Havant_Enviro ,
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Pensioner being interviewed outside a Bingo hall in Portsmouth this morning for the BBC:

BBC: "and how did you vote?"

Pensioner: "I voted for Reform. I don't like the man (Fartler). It was a protest vote..."

Penny Mordaunt (Conservative) lost her Portsmouth North seat to Labour.

stuffjolikes ,
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@Havant_Enviro likewise..similar uninformed and completely bonkers conversations occured on election day at our in - most of our lot voted Labour or Green and vibe in the room very anti Tory. One old chap said David Curry was a crap MP and never did anything - which was true but Julian Smith has been our MP since 2010. Lots of talk about voting Labour to get Tories out but some worried Starmer was going to tax their pensions and take away their winter fuel allowance ..no idea where that came from. Julian Smith still won here but Labour very close 2nd and majority slashed from 24000 to 1650.

Havant_Enviro OP ,
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@stuffjolikes

I think for people like us the issues are very clear.

But for many, they don't think about climate and other big issues when they vote.
Plus the media don't make it a big issue, although energy is.

Even if they did make those things a big deal, many voters would see it as important to them.

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