One of the most heartening things about Thursday’s General Election was the amount of young people that voted – with some reports suggesting that turnout was as high as 72% amongst 18 to 25 year olds.
A lot of the has been attributed to the #GRIME4CORBYN movement, with artists like AJ Tracey and Novelist offering their support to Labour. Undoubtedly though, the figure who made the biggest impact was Jme, who as well as tweeting frequently encouraging his fans to vote, even interviewed Corbyn for i-D.
This didn’t sit well with some of the Conservative-support press, with the Daily Mail in particular publishing stories trying to discredit the MC.
But now that the dust has (somewhat) settled, Jme posted an incredible threat, hitting back at those who criticised him.
To everybody angry at me for getting the youth involved in politics…
— Jme (@JmeBBK) June 9, 2017
I understand your anger, you think I just rallied my twitter followers to zombie up and follow me and vote for exactly who I want them to…
— Jme (@JmeBBK) June 9, 2017
That’s not the case…
— Jme (@JmeBBK) June 9, 2017
I thought it was a fair & positive thing to do, to help them engage & make decisions that will effect their future, as they are the future…
— Jme (@JmeBBK) June 9, 2017
(Other than my 1st ever tweet that was in response to people asking how to vote for corbyn in which I replied “press x, y, b, up down” etc)
— Jme (@JmeBBK) June 9, 2017
Which was prior to me even deciding to get involved with all this razzmatazz,
— Jme (@JmeBBK) June 9, 2017
I was offered the chance to interview Jeremy for iD mag, like many interviews I’ve done before whether it be for noisey, or my bredrins
— Jme (@JmeBBK) June 9, 2017
If I was offered a chance to ask Theresa May a few questions for iD mag my decision would have been the same,
— Jme (@JmeBBK) June 9, 2017
Then I gathered all the manifestos from lands far far away and put them in one place for us lot to check out https://t.co/G4SiEGGCyv
— Jme (@JmeBBK) June 9, 2017
So they can read, research and make up their own minds who to vote for,
— Jme (@JmeBBK) June 9, 2017
Not once did I tell them who to vote for, or who I was voting for, (not that there should be an issue even if I did)
— Jme (@JmeBBK) June 9, 2017
But yeh, goal was to get the youth involved in their future here on Earth.
That can’t be a bad thing, don’t be angry.
Blessup and press ups.— Jme (@JmeBBK) June 9, 2017
Well said.
