life was visibly won over by
Corbyn and also endorsed the
Labour leader. Soon more and
more elements of the grime
scene came out to back La-
bour and Corbyn in particular.
Many cited his personability,
his consistent record of stand-
ing up against issues like the
Apartheid and the Iraq War,
and his campaign to help the
disadvantaged in society as
reasons for their support. As
far as unofficial campaigns go,
the Grime4Corbyn movement
was incredibly successful in
mobilising young voters who
had long been absent at the
ballot box. They made their
own merchandise and even
mixed one of Corbyn’s speech-
es into its own grime track.
While the youth turnout is esti-
mated to be lower than the ini-
tial 72% figure that was floated
about in the wake of the elec-
tion, it is still thought to be
somewhere in the 60/-70%
range, a huge surge from the
43% of 18-24 year olds who
voted in 2015. The use of
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