Are young People really apathetic towards politics?

As chairman of Erewash Conservative Future, I am seen, by the Erewash Conservative Association and indeed by Jessica Lee as the figure head and sign post for all young people who join the party. But the herculean task of engaging with young people in the first place will always be a barrier that we need to beat down.

I am ashamed to say that at the last Erewash Association event, I was the only member of Conservative Future there. Not one of the members turned up. Now this may be the type of event that we are running, but talking to the membership individually, I get the feeling that it is more along the lines of the people that go to these events.

But I simply refuse to believe that young people are just apathetic about politics as a whole.

I understand that in this modern era of hung parliament's and coalition governments, people may become disenfranchised by the political system or even by individual political party politics. But then it could also be the fact that we no longer educate our children about politics. Throughout Derbyshire, there are only two secondary schools that still teach any form of politics and even then it is only at KS5 level. This only happens at private schools and not at comprehensive state schools.