From the questions you say they've asked, I doubt it. Perhaps the more intelligent ones stay quiet or you don't chronicle what they say?

But, according to what you've written, they've said nothing that could be construed as right of centre whereas they've displayed a lot of left-leaning sentiment.

E.g.

I've glanced back 5 pages, starting with "selling the family silver" (another old leftie chestnut). There's been nothing from your students or you that's been anything but left of centre. There are logical conclusions to draw here.

Let's not kid ourselves. If you were to the right, you'd have been able to think of ready answers instead of asking here.

It's right and natural that the young and intelligent should be idealistic and tending to favour social and liberal ideals. I'd be worried if they weren't.

There's few more obnoxious than a 19 year old Toryboy or Hooray Henry, Perhaps the bloodthirsty revolutionary is as bad.

It's also the case that at that age they have not much to lose, and perhaps more to gain, from the left (e.g. free student education, etc etc.)

It's also right and natural that those with more experience in the world are more sceptical both of ideological left and ideological right. And those who have built up assets tend to be more conservative (in the fullest sense).

I'm not telling you anything you don't know already. So I'm surprised there is even discussion about it.

Prof,
I've tried to be helpful in replying to your posts but your above comment to another user was not nice and I think unwarranted. It should be withdrawn.

Students' idealism is not in question, it is more to do with whether they exist or not that's rankling with me. In earlier forums the prof of The University of Common Sense describes himself as being retired, helping to run a business , a qualified accountant and a qualified engineer Not mutually exclusive I grant, but am I cynical of this great wisdom? Very much so! Signing off too!

I'd agree in isolation it's not fair .. (that's not to say I can come up with a fairer alternative)

However nor is the level of left-wing bias in entertainment and the media – and doubly so now when it comes to Facebook and Twitter.

Conservative opinions – especially anything pro-life or pro-Israel – can now be labelled 'hate speech', as can anything remotely critical of immigration policy .. Even moderate Muslims are being banned for labelling terrorists 'jihadis' .. I consider myself left-of-centre, but compared to the standards demanded in the online space these days, I might as well be in the National Front.