Government minister Anna Soubry, a committed 'Remainer', doesn't like the fact that the people who care enough about the country to actually bother to vote in elections and referendums tend to be older, white and male.
Today, in urging younger people to vote to stay in the European Union on 23rd June, she has said "Often it's the case some of these Brexiteers tend to be older, nothing wrong with that, but they do tend to be older, they also tend to be male and they tend to be pale". I may be overly sensitive but being older, male and white, I find this offensive. Indeed, had Ms Soubry said something about young black females being negligent of their civic duty in not voting, she would almost certainly have been hit with a barrage of criticism from all sides.
Soubry's characterisation in this way of those who want to see the United Kingdom regain its sovereignty and independence is appalling. She probably owes her current position as an MP and role as a minster to these same people that she finds so objectionable when it comes to their views on the future of the country which she claims to serve. Perhaps she should consider this next time she asks the electorate to support her.
Today's young tend not to vote but they also tend to have no interest in, or understanding of, political matters; Soubry wants the young to vote because of this innate lack of knowledge and their consequential gullibility. The older generations have experience of the cynical, hypocritical and disingenuous nature of politicians and their acolytes, and tend to vote accordingly, which is not to Soubry's liking. Tough.
I care about my country and my age, gender and colour have nothing to do with it. I will vote, as I always do, and I will VOTE LEAVE.
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