After the UK General Election – We Must Write the Script for What Comes Next
Nick Dearden
In the last six weeks we’ve seen that change is possible.
The general election was called because the prime minister insisted there was too much opposition to her plans in parliament. We were told that this general election was going to go in one direction. The most powerful media in the country threw everything at it.
Out there in the country something important happened
People who’d never voted before got involved in campaigning. Thousands of young people didn’t simply vote, but pounded the streets telling other people to vote. They made a difference.