[natchy]

From the article:

> We asked whether it is “fair or unfair for people who say grossly offensive things to be at risk of losing their livelihoods?” Nationally, 48 percent believe it is “fair,” but this figure rises to 65 percent for social democrat-aligned Labour voters, compared with 39 percent for right-leaning Conservative voters.

Meaning right leaning are more likely to live and let live.

[iso1210]

"right leaning" is a minority in the UK, and if you exclude those who've retired it's a small minority. Minorities tend to be more accepting of speech that goes against the majority view.

[jjbinx007]

We've not had a Labour government in the UK for 11 years and counting.

[yerwhat01010]

And a lot of old-school lefties in the UK consider Blair's New Labour to be centre-right, "Red Tories" etc. Blair might have been left-wing but he certainly wasn't a socialist.

The "left" in Britain arguably haven't won an election since 1974.

[toyg]

It has to be considered that "the left" has been structurally divided in three parties (Lab, LibDem, Greens) for most of this period, which is a cardinal sin in the British system.

The right had fewer splits, and arguably none of them is comparably structural.

[yerwhat01010]

Yes, FPTP is the worst.

The left might have lost a lot of elections, but I think you can still make a case for the original point the "right-of-centre" are a minority in the UK, even if it's only a narrow majority. The Conservatives haven't won a majority of the popular vote in nearly 90 years (but then neither has any party)

https://www.statista.com/statistics/717004/general-elections...

[iso1210]

Showing just how unrepresentitive our electoral system is. The combined Tory/Brexit/DUP vote was about 43% in 2019, a minority.

Ashcroft and Ipsos confirm that older people were more likely to vote tory, with >50% only in the over 65 range.

If you're a HN poster you're likely in a workplace with

1) Under 45s, certainly under 65s

2) ABC1

3) University education

All of those are 3 indicators of low 'right wing' (defined as voting Tory or whatever Farage's party is) support, so it's not surprising most people in the workplace of the average HN poster vote not-tory.