Why aren’t young people angry about the future we’ve been denied?
New Statesman · 23 Oct 2026

Why aren’t young people angry about the future we’ve been denied?

In June 1381, young yeomen marched from Essex and Kent to London to protest capped wages and a poll tax. Since then young people have not moved on from peasantry, but there seems no such revolt. We have been branded “generation screwed”. Faced with some of the worst socio-economic conditions for 18-24 year-olds in decades, where is the anger necessary to spark meaningful change?


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