EPISODE · Dec 5, 2025 · 41 MIN
Stop pretending you're talking to young people
from No Sacred Cows
Co-author of the recent report ‘Inside the mind of a 16 year old’ for UK think-tank Demos together with Peter Hyman, Shaub details the journey of speaking with 700 young people across the country about their thoughts on politics - and why centre-left politicians need to get their house in order when it comes to talking to young people themselves.Now is not the time for timid grids of the past - it’s well past the moment for something new and different; politicians happy to go where voters are; unafraid of being authentic. It’s not just what young people demand - but what our politics, and democracy, needs.It’s time to slay the sacred cow that the centre-left is talking to young people - it’s not. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Co-author of the recent report ‘Inside the mind of a 16 year old’ for UK think-tank Demos together with Peter Hyman, Shaub details the journey of speaking with 700 young people across the country about their thoughts on politics - and why centre-left politicians need to get their house in order when it comes to talking to young people themselves.Now is not the time for timid grids of the past - it’s well past the moment for something new and different; politicians happy to go where voters are; unafraid of being authentic. It’s not just what young people demand - but what our politics, and democracy, needs.It’s time to slay the sacred cow that the centre-left is talking to young people - it’s not. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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