I talked with four good younger people at the Cannock hustings. It's a tragedy for the party that they feel adrift.
A youth wing (or whatever you want to call it, I really don't care) should be a thorn in any leadership's side. They should keep throwing up ideas. Many of them will be old or off the wall, but some will be lightbulb moments for the party.
That's one problem for a leadership that wants to control everything. Another is that the people I talked to aren't stupid and they aren't deferential. If they get given leaflets which are rubbish, they won't shrug or mutter, they will say so bluntly.
In summary, they will do a lot to keep the party on its toes.
Understandably, people who think they're at the centre of the universe will hate that.
But the people I met on Sunday will pay the party back in enthusiasm and commitment as well as inventiveness and bluntness.
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