labor pour scorn on this approach when for uninformed voters it works.
Loyal labour voters were taken for granted in the rush to help “new chums” we call em jjohnny come latelys. Sounds like my bank, punished for loyalty and rewarded for opening a new account (either lower interest rate or over 100,000 FF points).
Lastly, the working class no longer are represented becasue the facade of labor is exactly that, supporting social causes and fads. And professionally educated in preference to The impoverished job insecure working class who no longer need complete job security as their wives are now allowed to work, but still expect their govt to provide health services if you’re heaalthy and wealthy, getting ill shouldn’t make you poor.
That said, it’s ingenious of the Cons who pushed austerity to now resume funding of the stripped down health services. And be rewarded for it. By leaving the EU they will have roughly a. Spare £38 billion to pour into the NHS instead of a poor Eastern European. Country .... in all democratic countries taxes are insufficient to pay for everything everyone wants. If I tried that stunt in my household I’d. Be bankrupt.
PS MY OWN Brexit happened today as my last ever child support payment was made. I can now deal with my. Resentment of me working 5 days a week to blow over 90% of my income on taxes, home loan repayments (15 years down the track, property is far more expensive than on marriage day), child support, superannuation, rates, strata fees and utilities, plus of course feeding the kids.
This is the injustice of the system and is why the average Aussie is more incl8ned to support a wealth creating party even if billionaires are rotting the tax system, than one who passes out plenty of their taxes as “other people’s money”
