CYP Now - The Country (1)

If I were in charge of the country, I would get rid of political correctness. It's putting up a boundary that's not really there. If we're not allowing people to speak freely, then it's against their human rights.

I would also concentrate on young people, because they are going to take over eventually. Forget MPs' expenses and do more for young people.

There also needs to be better advertising of and access to activities for young people. It's not that the activities don't exist, but that people don't know about them.

If a school didn't have a school council, I would make them set one up. Right now I'm working on a policy with my school council to stop littering around the school. We're looking at using deterrents such as making students pick up litter on their breaks.

I know we're a capitalist country but we should share the wealth around more. But we shouldn't become too communist.

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