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Waitrose only major supermarket with majority Tory customers, polls show (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] GreatAlbatross 21 points 5 months ago (3 children)

"Waitrose customers found to be older and richer than average"

[–] ChocolateTeapot@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

Yep, in other news, water is wet and the sky is blue....

[–] vext01@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 5 months ago

Research shows water now wet.

[–] IcePee@lemmy.beru.co 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

I get the old adage: the older you get the more right you are. But, the richer?

[–] Famko@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That's definitely true as you would want to conserve the wealth that you currently have, which right wing policies usually help with.

[–] IcePee@lemmy.beru.co 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'm not so sure about that. That framing hazardously to the stereotype that the right are fiscally responsible as opposed to the spend crazy left.

[–] Famko@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

I meant more in the sense that rich people usually get tax benefits and failing big businesses get bailouts.

[–] ODuffer@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

You hit peak earnings by age at around 40-49. https://www.statista.com/statistics/802183/annual-pay-employees-in-the-uk/ As mentioned, you generally have assets and savings as well.