far better than one might have assumed

It's extremely positive for our future. This is the reason we've seen things like anti-capitalist text get banned in schools. They KNOW that socialism is wildly popular among the next generations and it scares them. They're willing to take the country into a black period of reaction in order to crack down on it. The turn we're seeing towards support for farage and the far right in the media is in my opinion a pre-emptive strike driven by their fears socialists are gaining popular support. Their fears aren't mistaken if the numbers are accurate too.