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I\u2019m in a packed out Trade Union head office in Battersea, South West London, and there are people bustling about in all directions. It\u2019s blustery outside but hot in here, the warmth and noise of at least a hundred people flooding into the lobby, smacking stacks of clipboards together and shuffling leaflets. It\u2019s a Sunday, and I\u2019m lurking in a small group of other young people, as we make smalltalk about where we were out clubbing last night, and what was said in the BBC leaders\u2019 debate on Friday.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Such is the double-life of being a young person during this general election campaign. Many of us have become deeply immersed in party politics over the last five weeks of a sustained, streamlined campaign to kick out the current Conservative government. Youth engagement stats raised eyebrows and crossed fingers just a fortnight ago, showing that<\/span> 875,000 more people have registered to vote in this election<\/span><\/a> than the last, and two thirds of that group are under 35. It also seems more and more young people are taking their engagement to the next level\u2014going out to canvass for the party, knocking on doors and talking to constituents about Labour\u2019s manifesto.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been exhausting, but incredibly uplifting\u2014there’s a real sense of purpose to it,\u201d says Samuel, 25, who works for the Labour party, and is on his 23rd consecutive day of canvassing. Most canvasses take a couple of hours, but on many days Samuel has been doing multiple canvasses in multiple constituencies. I ask how he keeps up the momentum.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t stand the idea of not doing everything I could have done to stop a Conservative government, in terms of the pain that they have already brought to this country,\u201d he says. The Conservative party devised a policy of austerity, a severe regime of cuts to public services and benefits, which has seen not only <\/span>130,000 deaths<\/span><\/a>, but rising homelessness too.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"images","gallery":[{"ID":82029,"id":82029,"title":"DSC_1485","filename":"DSC_1485.jpeg","filesize":310437,"url":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSC_1485.jpeg","link":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/uk-young-people-support-labour-party\/dsc_1485\/","alt":"","author":"1","description":"","caption":"","name":"dsc_1485","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":82024,"date":"2019-12-10 11:55:37","modified":"2019-12-10 11:55:37","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1280,"height":1920,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSC_1485.jpeg","thumbnail-width":64,"thumbnail-height":96,"medium":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSC_1485.jpeg","medium-width":1280,"medium-height":1920,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSC_1485.jpeg","medium_large-width":1280,"medium_large-height":1920,"large":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSC_1485.jpeg","large-width":1280,"large-height":1920,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSC_1485.jpeg","1536x1536-width":1024,"1536x1536-height":1536,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSC_1485.jpeg","2048x2048-width":1280,"2048x2048-height":1920,"trp-custom-language-flag":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSC_1485.jpeg","trp-custom-language-flag-width":8,"trp-custom-language-flag-height":12,"wpvr_mobile":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSC_1485.jpeg","wpvr_mobile-width":1280,"wpvr_mobile-height":1920}},{"ID":82033,"id":82033,"title":"DSC_1517","filename":"DSC_1517.jpeg","filesize":180577,"url":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSC_1517.jpeg","link":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/uk-young-people-support-labour-party\/dsc_1517\/","alt":"","author":"1","description":"","caption":"","name":"dsc_1517","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":82024,"date":"2019-12-10 11:55:48","modified":"2019-12-10 11:55:48","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1280,"height":1920,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSC_1517.jpeg","thumbnail-width":64,"thumbnail-height":96,"medium":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSC_1517.jpeg","medium-width":1280,"medium-height":1920,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSC_1517.jpeg","medium_large-width":1280,"medium_large-height":1920,"large":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSC_1517.jpeg","large-width":1280,"large-height":1920,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSC_1517.jpeg","1536x1536-width":1024,"1536x1536-height":1536,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSC_1517.jpeg","2048x2048-width":1280,"2048x2048-height":1920,"trp-custom-language-flag":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSC_1517.jpeg","trp-custom-language-flag-width":8,"trp-custom-language-flag-height":12,"wpvr_mobile":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSC_1517.jpeg","wpvr_mobile-width":1280,"wpvr_mobile-height":1920}}],"settings":{"fit_width":"6","caption":"Left: Radhika. Right: Osetta. "}},{"acf_fc_layout":"text_area","text_area":"

Labour\u2019s manifesto<\/span><\/a>, which Samuel describes as \u201cunapologetically socialist\u201d, positions itself as the antithesis to this, a fully costed alternative that says it will spend 83 billion pounds, end austerity in 100 days, nationalise the railways, start a green industrial revolution, axe tuition fees and reverse benefit cuts, among reams of other positive policies. Right-wing critics argue Labour is promising too much \u201cfree stuff\u201d, but many young people feel differently.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt seems like Labour leadership have travelled across the country and fully absorbed the issues, and the deprivation that is existing around the country, and they\u2019ve come back with serious plans,\u201d Samuel says. \u201cThey\u2019ve been to, for example, northern towns that are completely cut off from the railways, and have terrible WiFi, and come up with answers to that.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Tara, a 27-year-old journalist, says she wanted to hit the streets to feel more proactive about changing the state of the country. \u201cBeing online quite a lot, it\u2019s easy to spiral and feel kind of helpless about what is going on. This is a nice way of getting on the ground and having conversations about the issues that matter to them.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"images","gallery":[{"ID":82032,"id":82032,"title":"DSC_1499","filename":"DSC_1499.jpeg","filesize":218310,"url":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSC_1499.jpeg","link":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/uk-young-people-support-labour-party\/dsc_1499\/","alt":"","author":"1","description":"","caption":"","name":"dsc_1499","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":82024,"date":"2019-12-10 11:55:45","modified":"2019-12-10 11:55:45","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1500,"height":1000,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSC_1499.jpeg","thumbnail-width":128,"thumbnail-height":85,"medium":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSC_1499.jpeg","medium-width":1500,"medium-height":1000,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSC_1499.jpeg","medium_large-width":1500,"medium_large-height":1000,"large":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSC_1499.jpeg","large-width":1500,"large-height":1000,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSC_1499.jpeg","1536x1536-width":1500,"1536x1536-height":1000,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSC_1499.jpeg","2048x2048-width":1500,"2048x2048-height":1000,"trp-custom-language-flag":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSC_1499.jpeg","trp-custom-language-flag-width":18,"trp-custom-language-flag-height":12,"wpvr_mobile":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSC_1499.jpeg","wpvr_mobile-width":1500,"wpvr_mobile-height":1000}}],"settings":{"fit_width":"10","caption":"The author in Battersea. "}},{"acf_fc_layout":"text_area","text_area":"

Today, in Battersea, this is exactly what we will do. In the last general election, the constituency\u2019s Labour candidate Marsha de Cordova won by just over 2000 votes, so these final days are especially crucial in making sure Marsha will be comfortably reelected. We gather for a briefing in the car park, put on our red stickers, red scarves and red lipstick, and begin to wind round Battersea\u2019s backstreets in the rain.<\/span><\/p>\n

This is when I chat to Osetta, a 19-year-old student, who says increased NHS funding is just one reason she\u2019s committed to Labour this year. \u201cI\u2019m not comfortable with the state of the country in terms of social care and healthcare.\u201d Osetta tells me her brother has sickle cell anemia, and that his treatment has been delayed for months.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIf the NHS continues like this I can\u2019t really see how the family would cope.\u201d This sentiment is rife across the country\u2014Boris Johnson, the Conservative leader, has been confronted a number of times in the last year and on the campaign trail by<\/span> medics<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> nurses<\/span><\/a>, patients and their friends and<\/span> family<\/span><\/a>. Just a day after we canvass, an image of a boy with suspected pneumonia,<\/span> forced to sleep on a hospital floor<\/span><\/a> due to lack of beds, makes the front page of the <\/span>Daily Mirror<\/span><\/i>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"images","gallery":[{"ID":82034,"id":82034,"title":"DSC_1520","filename":"DSC_1520.jpeg","filesize":177796,"url":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSC_1520.jpeg","link":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/uk-young-people-support-labour-party\/dsc_1520\/","alt":"","author":"1","description":"","caption":"","name":"dsc_1520","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":82024,"date":"2019-12-10 11:55:52","modified":"2019-12-10 11:55:52","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1280,"height":1920,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSC_1520.jpeg","thumbnail-width":64,"thumbnail-height":96,"medium":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSC_1520.jpeg","medium-width":1280,"medium-height":1920,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSC_1520.jpeg","medium_large-width":1280,"medium_large-height":1920,"large":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSC_1520.jpeg","large-width":1280,"large-height":1920,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSC_1520.jpeg","1536x1536-width":1024,"1536x1536-height":1536,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSC_1520.jpeg","2048x2048-width":1280,"2048x2048-height":1920,"trp-custom-language-flag":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSC_1520.jpeg","trp-custom-language-flag-width":8,"trp-custom-language-flag-height":12,"wpvr_mobile":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSC_1520.jpeg","wpvr_mobile-width":1280,"wpvr_mobile-height":1920}},{"ID":82038,"id":82038,"title":"DSC_1506","filename":"DSC_1506.jpeg","filesize":262388,"url":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSC_1506.jpeg","link":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/uk-young-people-support-labour-party\/dsc_1506\/","alt":"","author":"1","description":"","caption":"","name":"dsc_1506","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":82024,"date":"2019-12-10 12:12:44","modified":"2019-12-10 12:12:44","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1280,"height":1920,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSC_1506.jpeg","thumbnail-width":64,"thumbnail-height":96,"medium":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSC_1506.jpeg","medium-width":1280,"medium-height":1920,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSC_1506.jpeg","medium_large-width":1280,"medium_large-height":1920,"large":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSC_1506.jpeg","large-width":1280,"large-height":1920,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSC_1506.jpeg","1536x1536-width":1024,"1536x1536-height":1536,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSC_1506.jpeg","2048x2048-width":1280,"2048x2048-height":1920,"trp-custom-language-flag":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSC_1506.jpeg","trp-custom-language-flag-width":8,"trp-custom-language-flag-height":12,"wpvr_mobile":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSC_1506.jpeg","wpvr_mobile-width":1280,"wpvr_mobile-height":1920}}],"settings":{"fit_width":"6","caption":""}},{"acf_fc_layout":"text_area","text_area":"

There\u2019s also the issue of race. Many young people of colour are hurt and outraged at the Conservatives\u2019 track record of racism and anti-immigrant policy. Last year, the<\/span> Windrush scandal<\/span><\/a> revealed that Caribbeans and other former commonwealth citizens were being deported and denied access to resources like NHS treatment and their bank accounts; showing the impact of Theresa May\u2019s \u201chostile environment\u201d. When Osetta and I knock on one man\u2019s door, he starts shouting about immigrants, and saying asylum seekers are stealing resources. He lunges in my face, tears up the leaflet I\u2019m holding and slams the door. We quietly walk away, and knock the next door.<\/span><\/p>\n

While people of colour are more likely to vote Labour, Radhika, a 29-year-old campaigner explains how the Conservatives are targeting communities of colour in unique, and globally significant ways. \u201cThe political climate in India has affected the way that middle class Hindu Indian voters are voting in this election,\u201d she says, referring to<\/span> far right Hindu nationalist prime minister Narendra Modi<\/span><\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s becoming an actual problem. I\u2019ve seen WhatsApp messages circulating saying Labour is anti-Hindu and anti-India.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For this reason, Radhika thinks it\u2019s important that she\u2019s on the doorstep to represent, and has taken the whole week off of work to keep campaigning. \u201cI don\u2019t see that many brown faces going out to do this,\u201d she says.<\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"images","gallery":[{"ID":82027,"id":82027,"title":"DSC_1467","filename":"DSC_1467.jpeg","filesize":320430,"url":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSC_1467.jpeg","link":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/uk-young-people-support-labour-party\/dsc_1467\/","alt":"","author":"1","description":"","caption":"","name":"dsc_1467","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":82024,"date":"2019-12-10 11:55:22","modified":"2019-12-10 11:55:22","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1249,"height":1920,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSC_1467.jpeg","thumbnail-width":62,"thumbnail-height":96,"medium":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSC_1467.jpeg","medium-width":1249,"medium-height":1920,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSC_1467.jpeg","medium_large-width":1249,"medium_large-height":1920,"large":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSC_1467.jpeg","large-width":1249,"large-height":1920,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSC_1467.jpeg","1536x1536-width":999,"1536x1536-height":1536,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSC_1467.jpeg","2048x2048-width":1249,"2048x2048-height":1920,"trp-custom-language-flag":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSC_1467.jpeg","trp-custom-language-flag-width":8,"trp-custom-language-flag-height":12,"wpvr_mobile":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSC_1467.jpeg","wpvr_mobile-width":1249,"wpvr_mobile-height":1920}},{"ID":82028,"id":82028,"title":"DSC_1479","filename":"DSC_1479.jpeg","filesize":308758,"url":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSC_1479.jpeg","link":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/uk-young-people-support-labour-party\/dsc_1479\/","alt":"","author":"1","description":"","caption":"","name":"dsc_1479","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":82024,"date":"2019-12-10 11:55:33","modified":"2019-12-10 11:55:33","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1280,"height":1920,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSC_1479.jpeg","thumbnail-width":64,"thumbnail-height":96,"medium":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSC_1479.jpeg","medium-width":1280,"medium-height":1920,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSC_1479.jpeg","medium_large-width":1280,"medium_large-height":1920,"large":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSC_1479.jpeg","large-width":1280,"large-height":1920,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSC_1479.jpeg","1536x1536-width":1024,"1536x1536-height":1536,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSC_1479.jpeg","2048x2048-width":1280,"2048x2048-height":1920,"trp-custom-language-flag":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSC_1479.jpeg","trp-custom-language-flag-width":8,"trp-custom-language-flag-height":12,"wpvr_mobile":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSC_1479.jpeg","wpvr_mobile-width":1280,"wpvr_mobile-height":1920}}],"settings":{"fit_width":"6","caption":"Left: Tara"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"blockquote","text":"\u201cI want Labour voters to become Labour campaigners for this last week.\u201d ","source":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"text_area","text_area":"

It\u2019s that determination in the face of inequality, injustice, and misinformation that really characterises this campaign, especially among young people. Despite how bleak and sometimes frightening some confrontations can be, there are also heartening conversations, with families, migrants, disabled voters, and those in precarious work.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The spirit of the day is overwhelmingly positive. The darkness and pessimism of<\/span> the polls<\/span><\/a>, which still largely predict a Tory majority, of course still looms. But perhaps holding onto this optimism is the only way we can really carry on, a mechanism for survival in the face of great national adversity.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Everything is ramping up. Samuel says: \u201cWhat I love about the final two weeks of an election is that it gets popular. People bring mates, who bring mates, who bring mates, and it becomes a bit of a movement.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s true, young people will keep spreading the message in any way they can\u2014whether that\u2019s on the doorstep, on social media, or having conversations with family and friends. \u201cI want Labour voters to become Labour campaigners for this last week,\u201d Samuel says. \u201cWe are all taking responsibility for this.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text_area","text_area":"

Micha Frazer-Carroll<\/a> is Opinions Editor at Gal-Dem.<\/p>\n

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