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Being a student myself and therefore being a "yoof", let me offer some insight.
Tuition fees of course had something to do with it but I don't think it's bribing. It's more the youth in this country thinking that having debt at such a young age is unfair and so Corbyn saying the richest should pay for it, i.e. tackling their perceived injustice, that gave them hope for an alternative. What did the Tories offer? More of the same, tax-cuts for the rich, etc. (that was the perception).
He really gets students and social media. I have tonnes of photos from people on Facebook at his rallies, being offered hope not fear, happiness, etc. What did the Tories offer? Nothing.
Tuition fees of course had something to do with it but I don't think it's bribing. It's more the youth in this country thinking that having debt at such a young age is unfair and so Corbyn saying the richest should pay for it, i.e. tackling their perceived injustice, that gave them hope for an alternative. What did the Tories offer? More of the same, tax-cuts for the rich, etc. (that was the perception).
He really gets students and social media. I have tonnes of photos from people on Facebook at his rallies, being offered hope not fear, happiness, etc. What did the Tories offer? Nothing.