agyemang's britain

Prime Minister of Great Britain and the United Kingdom. The highest position anyone in our country can reach. It’s the epitome of British politics, the person in charge of guiding one of the most iconic nations on our planet and, coincidentally, my dream job. I’d love to say it’s because of my passion to help the community but really, I’ve just got a thirst for power. It’s hard to pinpoint when it all started but losing the Year 3 School Council election was a major factor. There were two other candidates – Olivia Kluza and Vincent Long – I don’t remember what they wanted; however, I remember my candidate’s speech being pretty engaging. It was what I’d call ‘Soviet-inspired’; unfortunately, my fellow 7-year-olds couldn’t appreciate my efforts and I ended up finishing second.  

Law 1: Children in the workplace 

The heading is slightly misleading. I don’t want to send toddlers up chimneys however when crisis strikes you have to do what you have to do. In the meantime, I plan to encourage younger people into work through our public sectors. Contrary to popular belief you are only able to work when you hit 13 but only under strict rules. However, many people don’t take up this opportunity, an opportunity that many people in other countries don’t have. 

Law 2: Compulsory Subjects 

A man who shall not be named seems very keen on making me do maths for a bit longer than I’d like. The reason I use the word ‘me’ is because I strongly believe that very few people hate the subject of Mathematics as much as I do. What I’d like to do is to make the current compulsory subjects uncompulsory. In England there’s an issue around pupil absentees; this new law would make sure students would be going to school with subjects they have chosen to and enjoy. One issue is that schools may have children leaving without adequate amounts of Maths, English or Science knowledge, to combat this we’d make sure students are educated up until year 9 which is where I believe all students should have reached the capable level of the core subjects. The extra time from Year 10 to 11 can be used for students to take more of the subjects they enjoy, making school a memorable time for everyone involved. 

Law 3: Ending Homeliness and Crime

Earlier this week I was listening to a song and heard the lyric, “How the hell does one man have 100 billion dollars and we still have people on the street that are broke?” I then entered a rabbit hole of Google searches ranging from ‘how much does it cost to end homelessness’ all the way to ‘how to escape prison’. I can now say, with confidence, that the government have someone tracking my laptop searches, but I learnt many valuable things. Firstly, did you know that it’s estimated that it will cost £1.9 billion to eradicate homelessness. This is, admittedly, a lot of money but it only accounts for 5% of Britain’s wealthiest families net worth and would be covered by the UK Government’s underspend on the levelling up project (£2.5 billion!). If the UK population were to vote for me then my major focus over the five years would be to eradicate homelessness to the best of my ability. 

If I were to run in an election, I promise that I’d write more points but I’m aware your attention spans aren’t long enough. If you’ve read up to this point, you’re either my Mum, or a very talented individual. 

Thanks for reading, 

David Agyemang