So we are not seeing the emergence of a Tory-voting generation. They still prefer Labour, if they vote at all. But some of their views do make them ripe for conversion: the polls show they think the government taxes people too much, spends too much money on public services and offers too generous benefits. They cannot assume they will get their dream job straight after school or university. They seem to recognise that the facts of life are Conservative, as Margaret Thatcher put it. Yet there is a gap between those views and how a young person votes.