Boris beware: students are angry and we're ready to vote against you | Zamzam Ibrahim

Students don't want to live in a world of climate catastrophe, social inequality and funding crises. We want to change itIf 1.3 million under-34s voting in 2017 was a "youthquake", what would you call the 2.6 million registering this time around? The surge in youth and student voter registrations is no accident. Students and their unions have been working tirelessly for months: we started registering students during freshers' week because we were determined to be ready when a general election was called. All that organising wouldn't be effective without the fuel for social change: anger, disillusionment, injustice, and hope. The energy is there - all we have to do is channel it. The headlines are dominated by issues that are pushing us to breaking point: an underfunded NHS, underfunded education, social inequality, a mental health crisis, and the climate emergency destroying our planet. Continue reading...