This year's general election is expected to be the closest in many years, so it's no surprise that the three main political parties are using the internet to attract as many young voters as they can.
The Labour Party's Young Labour website — www.labour.org.uk/younglabour/ — is aimed at young people and young adults under the age of 27. Articles on the site include a piece on the government providing cash for free swimming for under-16s and over-60s, and a little film of lefty luvvies Kevin Spacey and Eddie Izzard praising the Night Less Ordinary scheme, which provides hundreds of thousands of free theatre tickets for young people. There is the opportunity for young site visitors to make a quick contribution by completing a comment box stating "If I were Prime Minister I would..." and voting on a shortlist of most important issues.
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