Kenny left school with no understanding of politics, but politics affects his life: the cost of transport, his chances of getting a mortgage, and how much he would be taxed when starting work. Like other teenagers he doesn’t understand how, as a citizen, he could shape the country in which he lives. He says, ‘So many people have left school without knowing they must be on the electoral roll to be able to vote, improve their credit rating, be called for jury service, and become a vote worth winning by decision-makers. Despite citizenship education being on the national curriculum since 2002, not much has changed for young people leaving school. I regularly visit schools and colleges across the country, and I am shocked by the number of young people who are disillusioned with politics and who complain that their citizenship education classes are squeezed into registration time. It’s just not taken seriously as a school subject, therefore students struggle to take politics seriously themselves.’