The Stone Roses famously sang ‘the past is yours, but the future’s mine’.
Sorry to say Ian Brown, you were wrong, mate.
Pensioners and older voters in the EU Referendum look to have decided the future for the young generation… and it’s a future outside the EU.
Young people voted overwhelmingly in favour of staying as a part of Europe – with more three quarters of 18 to 25-year-olds voting remain.
But legions of the over 50s and the so-called Baby Boomers wanted out – and it looks like their vote swung it.
This fact has not been lost on some of Britain’s more youthful part of the electorate and some people are incredibly angry about it.
This brutally blunt graphic shows the remaining life expectancy of all EU Referendum voters and how long they’ll have to live with the decision…
Old people voting for a future they're not even going to be a part of😴 says it all #EUreferendum pic.twitter.com/oUV2WcdC6D
— Molly Doyle ❀✿ (@dxyle) June 24, 2016
Stock markets have reacted badly to the decision, the pound is dropping and longer term experts believe it could decimate house prices and send borrowing for average people soaring.
The initial reaction has been grief and anger among Remain voters, and naturally a desire to find someone to blame.
The older generations seem to be the target for most of the blame from younger voters…
https://twitter.com/NewmanDipFa/status/746224564036763652
young peope are going to be affected by this. the old people who voted will die before they can get affected. #brexit
—  (@ravenclvws) June 24, 2016
Waking up to a bad day. Idiotic vote, bankrolled by hedge funds, led by old people who won't have to live with consequences #brexit
— James Allen (@Jamesallenonf1) June 24, 2016
https://twitter.com/lukelewis/status/746218134659489792
https://twitter.com/MedievalReacts/status/746273340336254976
Seventy five percent of people under the age of 25 voted Remain. What a betrayal of them
— Gideon Rachman (@gideonrachman) June 24, 2016
Old people setting our house on fire then dying so we have to put it out. Classic prank. https://t.co/lw3jfJZxIq
— Adam Blampied (@AdamTheBlampied) June 24, 2016
https://twitter.com/asabfb/status/746258022079537152
https://twitter.com/TweetsByBilal/status/746207605769396226
Official: old people voted for a future young people didn't want. https://t.co/c8kVdXXTRE
— Simon Caney (@simoncaney) June 24, 2016
I know it's not very "politically correct" to say it out loud but in the wasteland of ruined Britain I am going to hunt and eat old people
— Steve Hogarty (@misterbrilliant) June 24, 2016
18-25: 74% Remain
25-49: 56% Remain
50-64: 44% Remain
65+: 39% RemainSo old people determined future of UK for the youth.
— Abdi (@AbdiTV) June 24, 2016
It's just so incredibly sad to see how these old people ruined the future of the next generation… #brexit pic.twitter.com/3YiQUJqGuv
— Deniz Alkaç (@denizalkac) June 24, 2016
https://twitter.com/eaamalyon/status/746226410352611328
Though there is a counter argument to all this…
https://twitter.com/clonmacart/status/746231680906584066
