UK Millennials Blaming Everything on Selfish Old Folks

A member of the public arrives to cast her vote in the EU referendum at Royal Hospital Chelsea on June 23, 2016, in London. Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

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Voters decided to leave the European Union on June 23, 2016, in the British “Brexit” Referendum. The demographics show that the majority of over-50s voted to leave the EU. Since then, there has been a sustained attack in the media by young people who blame “old voters” for the “catastrophe that will destroy Britain as we know it.”