At Reform’s East England Conference on Saturday, held at Chelmsford City Racecourse, Nigel Farage considered the growing support for right-wing politics among young men: “Something big is going on” he said, “we’re seeing it in France… Italy… [a little bit] in Germany” and, of course, in the United States: “Who would have thought that Trump would have got 44% of the under 30 vote.” (Exit polls has this figure closer to 43%.) This youth swell, he concluded, seemed to be evident “today, here in Chelmsford” too.
Pause. Citation needed here. Is any of this true?
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