Dear Parents and Carers
I hope you are enjoying the sophisticated level of debate on our screens as this General Election campaign passes its midpoint. As party leaders, Ministers, Shadow Ministers and others all shout and scream over each other, telling what everybody knows are bare faced lies and generally achieving a sophistication which never quite reaches a Wetherspoons on a Friday evening, I always think what a great example they are to us and especially our young.
Mind you, the younger voters need to also take a look at themselves. They like to complain a lot about everything but then, when there is an election and they can do something about it, less than half cast a vote. Is it any wonder that the main parties put out so few ideas to benefit younger people when they have largely disenfranchised themselves? If young people want change, then they must start voting in the same kind of numbers as the more elderly, who regularly have a turnout of 85-90%. Once this happens, we may see some fresh thinking and far better representation. We have been pushing this with our Year 13 students, telling them both how to register and what voter ID they will need. I hope they listen and that we can buck the trend around our communities.
