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Culture Secretary accuses the Tories of “demonising” young people

Ben Bradshaw MP has accused the Conservatives of “demonising” young people in claiming that British society is “broken”, reports Exeter’s Express and Echo:

The Culture Secretary hit out at Tory leader David Cameron’s use of isolated incidents to brand all young people bad.

Mr Bradshaw, speaking to a group of students, said: “I think there is unfair demonisation of young people.

“It’s not fair when people like David Cameron use an isolated example — the terrible case of the children who tortured other children — to claim that Britain is broken, that we are a whole broke society and all young people are bad. That is not the case.”

“There are thousands of young people, being sports leaders, community leaders, leaders in music, in culture and making a positive contribution,” he said.

“We need more coverage of that and less coverage of the minority of young people who are causing the problems.”

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