Our country is in turmoil. More specifically it lacks leadership. It is unlikely to get anything resembling that soon. The young have been betrayed. Over 60% voted to remain in the EU yet their futures have been stolen by the old. Our political class is broken, the two major parties void of ideas and lurching to find an identity.

Today I am launching a political movement for the young people of Great Britain. It will sit at the centre of the political spectrum, will be compassionate, inclusive and tolerant. It will listen, the way our politicians forgot to listen. That means to everyone.

The vision is to create a robust, thoughtful, democratic progressive party for the 21st century, that moves towards not pushes away. We will seek to understand the other, not exclude. Most of all, the politics of division and hatred must become a footnote to history. We need to engender trust once more in the political process lest we slip back into the fractious and warring 20th century. I invite anyone who sought to Remain in the EU to subscribe to the New Democrats via Facebook, to take leadership and assist in getting a million young people to be heard, and to act. The time is now and it’s later than you think.