Youth turnout was reaction to Brexit verdict

The result was completely at odds with all the predictions of a Tory landslide; the gap closed quite dramatically between the two main protagonists, as the Conservative election campaign led by a wobbly and ambivalent Theresa May faltered and the Labour campaign under an increasingly understood and dynamic Jeremy Corbyn gathered pace. Labour gained a respectable number of seats and, with its allies in Parliament, can now constitute a robust opposition as the Brexit talks get under way.

There will continue to be discussions as to whether the British government is strong and stable for those negotiations, but it remains important to consider, and remember, the role that young people appear to have played in the election result. Not only did they register in force, but, against all kinds of assumptions of apathy and disinterest, they turned out in droves. Where their demographics were strong, they seem to have made the difference.