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Daily Mirror
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Politics
Lizzy Buchan

Teach primary kids 'arguing' to get them into politics, says Alastair Campbell

Kids should be given "arguing" lessons at school to get them interested in politics, Alastair Campbell has said.

Tony Blair's former spin chief said children should be given a political education at an early age - and said state school pupils needed to learn to "fight their corner".

“We teach our kids that PE, running around the playground, is good for them. I think we should teach our kids to be interested in and engaged in politics,” Mr Campbell told the Hay festival.

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