Young people and Politics have a very fragile but bizarre relationship. It seems that everyday new decisions are being made which will affect our future, even though we have absolutely no say on it. Take the EU referendum for example, which is going to close so many doors for Young people. All of us angry sixteen and seventeen year olds just had to sit back and watch as the older generations fuck up the country for us and then leave us with the damage to sort out later. However, not all political milestones stir up such a reaction in the youth and I think it is purely down to my pretentious nature that I got into government affairs from a young age.

It is hardly surprising that many young people choose to simply step back from politicians and the like, and look the other way with a dismissive tone. And the main reason for this (minus a lack of interest) is the fact that everyone in parliament is just so bloody unrelatable. Take a look into the cabinet and what do you see? A bunch of white upper-classed men whose parents paid more for their education than most people will ever see. As a teenager, this is deeply unsettling. There is no one in the government that I can truly look up to and think 'WOW, they really have my best interests at heart'. Yet, when teenagers do have a poltical stance, which at the moment seems to be leaning more towards Jeremy Corbyn and Labour, they are jeered at due to lack of 'knowledge and experience'. Sure, Labour may be a little all over the place right now and no one really knows where its going, but at least Corbyn does not dismiss the youth and treat them as inferior. He actually wants to strive for their futures and give them attainable goals. Just because the Conservatives have a more consistent track record does not mean their policies benefit all. It's fab we have a female prime minister, a nice feminist mile stone there, but her gender doesn't mean her policies actually are striving to advocate equal rights for women.

If more young people are to become involved and interested in politics, the political system actually has to benefit them more and opt to include them. If people cannot vote until they are 18, then they won't be interested until they are 18 and most likely won't be educating themselves on it in the mean time. And then, when the time comes round, they'll feel like a small fish in a gigantic fucking pond and won't have a clue what to do. The government just keeps missing the mark with young people, despite us being the country's future.