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Vicky Spratt

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429 total appearances

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The Rest Is Politics
536. Is Trump’s Corruption Machine Reaching New Extremes?

I wondered whether actually young people were connecting that to their housing situation as well rather than drawing it out on its own.

The Rest Is Politics
536. Is Trump’s Corruption Machine Reaching New Extremes?

But I was really struck by the fact that immigration came in the top three concerns because I would have expected that to be something that older people over-indexed on.

The Rest Is Politics
536. Is Trump’s Corruption Machine Reaching New Extremes?

But one thing about this generation is they're very worried about their own situations for understandable reasons.

The Rest Is Politics
536. Is Trump’s Corruption Machine Reaching New Extremes?

And that might be leading to quite an individualized outlook.

The Rest Is Politics
536. Is Trump’s Corruption Machine Reaching New Extremes?

And that tells you, I think, a little bit about, of course, we've not seen the enormous swing to reform amongst young men that was being reported a couple of years ago.

The Rest Is Politics
536. Is Trump’s Corruption Machine Reaching New Extremes?

But it is true that some young people have gone to reform.

The Rest Is Politics
536. Is Trump’s Corruption Machine Reaching New Extremes?

I was at Reform Party Conference in Birmingham last year

The Rest Is Politics
536. Is Trump’s Corruption Machine Reaching New Extremes?

interviewing young reform councillors.

The Rest Is Politics
536. Is Trump’s Corruption Machine Reaching New Extremes?

And their concerns about migration, immigration policy as a whole, were very much in the vein of people coming to take the jobs that we need.

The Rest Is Politics
536. Is Trump’s Corruption Machine Reaching New Extremes?

And I think we could underestimate the impact that that issue has also had on a younger demographic.

The Rest Is Politics
536. Is Trump’s Corruption Machine Reaching New Extremes?

I think that's the challenge that the current government have got.

The Rest Is Politics
536. Is Trump’s Corruption Machine Reaching New Extremes?

And frankly, anybody who fills their shoes in number 10 after this, it's not the case that there are quick fixes and silver bullets, right?

The Rest Is Politics
536. Is Trump’s Corruption Machine Reaching New Extremes?

We have a problem with growth, even though the figures were a bit better at the start of the year.

The Rest Is Politics
536. Is Trump’s Corruption Machine Reaching New Extremes?

We need to grow the economy.

The Rest Is Politics
536. Is Trump’s Corruption Machine Reaching New Extremes?

We need to look at our jobs market.

The Rest Is Politics
536. Is Trump’s Corruption Machine Reaching New Extremes?

We have a problem that's been building, as we've just discussed for a really long time with housing.

The Rest Is Politics
536. Is Trump’s Corruption Machine Reaching New Extremes?

And this idea that you could just wave a magic wand, abolish landlords to borrow a Green Party policy and abolish freeholders and redistribute the wealth and everything would be okay is for the birds.

The Rest Is Politics
536. Is Trump’s Corruption Machine Reaching New Extremes?

But at the same time, when I'm traveling around speaking to young people who frankly like

The Rest Is Politics
536. Is Trump’s Corruption Machine Reaching New Extremes?

cannot visualize their life in 10 years time, 25 years old.

The Rest Is Politics
536. Is Trump’s Corruption Machine Reaching New Extremes?

And they don't know what the milestones of adulthood are anymore because they can't necessarily build their own life.