Baby Faced Electorate: The Case Against Votes at 16
After the House of Lords voted to extend the franchise for the EU Referendum, Matt Gillow says that 16- and 17-year-olds should not get the vote. The big domestic news of the week comes...
Tagged: Voter Engagement
A New Brand of Politics
Our new writer, Emily Hawkins, sums up why most young people believe in Russell Brand, don’t care about Westminster, hate politicians and why our democracy is smelling stagnant. But it doesn’t have to stay...
“If you’re not a liberal at twenty you have no heart; if you’re not a conservative at forty you have no brain.”
Our series of interviews with policy makers, movers, shakers and promise breakers in our government continues with Oliver Dowden, domestic policy aide to David Cameron, the PM’s former Deputy Chief of Staff, and current...
Nick de Bois MP: ‘For politics to be successful, voluntary engagement needs to be higher’
In an exclusive interview for Filibuster, Nick de Bois MP (Conservative, Enfield North) gave his opinions on why the Tories were right to raise tuition fees, why young people tend to vote Labour, how...
Safe Seats: Why single-party domination means burning your ballot can be more satisfying than using it.
The term ‘safe seats’ is one of that confusing collection of political jargon that floats up around every election like excrement in a swimming pool. It refers to a constituency that votes for the...
