#UseYourVoice - Political Toolkit
Politics is such an incriminating word in today's society. When you hear the word politics, what is the first thing to comes to mind? corruption? lies? Either way, with a snap election short coming, it is of the up most importance that we all come together and have our say in who runs our country. I was lucky enough to be able to be a part in the #UseYourVoice event on the 15th, being a part of the panel and also being a part of the video put together to outline some of the issues surrounding why young people don't use their vote. It is estimated that around less than 50% of young people (aged 18-24) voted in the last general election in 2015. Now think of how many voices and opinions have been ignored because of this. In the panel event we discussed a lot of issues which may cause the young people of today to disconnect so much from politics, and I for one, being a young person myself can agree with these. One of the main repetitive factors that came up was the languag...