'Our vote is being taken for granted.'
"There's such a strong trend in political parties of seeing young people as images rather than people who have thoughts that might disagree with yours.”The Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has unveiled plans to overhaul the UK's education system. However, his speech was interrupted byStarmer has previously committed to investing £28bn a year into a ‘green prosperity fund’ to tackle the.
Green New Deal Rising [GND Rising] is a movement of young people and activists “forcing politicians and fossil fuel executives to face up to the scale of the crises they’ve created.” Sophia Coningham, an 18-year-old student who has just finished her A-levels, is one of the activists who interrupted Starmer's speech.
“I decided to take action today because I felt that the Labour Party really needs to make a clear sound about what side they're on,” she tells. During the stunt, Sophia can be heard asking Starmer, “Which side are the Labour Party on?” he responds, “We are on the side of economic growth.”Explaining why she interrupted Starmer's speech, Sophia says, “[The Labour Party] should naturally be on our side because what we're asking for isn't extreme.
“What we want will create jobs, which is what they say they want. It will tackle the climate crisis, which is an important principle, and it will really up raise the voice of young people.”Sophia notes that during the stunt, Starmer said he'd speak to her later. “You know that's not what he really means,” she explains. "We got [to Sir Keir Starmer's speech] this morning, and they were like, "Yes, straight to the front.
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