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Fishlock's avatar

Interesting analysis. The piece around immigration struck me as odd though - the premise being that the older generation are insulated from the effects and therefore fine with the status quo, while the young are having to compete with immigrants and becoming more polarised as a result. But is the sentiment around immigration not the exact opposite to this?

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Pauline Fielding's avatar

The late 1970s and 1980s were hard. For those in work inflation was running at 15% making saving for housing almost impossible. House price then rose and crashed leaving many people in negative equity. By the early 1980s 3 million were unemployed. The older generation worried for us. Live wasn't easy for many and even now many (25%) elderly exist on the state pension alone (£11,500) and are in relative poverty.

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