CYP Now - Tackling radicalisation must not deter radical thinking

At election time, I wrote about the lack of inspiration,
radicalisation or excitement among young people in Britain. Well, at least that is changing. Whatever you might feel about Jeremy Corbyn, you
can't deny that there is a different mood about today. Social media is lively and bubbling about politics, and young people are in the middle
of real debates about real issues. It feels like Scotland did last year.

Reading the newspapers, it feels as if we are watching some bizarre kind of intergenerational battle. Pages of establishment newspapers are dedicated to outrage about whether someone sings the words of the National Anthem, wears the right tie or has the right friends. It reminds me constantly of middle-aged parents, shocked (and perhaps a bit scared) by how their children choose to behave and dress. Although the outrage is aimed at a mid-sixties, mild-mannered man, the messages seem to be aimed at a generation who is daring to suggest that things might be done differently. One great big national parental rant.

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