20/11/2025
Right, let’s dismantle this Owen Jones Green Party fantasy because it’s being pushed around like it’s hard data, and it isn’t even close.
He’s claiming the Greens now have “half of 18–24 year olds” and Reform sits at 5%.
Sounds dramatic, until you read the fine print.
Here’s what’s actually going on:
👉 The poll he’s quoting is a two-day YouGov subsample from 16–17 November
👉 Youth subsamples are tiny — often 100–150 people
👉 Margin of error is huge — ±8–10%
👉 YouGov explicitly warns against using these subgroups to draw conclusions
👉 No other pollster shows anything like this “Green surge”
But it gets worse.
The graphic shows a “% change since 9–10 November”.
Meaning they’ve taken two days from one week,
compared them to two days from the next week,
all based on a few hundred people max,
and turned that into a national headline for millions.
So in total, you’re talking about maybe 100–150 people across FOUR DAYS spread over two separate weeks.
This isn’t a trend.
It’s not a movement.
It’s bad statistics dressed up as propaganda.
And you already know:
If Reform UK jumped 13 points using the same dodgy method, Owen would call it “misleading,” “dangerous,” and “unreliable.”
But when it fits his new Green narrative?
Suddenly it’s the voice of the youth.
Then there's this “40,000 Young Greens members” claim.
It’s a mailing list.
Not real members. Not activists.
Just email sign-ups, something creators get every few days with a decent funnel.
And remember yesterday’s post about paid influence?
Ten government-linked influencers quietly on the payroll, zero transparency, all pushing “approved narratives.”
Now watch who’s suddenly amplifying flaky polling like it’s gospel.
Bottom line:
Ignore this.
It’s cherry-picking, date-shifting, subgroup manipulation, and narrative-setting from someone who’s gone from Labour loyalist to Green cheerleader overnight.
If half the country’s young people really had swung Green, every pollster would show it.
They don’t.
Because it didn’t happen.
