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Originally Posted by harryaldridge
Hi there.
Yep there have been a couple of attempts to try and get a youth movement going, but they seem to have fizzled out.
One of the problems is lack of young people interested. I started 2 years ago when i was 18. Now 20 i am still the youngest by far at local meetings. Most of the members are coffin dodgers.
I'd be interested in helping with a youth wing if others were willing to come and help also. My problems are time constraints as i have my own telecoms business and we are going through a very very busy few months.
The other issues you would need to work through are objectives and resources. What will be the point of a youth wing? to 'spread the word' or to run in parallel to the main party with it's own events etc. Then what, if any, resources are avilable to achieve this.
I know there are a few students who have set up UKIP branches at university but unfortunately not enough.
If you were able to create a national organisation which university branches affialiated to, which was recognised by the main party, and had some influence, we might get somewhere.
As i say, i'm happy to help if i can. Any ideas you want to discuss? PM me or email me.
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Hey,
I've added you to Yahoo.
I think i'd say it would mainly be to spread the word, and generally get younger people into both politics and UKIP... inform/educate people about the EU, and why it's wrong for England, and for them...
One of my main problems with UKIP are that it's very political, lots of political talk, which doesn't go down well with people of our age.. even I get bored and i'm quite into it... obviously.
I think it's what UKIP lack - young suporters... most other partys have support from younger people, labour.. simply because it's what their parents do, they don't know politics and so they vote labour... Lib Dems because of the lowering voting age and easy-goingness on everything.. and so on... and UKIP are, or at least, seem very much for the older generation, and as you said, in these meetings most people are 'coffin dodgers' and the odd few in their 40s... which is pretty scary for anyone who may be interested in joining.
A young persons aproach to politics... it's what we need.