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The Bunker

Election '24: Should Sunak stop obsessing over the grey vote?

The Bunker

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News, Politics, Society & Culture, Government

4.6984 Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2024

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Britain’s older generations have historically played a key role in elections. But how pivotal is the ‘grey vote’ ahead of July 4, and who is likely to win it? Gavin Esler talks to the New Statesman’s senior data journalist and Britain Elects co-founder Ben Walker about who this demographic actually describes and what they want. We are sponsored by Indeed. Go to Indeed.com/bunker for £100 sponsored credit. www.patreon.com/bunkercast Written and presented by Gavin Esler. Produced by Eliza Davis Beard. Audio production by Tom Taylor. Managing Editor Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor AndrewHarrison. Art by James Parrett. Music by Kenny Dickinson. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. www.podmasters.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

My name is Stan. I'm at. Nice to meet you. So you took up photography where? I've always loved

0:05.5

photography but I turn it into earning a living at 60. I enrolled on a day course.

0:11.8

Well college. I loved going to college. It's good you can retry. I'm enrolled on the day course. But college?

0:13.0

I loved going to college.

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It's good you can retrain and do something.

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Yeah, yeah.

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For chicken worth dipping, it better be bird's eye. Hello and welcome to the bunker I'm Gavin Esler. If Nirvana smells like team spirit is one of the an sums of your

1:15.4

youth, then you are of a certain generation. If your memory stretches to the who talking about my generation,

1:22.0

then you're probably of a different generation and over 60 years old.

1:26.0

It sometimes claimed that politically we drift to the right as we get older.

1:30.0

Typically that was supposed to be because we buy a house get a mortgage have children

1:34.4

although given the cost of housing mortgages and children in 2024 that might not be

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