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By: Alastair Campbell

Alastair Campbell is a writer and former Press Secretary to Tony Blair

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  • Anti-protests laws and voter ID are a sure way to disillusion young Britons

    Alastair Campbell & Maddie Smith

    Protesting is a great way for young people to engage with democracy. If you take that right away, while making it harder for them to vote, you end up with youth disengagement, write Alastair Campbell and Maddie Smith

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