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Millie Morris

Millie Morris is a London-based writer who was shortlisted for the Guardian Student Critic of the Year award in 2015. She also paints as @milliemorrisart on Instagram

June 2017

  • Theresa May Visits Copeland To Support Conservative By-election Candidate<br>BOOTLE, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 15:  British Prime Minister Theresa May sits with year six pupils during a visit to Captain Shaw's Primary School on February 15, 2017 in Bootle, north-west England. The Prime Minister is visiting Copeland to support Conservative By-election Candidate Trudy Harrison. (Photo by Jack Hill - WPA Pool /Getty Images)

    double quotation markWhy don’t young people vote? Because school teaches us nothing about politics

    Millie Morris
    For swaths of the population, election day is dull, intimidating and unintelligible. It is high time our children were versed in the basics of Britain’s political system