The Wrong Way

We read that a "historic" event is taking place in the Commons today. The 300 members of the UK Youth Parliament are holding a "series of debates", apparently the "first time any body of people other than MPs had debated in the chamber". Stopped for comment, Harriet Harman agreed with the speaker of the Youth Parliament, that "We need to do everything we can to increase the involvement of young people in politics."

Is there much point? If Harman and co., have their way, our Parliament will have as much power as the youth one that sits in the Commons today. And now that the unlikely defender in Prague has seemingly given up, the way is cleared.

I would have thought Harriet Harman would have been a bit more concerned with increasing the involvement of voters in politics. A good deal of them just don't see the point in turning up. Another good deal of them are sending their vote in what Harman would call the "wrong way".