In my Monday Washington Examiner column I look at the differences in political attitudes between young Americans and young Brits. Young Brits, it seems, are less likely to favor big government policies and are not big backers of the Labour party. Confirmation comes from Conservative London Mayor Boris Johnson’s column in the Monday Telegraph, in which he says the current Labour party leader, Ed Milliband, is just like Neil Kinnock, who lost two general elections, and not at all like Tony Blair, who won three. In his inimitable prose, Johnson notes a recent poll result:
“For the first time since the 2010 election, the Labour lead has sunk to five points. The Tories are ahead not just among the over-60s but — and this is surely a new thing — we seem to be more popular among 18- to 24-year-olds as well. If Labour can’t get their message across to a generation that faces such challenges — rising rents, tuition fees, you name it — then what is the point of the Labour Party?”
