Brexit will strip young people of their rights. They must fight for them | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

Where is the mass youth movement against leaving the EU? There is much to play for but very little timeWhen Dr Sam Mejias of the London School of Economics set out to study young people’s attitudes to Europe, an undertaking as part of a project which involved gathering data from nearly 10,000 people aged under 30 across the continent, he did not expect the British to emerge as among some of the most pro-European of the lot. But the data from Catch-EyoU project, part of the Horizon 2020 research funding programme headed by the EU, found that more than 50% of respondents showed some kind of positive identification with the EU – one of the highest figures of any member state. And they weren’t just interviewing middle-class university graduates. This was across all socio-economic groups.This demographic voted to remain, of course, but in light of the referendum result, you might expect to see high levels of Euroscepticism among focus groups. The climate and level of political discourse certainly feels very Brexity. We are constantly being told that Brexit is what the people voted for, that the 48% have been forgotten. But then, when does the political climate ever reflect what young people are thinking? Continue reading…
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