That Radio Two is phasing out 1950s music ought to be a lesson to those who talk about a new political formation to the right of the Conservative Party.
If you were born on the last day of the 1950s, then you will turn 60 this year. If you were born on the last day before the War, then you will turn 80. Yes, eighty.
If you were born on the last day of the 1950s, then you will turn 60 this year. If you were born on the last day before the War, then you will turn 80. Yes, eighty.
But half the population is under 40. That is, half the population has been born since the year in which Margaret Thatcher became Prime Minister.
The number of people who remember Britain before the 1945 Election is very small, and it probably now decreases every day.
And the number of people who remember that Britain with any fondness, longing for life before the National Health Service, is negligible.
There is no electoral reservoir waiting to be tapped anywhere to the right of the Conservative Party. Those voters simply do not exist.
There is no electoral reservoir waiting to be tapped anywhere to the right of the Conservative Party. Those voters simply do not exist.
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