The National Secular Society Sounds Downright Silly On Radio.

Executive Director of the National Secular Society, Keith Porteous Wood, on Radio 4 explained: "Young people are put off standing for the council because it's seen to be a clique of old people who are potentially religious". (Guardian.)

Oh! I am overwhelmed by both the vehemence and depth of this quality argument. I must go and stand quietly in a corner and whimper. In one short sentence he has undermined the whole base of Christianity in society today.
(He must get on really well with Dickie Dawkins.)
Just one thought - young folk aren't put off from standing for councils more due to constraints of study, political apathy and fear of the hard work it entails perhaps?
A further thought - young people maybe are not so often picked. Why should they be more entitled to stand than somebody who has worked tirelessly for a party - all the time gaining experience - for longer than the potential 'young whippersnapper' has even been alive?
Do I want to be represented by somebody who has precious little life experience?
Don't younger people have an interesting tendency to get gradually older; gradually more experienced; gradually more electable as each year goes by?
Surely, only the genuinely outstanding amongst young people should be put up for office.
Well Mr Porteous Wood. So little said - so much rubbish purveyed!