Why more Gen Z could vote for Farage and it could be what we all deserve

If you want to understand how politicians treat young people, last Thursday’s debate told you everything you need to know. A 19-year-old University of York student deigned to ask Rishi Sunak: “Is there any policy you can offer me that would positively impact my life and the life of people my age?” With seconds left on the clock, Sunak feebly answered: “When you get a job, I’m going to cut your taxes.” The prime minister’s response completely missed the point: that this undergraduate, already burdened with enormous debt, was most likely worrying about finding a decent job at all. If you’re not a conservative by the time you’re 35, you have no brain.” But in Britain, more young people than ever before feel disenfranchised by politics and are refusing to vote. “Young voters are now much more likely to be in the private rented sector – that means they’re much more likely to be moving on a regular basis and less likely to become registered.” Sophie, 29, says people her age are ‘struggling to pay the bills and do basic things’ University of Bath student Adam, 23, has some personal experience of this. Who knows?” Or as 31-year-old comedian Munya Chawawa, known for his popular online sketches, says: “Politics can seem alienating to so many of us – a load of rich dudes aggressively barking ‘the right honourable gentleman’ at each other across an archaic room.” Trying to address the problem, he has launched a weekly video series called Electile Dysfunction, which takes a nuts-and-bolts approach to voting, to show “the UK is a democracy and we are the main characters”.