Tony Blair’s former spokesman tells Lisa Salmon politics touches every part of young people’s lives and he’s keen to get them involved.
Politics isn’t usually something most children and young people enjoy, or even understand. But former No 10 spin doctor Keighley-born Alastair Campbell is on a mission to change that. Campbell, who was former prime minister Tony Blair’s spokesman in the late Nineties and early 2000s, believes young people have become so disengaged with politics that the future of democracy could be at risk.
“And then the next time any of them says they’re not interested in politics, I’ll say, ‘Were you interested in the debate about your teachers going on strike? Because that’s politics’. “That’s how I try to make it relevant.” He continues: “They ask some great questions – one that really threw me today was ‘Which person in all the world right now would you like to sit down and talk about politics with?’.
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