Saturday 24 October 2009

Tories say no to Democracy

The Conservative-run B&NES Council is to cancel the forthcoming UK Youth Parliament Elections, which are due to take place in the authority in January.

Lib Dem Cllr Nathan Hartley, who nine years ago was one of the founding members of Democratic Action For Bath and North East Somerset Youth and the UK Youth Parliament elections here in B&NES, said:

“This is an awful decision to make. Now approaching its tenth year of activity the UK Youth Parliament has been extremely successful in engaging young people in the democratic process and encouraging countless teenagers to take an active role in society.

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