Submitted on Saturday 25th June 2016
Rejected on Tuesday 28th June 2016
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Make the study of our basic political systems a compulsory subject in schools.
The understanding of our democratic structures is a key life skill as important as reading & writing. People must have an understanding of their role within the democratic process if they are to have any chance of making properly informed decisions about their own future.
In the hours following the EU referendum, the UK's second most asked question on the subject was "What is the EU?". This implies firstly, that many people didn't vote because they didn't understand & secondly, that many people made poorly informed decisions regardless of which side they chose. It is time to stop blaming people for being lazy & acknowledge that we have not equipped the electorate with the knowledge & skills they need to analyse political rhetoric & properly inform themselves.
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