Fifteen-year-old Barnaby Raine, a demonstrator in the London student protests gives a brilliant speech about political activism . “This was meant to be the generation that never thought of anything bigger than our Facebook profiles and our TV screens … I think now that claim is quite ridiculous.”
UK schoolboy sticks it to the Man
Fifteen-year-old Barnaby Raine, a demonstrator in the London student protests gives a brilliant speech about political activism . “This was meant to be the generation that never thought of anything bigger than our Facebook profiles and our TV screens … I think now that claim is quite ridiculous.”
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Quite amazing 4.5 minutes without notes… Not one Australian politician would manage 45 sconds without drying up.
NB Not one phrase ending with “You Know”!
Wow, that boy is talented!
Oh, Democracy, how I’ve missed you. I thought you had become a couch potato and eaten and drunk yourself to death. How wrong I’ve been. Welcome back!
Remember that name.. Barnaby Raine.. expect to hear more in the years to come and it will be good!
An inspiring young man.