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"Poor political education" is causing
young people to completely
misunderstand phrases used in
Parliament, a survey suggests.
Two-thirds of 18 to 25-year-olds polled by
the youth news platform Shout Out UK
believed "filibustering" was a slang term to
describe a sex act.
Filibustering is, in fact, when a politician
speaks for an extended period so as to
waste time and obstruct progress in a
parliamentary debate.
More than half of those polled thought the
Speaker was a villain in a game - and only
23% of people correctly answered that
they chair debates in Parliament.
Matteo Bergamini, founder of Shout Out
UK, said:
"We commissioned the survey
just to get an idea of what people's
knowledge is on political terms - we didn't
expect to get such funny results.
"Although it is funny that most young
people think filibustering is a slang sex
term, I think it reveals a deeper problem
that most 18 to 25-year-olds aren't
engaged or educated in politics enough."
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Great read!
Nice read.
Haha ok! I didnt even know what "filibustering" meant something...never heard of this word before! It does sound sexual though!😂
thanks for your comment:::Filibustering means to act in an obstructive manner in a
legislative assembly, especially by speaking
at inordinate length and it also means a parliamentary procedure
where debate over a proposed piece of
legislation is extended, allowing one or
more members to delay or entirely
prevent a vote on the proposal.
Wow. That was interesting. I feel amused that the young generation link big words to sex. It made me think twice what is it they are learning in college?
Wow! This was interesting to read. Honestly, I didn't know what filibustering is, never heard that word before. Thanks for sharing this post, I learned something new today. :)
oh,yeah,that is correct,you have a point,i think the government should include the topic in the school scheme
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Very interesting observations... I'm not clear on how anyone can confuse the word with something else but that is why we have dictionaries and Google search. Hmmmm
Hello Eliz,you are actually right,any information you need more Knowledge on,you could always use Google,thanks for your comment,and please subscribe to our blog to get more latest updates
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