Is the UK's youngest MP experienced enough for Parliament?

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Age is just a number for the UK's youngest MP, Sam Carling.
But at just 22 years old, many have been wondering whether the new "Baby of the House" is experienced enough for Parliament.
The North West Cambridgeshire MP actually believes his youth is an advantage in politics, and insists he's just as qualified as his older colleagues, some of whom are more than three times his age.
Political social media reporter Lewis Denison interviewed the Gen Z MP to learn what it's like to be Parliament's youngest MP, with one of the smallest majorities.
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@richardbrown7437 29 дней назад

Just what parliament needs. A career politician with no experience of a real life career

@cooliodee9033 22 дня назад

Most of them are this anyhow

@SCFCSteff 29 дней назад

size of that lads cranium

@Toodyslexicforyou 17 дней назад

Bro really is mega mind 😂

@khalilusman Месяц назад

I guess he's headed in the right direction

@bv3bv334 29 дней назад

😂

@robertat3650 17 дней назад

Lmao 😂

@_.august4243 14 дней назад

headed in the left direction really

@michaelgriffiths5723 25 дней назад

I think we need actual 'diversity' in parliament rather than just diversity of skin colour

@stormyprawn 19 дней назад

Well here you have it. He brings diversity of age, which is sorely needed in a parliament where the average age in 2019 was 51.

@michaelgriffiths5723 18 дней назад

@@stormyprawn yes, agreed

@_.august4243 14 дней назад

I think he also identifies as lgbtq, which is good for diversity too

@michaelgriffiths5723 14 дней назад

@_.august4243 I think we need to be careful. The LGBT community is well over represented in the House of Commons. Around 3% of the UK identify as LGBT but around 10% of MPs do. I'm talking about real diversity. People from poor schools, poor backgrounds, ex laboures factory workers etc. Be they black, white, gay or straight. Around 50% of the UK is working class, in my opinion, this is the most underrated group on politics.

@jakkuwolfinsomnia8058 11 дней назад

Let’s hope the youngest MP has more integrity than most MP’s

@dave90mckeague Месяц назад

Yes. Look what happened when you had a bunch of "experienced" Tory MPs. We had 14 years of awful governing

@sandie157 29 дней назад

Don't forget the deprivation of New Labour and ministers like Ed Miliband before the Tories,who decimated public health and social programs in this country . No one gets good marks

@csharpe5787 19 дней назад

All experienced, most of them were career politicians at that point?

@sprgeorge333 28 дней назад

Woah... what is he thinking about!?

@user-vc1hm5vs4l 27 дней назад

22 years old on 80k a year.. good lad😂

@JoshNunnyt 21 день назад

He'll be on the pull at Ministry in a few weeks 😂

@andrewjones-productions Месяц назад

I think the question posed in the title of the video has already been answered by Sam Carling's constituents. They clearly feel that he isn't too young and must have convinced enough people that he is up to the job. Good luck to him and I hope he works hard for his constituents.

@hunter98764 Месяц назад

Except the vast majority of people vote tribally for the party, NOT the candidate. There's very few MPs who have their own personal following amongst voters. In the last election I can only think of Corbyn and possibly Farage who could claim to be capable of winning without a serious party machine behind them. Would Mr Carling win as an independent? I highly doubt it.

@pawpals01 29 дней назад

@@hunter98764Theresa May was also one with a lot of a personal vote

@OneGuyPolitics 29 дней назад

@@hunter98764Farage wouldn’t have got in if it wasn’t for Reform. He’s proven that 7 times

@azillliasmith2734 28 дней назад

@@OneGuyPoliticswell he is in now.....

@CR-og5ho 19 дней назад

Embarrassing for them frankly.

@lw6791 25 дней назад

feel bad for his mum when he was born cause his head is so large

@bl00dhoney Месяц назад

Megamind

@AC-tn9hg Месяц назад

Master brain

@ShrewBarrymore 29 дней назад

The Leader..

@_.august4243 14 дней назад

he actually did 5 a levels 😂

@FerdiSchwarz 24 дня назад

Pitt the Younger was chancellor at 23, PM at 24, and history generally looks upon him favourably. The guy is clearly bright and cares about the country, which is frankly refreshing. Far rather him than some more "experienced" Tory who hands out contracts to his old industry buddies...

@Firebrand55 Месяц назад

Sam...remember the old adage....' one of the principal qualifications for a would-be MP, is that the applicant know little about what he is expected to do...' You can only ascend!

@gerardo8av 27 дней назад

Certainly he is. Fishi Sunak was Prime Minister and its only skill was to fog a mirror. This lad, on the other hand, looks sharp, appears intelligent, has a convincing discourse, and he is eager to work.

@DylanRoberts7 21 день назад

If he's 18 years old then he's plenty old enough. The real question should be 'are some of our politicians too old?'

@zool8139 29 дней назад

He looks like Rumpelstiltskin, bring me my angry wig! 😂

@gee3883 26 дней назад

I wouldn't want to take him shopping for a crash helmet.

@PodOfHeat 27 дней назад

Beavis has certainly pulled himself together

@gee3883 26 дней назад

lol

@gamewithadam7235 19 дней назад

I wasn't the only one.

@slackojonathan 21 день назад

After watching this, I could do with a pint.

@alexkidnotlive 24 дня назад

why danny aarons a journalist now

@LunarEcho87 20 дней назад

Most likely more experienced than someone who's been making powerpoints for 10 years at a big four consultancy firm..... Good luck to him, I got my commerical pilots license at 19 and faced the question of my youth being a bar to my comptency by older people often.

@user-lo5kj8im5d Месяц назад

Good luck to him

@fenlandwildlifeclips Месяц назад

Can he relate to people with struggles?

@isntitj 29 дней назад

Can old MPs relate to people with struggled?

@fenlandwildlifeclips 29 дней назад

@@isntitj 100% with you there: my MP hasn't got a clue & he isn't young. I have asked him to intervene wuth a complex NHS issue though & I'm not convinced someone so young would be able to relate at all.

@joshjwillway1545 29 дней назад

@@fenlandwildlifeclips We shall see, all we can do is hope

@azillliasmith2734 28 дней назад

@@fenlandwildlifeclipsthis guy will have family he loves parents and grandparents so maybe he has insight and compassion for everyone .....and hopefully he is to young to have been spoilt by greed👍🏻👍🏻

@fenlandwildlifeclips 28 дней назад

@@azillliasmith2734 Sometimes the youngest people are the greediest. Everyone has a family, that doesn't mean everyone has empathy.

@evocharles9649 Месяц назад

Good luck young man from the Caribbean,my advice england comes first but do it in an honest way and don't be spoiled by the other fake mpppppppp s work hard be humble, honest and most of all do what you were elected to do and your future will be bright

@wenterinfaer1656 15 дней назад

I wouldn't vote for a guy that looks live Beavis.

@GeldardtheGrey Месяц назад

Is Sir Edward Leigh, for example, the Father of the House, experienced enough to understand modern young people? What does he know about what young people think or what their concerns are? Parliament needs to have a wide range of ages and worldviews representing the demographics of the country. This young man is entirely experienced as a representative of younger voters' concerns and I wish him well.

@azillliasmith2734 28 дней назад

He should Represent the voters in his constituency young and old I would hope......best thing is to wait and see how he does .....he must have a bit of money backing him up though....but good to him....

@markrutlidge5427 Месяц назад

Pitt the elder was 21 when he entered politics and became pm aged 24.

@Tickity-Boo Месяц назад

The Younger (& he was 24).

@markrutlidge5427 Месяц назад

@@Tickity-Boo sorry, will correct

@Tickity-Boo Месяц назад

@@markrutlidge5427(further) immortalised in Black Adder 🙂

@Tickity-Boo Месяц назад

I remembered it from Black Adder!

@King_Alfred_849 29 дней назад

Heed like an Orange on a toothpick!!

@csharpe5787 19 дней назад

Apparently not even enough to understand which tie to wear which jacket.

@carmen6465 23 дня назад

I hope he loves his country and the British people!

@evocharles9649 Месяц назад

Please please delever in your area

@Tango-_- 22 дня назад

Absolutely! Great chapy

@stevesmith2812 Месяц назад

We definitely need younger people in politics to make Parliament more representative of society. For me, his age isn't an issue. He's educated and coherent. That isn't true of some MPs more than twice his age.

@GF_MF Месяц назад

It's good to have all ages represent the public in Parliament, however, more senior roles like a Prime minister, or cabinet minister should be older and wiser.

@shivster Месяц назад

yes. because that's gone very well

@saraneuss4089 Месяц назад

Yes he is

@frankesposito2182 5 дней назад

Let me guess your a rich kid from Grasemere in the Lake district !!!

@travis9062856 19 дней назад

Taxation a d duties without representation is tyranny. If he’s old enough to pay taxes be conscripted during times of war and treated as an adult in court he’s old enough to vote and be voted for into office

@faizalcader6478 25 дней назад

No.

@clivejungle6999 19 дней назад

The Uniparty is all the same, you could make a 13 year old MP and he will be just as great at doing what he is told.

@HistoricallyProven 29 дней назад

Stop the boats

@gamewithadam7235 19 дней назад

Beavis and the Butthead. Sorry I had to say it.

@user-nu1vb7qi2y Месяц назад

Congratulations 🎉

@robertjohnsontaylor3187 25 дней назад

I neither know nor care if he is insufficient experience I just wish him all the best for the future and joins the Reform party

@rosemaryiyalekhuosaosawaru8666 Месяц назад

Congratulations

@brettryan5612 26 дней назад

So when someone raises a concern of experience, you pretend you don't know what they're talking about by saying "what do you mean by experience" perhaps the experience of where pretending to misunderstand them leads, I'd suggest, at a minimum.

@gillianr6659 25 дней назад

University leaver, with a science background? Ok explain please...Why do we need gmo crops for warm weather, the hottest day was 34 that's no warmer than any average summer!? They grow crops in far hotter countries with no gmo help! Stop messing with our food!

@innovationunboxingchannel7170 24 дня назад

Megamind already has lots of experience

@oiphieubat2602 Месяц назад

Vietnam Republic still had youngest parliament members, now UK has😂, that is normal

@michaelkeeley8594 29 дней назад

as long as he can listen to his constituents concerns and be good at representing them he is good enough for parliament considering a lot of MPs do not

@andrewbass6837 28 дней назад

I think he should succeed Keir Starman as PM I'm sure he will do a better job

@grahamnancledra7036 Месяц назад

He's got to learn to speak more slowly and not gabble gabble gabble like Amal Rajan.

@samabrahams7687 19 дней назад

Ffs

@nessah23 29 дней назад

Ah ah ,says it all

@jennychurchill2716 Месяц назад

I like him. Let's hope he moves more and more to the centre as he matures.

@_Tp___ Месяц назад

Why would you hope that?

@jennychurchill2716 Месяц назад

@@_Tp___ socialism never works .

@FKProds 28 дней назад

Which far left ideas did he express?

@DemosBrutus Месяц назад

Where are hobbits from?

@Pl15604 28 дней назад

Question is whether he is psychopathic enough to survive

@Archivus23 19 дней назад

He sounds like he's trying to put on a posh accent, yet failing horribly at it.

@_.august4243 14 дней назад

he’s from Durham but I think he went to private school

@sovietunionjack1505 29 дней назад

Give the whole lot over to kids, they've read the internet and know it all. There is no arguing with them after they've been through 3 to 4 years of activist training center brainwashing ...or 'University' if you prefer. "Experience" give me a f'ing break.

@toxy3580 29 дней назад

OK boomer

@sovietunionjack1505 28 дней назад

@@toxy3580 No boomer here I'm afraid. And age means life experience which by default means respect is already earned by walking the path of this life longer & means I've experienced more of its hazards and difficulties. Youth should listen and learn from those older so they can avoid the same hazards and difficulties, unless of course, they already know it all and want to take the risk?

@drama_channels_are_cringe Месяц назад

Beavis?

@evolassunglasses4673 Месяц назад

Ashes of civilisation.

@5340robert 27 дней назад

Has he ever had a proper job like working in a supermarket, kitchen or call centre ?

@tonyjeevar6565 26 дней назад

Did Rees Mogg? Johnson?

@gee3883 26 дней назад

call center didn't have a big enough headset.

@5340robert 20 дней назад

@tonyjeevar6565 They have sold alot of flannel and created heat through hot air in the past.

@CMax2705 6 дней назад

@@gee3883 Bravo! 😂

@Nick-ei5yj 26 дней назад

Mullet

@khalilusman Месяц назад

He's aHEAD of his mates

@AngloCelticChristian 21 день назад

Let’s say Reform had a 30year old they would try to ruin him for having his views

@SamEttleman 20 дней назад

Anyone that isn't moderate would get that, left and right

@skycloud4802 25 дней назад

A young person may not have the experience of an older politician, but they may bring in fresh new ideas. They may understand emerging technologies better, such as laws regarding AI and internet-based issues. They also may understand and relate to the issues affecting young people better. And finally, younger politicians may not have accrued as much wealth as older politicians, so might understand the plight of the poor a bit better

@CR-og5ho 19 дней назад

Ridiculous comment, clearly none of this applies to this kid. Another product of nepotism.

@nanunanu8745 27 дней назад

Heid! Troosers!

@StratsRUs Месяц назад

Jeez

@DavidS-iy8bb 29 дней назад

Definitely old enough. Some people who have had real careers in business or science can bring a lot into politics. But most older politicians have had careers in political / advisory roles so they don't have any more real experience than Sam Carling. And having some youth in parliament to represent the opinions, sentiment and experience of the younger generation is a good thing.

@sovietunionjack1505 29 дней назад

So when this kid is in a position that calls for decisions of life and death over thousands (1% unemployment increases suicides) ... You're happy he's at the helm with his life experience and understanding of foreign culture and you're at ease with his realisation that not all people think, act and value life like he does? Absolutely ridiculous.

@khalilusman Месяц назад

Is his head really that big?

@jeanclaudejunior Месяц назад

He's not as weird as reform UK voters and members

@PatrickEdwardsEdwards-p6j Месяц назад

Coz LABOUR has done a great job so far VOTE REFORM STOP THE BOATS STOP THE WOKE

@jeanclaudejunior Месяц назад

@@PatrickEdwardsEdwards-p6j that comment makes you even Weirder

@jeanclaudejunior Месяц назад

@@PatrickEdwardsEdwards-p6j I agree with Tim Walz and I am not ashamed of myself for the word "weird" referring to people like and I refuse to apologise for saying it

@zoecass Месяц назад

@@PatrickEdwardsEdwards-p6j can you define wokeness?

@jeanclaudejunior Месяц назад

@@zoecass@PatrickEdwardsEdwards-p6j is just too weird

@breefolf 29 дней назад

this kid is basically a conservative

@BengeeMusic 27 дней назад

Literally 😂 just because he from a deprived area doesn't mean he don't live in a mansion 😂

@PatrickEdwardsEdwards-p6j Месяц назад

STOP THE BOATS STOP THE WOKE !! STOP TWO TIER POLICING !!

@_Tp___ Месяц назад

I bet you're fun at parties

@zoecass Месяц назад

can you define wokeness?

@PatrickEdwardsEdwards-p6j Месяц назад

I AM ok 👌 but the night clubs are full of LEFTY WOKE PEOPLE and its very 😢

@PatrickEdwardsEdwards-p6j Месяц назад

CAN YOU ??? and Tp why take my comments down ???? THAT'S BEING WOKE !!

@extraña_es_la_vida Месяц назад

LoL

@primaryesthethicinstincts4832 Месяц назад

Stay away drugs kid

@barrybarry6592 Месяц назад

Badge voting could have been a sheep

@joeds3775 Месяц назад

So young and yet more experience in the HOC than fartrage.... At least he has been to work...

@notothe8915 29 дней назад

"I lived in a quite deprived rural area"... That's the first lie told by our baby MP, can't wait for many more to come! Well done, another rich kid pretending to be poor.

@sandie157 29 дней назад

William Pitt the Younger was Prime Minister at 24! He is NOT too young to be an MP. He is more articulate and outward looking that nearly all MP's more than twice his age. He is certainly more mature than Boris Johnson and his ridiculous cronies. Most importantly he doesn't appear to be corrupt....yet. Hope he keeps flying right ! God bless him

@lokidedbeat1878 Месяц назад

heuy from the boys hahaha

@MrRodigan Месяц назад

You need to ask that question to farage tice and 30p Lee

@Jesus420.69 25 дней назад

Any 22 year old interested in politics to would want to stand in a no hoper seat. This lad just stood at the right place at the right time, can’t blame him really