Many of us are feeling anger, frustration and sometimes despair about the state of our politics. That we are now a divided country. There is a widespread sense that in the United Kingdom, our politics is broken.
But in some respects, democracy - if you define it as people doing politics, getting together with their neighbours, friends, classmates, work colleagues and those with shared interests – is flourishing in a way not seen since at least the 1960s.
The Climate Strike/Fridays for the Future movement has probably engaged more, and younger, young people, than anything that happened in the 60s. I’ve met primary school pupils, engaged, informed, determined and fed up with their elders, and hugely impressive 14-year-olds organising and speaking at major events with skill and aplomb.
