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We'd win more votes if schools didn't promote environmentalism and equality, MP suggests
Could children learning about climate change and renewable energy prevent them from voting for the Tories?

TORIES could win more votes from young people if the school curriculum stopped promoting environmentalism and equality, MP Luke Graham suggested today.

Speaking at a fringe meeting at the Scottish Conservative conference, the Tory rising star argued that the Scottish National Party was promoting a “political agenda” which was shaping young people’s voting behaviours.

Speaking about meeting a first-time voter in a recent by-election campaign in Scotland, Mr Graham said: “The two things she raised with me, the two issues, one was environmental policies and the second was period poverty.

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