We’re young and we’re engaged with politics. Ignore us at your peril | Lara Spirit

My generation is creating a whole new kind of politics – it’s time for the UK’s main parties to take notice

Are we entering a new era of political campaigning? As Westminster grinds to a halt and the traditional party system teeters at the edge of collapse, those seeking progress need only look across the road to Parliament Square, where the grass is worn from a year of new protests and new faces.

Young people have been a driving force in almost all of these. From school climate strikes, Extinction Rebellion occupations and multiple Brexit demonstrations, my generation has led a new, peaceful era of political campaigning.

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from The Guardian http://bit.ly/2Vyw6aT
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