Politics has never been more important. Aristotle described it as ‘the master science’ and it should never be underestimated how important an understanding of politics is to the young people of the UK.It is perhaps more important now than it has ever been. It is about preparing our future leaders to take on the many national, international and global challenges which we will face in the future.Education is letting our young people down by not giving them an effective political education and it must be the role of independent schools to put politics front and centre of modern education.Independent schools must be at the vanguard of this political and education revolution and lead the way in making the present generation the best politically educated generation ever. At New Hall we pride ourselves on providing a politics curriculum and co-curriculum fit for the 21st century.Politics for all young peopleWe have started a campaign to bring this kind of education to young