New Prime Minister and outlook - factual update

[Jenny1]

This article digs deeper into who is most likely to have voted 'Leave'.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-36803544

To some extent it debunks the theory that this was a vote pitching the wealthy against the impoverished and the city dweller against the resident of the small town. This ties in with my own experience, explaining the aristocratic Chelsea lady and the retired East Anglian bank manager who I know to have voted 'Leave'.

My hope is that the new PM does not closely espouse the 'traditional values' mentioned in this article.

(post script - and if you look at the full breadth of what 'traditional values' incorporates - an attachment to the past, rather than moving forward, being the chief identifier - it applies as much to 'die hard' leftists as to those with 'right wing' sensibilities.)

[malumbu]

The death penalty. The perfect example of why big decisons should be left to our elected representatives rather than a public vote. One thing that I agree with Thatcher about (ie not having referendums on difficult issues)