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‘I can’t relate to any of the politicians. They all seem fairly similar and rarely listen
to young people. Only one party [the Liberal Democrats] made student debt an
issue, and they are a long way from coming to power.’
Fiona, 25, from London.
These two examples were typical of many young people’s attitudes to state
politics.
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This would suggest that we are just not interested in politics but a closer study is
more revealing. For many young people politics is not about Westminster. Issues
like the US-UK led Iraq war have sparked debate and action in recent years. In
2003 over a million people marched through London, many of them young and
passionate.
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Technology played a huge role in organising this protest on a global scale. It has
become a factor in providing many young people across the world with a chance
to interact and discuss without the traditional middle-man of the politician or news
media. The British Council’s Café Society project allows young people from
countries across the world to meet in a relaxed, informal setting and share
opinions through video conferencing.
4 -
David Cameron, the leader of the Conservative Party, started cycling to work as
gesture of the need to take green issues more seriously. Since then politicians
have been keen to win the green label and secure the support of the younger
generation. Young people are often perceived to be the ‘greenest’ age group.
Indeed environmental issues are taken far more seriously than ever before.
Perhaps they’ll leave behind a greener UK.
6 After reading the text discuss the following questions in groups.
• What are the main problems facing young people in your country today?
• Do you think politicians understand these problems?
• Were you surprised that more young people in the UK voted in the reality show
Big Brother than in the election?
• Are young people in your country generally politically apathetic?
• Would you like to be a politician? Why / why not?
7 Read the text and do the activities below.
The Curse of The Kennedys
The Kennedy family are one of the most famous dynasties in the world. They
have been blessed with everything – money, good looks, power and fame – but
cursed by misfortune.
When Joe Kennedy, father of the president of the USA, was made an
ambassador to Britain in 1938, he prophetically remarked of his large family, ‘My
wife and I have given nine hostages to fortune.’ Like a character from Greek
tragedy, he lived to regret his remarks. Two of Joe’s hostages were assassinated;
two more died in air crashes; the ambitions of a fifth were ended by a death
scandal and a sixth was sent to a mental institution.
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