Author Archives: Emma Taylor

The Independent View: No One Ever Told Me About Politics

no one ever told me about politics“I’ve been wanting to be more clued-up on politics for a while – and I know lots of other people my age feel the same way – but it always seems so complicated and it’s hard to know where to start”. Kate, 25

A few days ago, a year ahead of the next UK general election, a new cross-party initiative called No One Ever Told Me About Politics was launched to tackle the pressing issue of political disengagement amongst people in their 20s and 30s.

Posted in News and The Independent View | Tagged , and | 24 Comments
Advert

Recent Comments

  • Tristan Ward
    @Judy Abel I have looked at your links. I see no reason to rule profit out of any sector as a matter of principle with a few exceptions. For children's...
  • Tim Rogers
    Another example of an increasingly multi polar world. Obviously Iran will be uppermost in people's minds but India Israel Cyprus and Greece have all had recent ...
  • Jana
    Do you think these developments may cause India to move closer to Russia and China? If it does, an alliance of the country with the largest nuclear stockpile, ...
  • Chris Perry
    A wealth tax would increase the income of the Government but not of the lower paid and would be dealing with the symptom and not the cause. In 1980 the average ...
  • Jana
    Very encouraging - let’s hope this is the first signs of an emerging trend...