This pupil’s eloquent response to Keir Starmer’s U-16s social media ban was already good but the payoff was absolute killer

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Lmaooooooooo the kids are hilarious sorry https://t.co/e6VNmRAsTL

— Ash 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇨🇼 (@theashrb) June 15, 2026

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“stare at a wall” https://t.co/s7uV6psyhp

— ⎊ ♡ ♡ ⎊ (@OhMyEmz) June 15, 2026

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Kids upset they can’t use social media to contact their friends. So glad I grew up in an era where we had to go and knock on our friends door if we wanted to see them https://t.co/o6AzBViXMf

— PaulBettany22 (@QuantK22) June 15, 2026

Amazing 😂 https://t.co/0g3E5as4aC

— Mahyar Tousi (@MahyarTousi) June 15, 2026

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Haha, her response “stare at a wall” is peak Gen Z energy.

This kid discovered boredom in 4K and immediately unionized against it.

— Soft-Gee (@SOFTGEE7) June 15, 2026

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Parents in the 1890s: “put that book down and go play outside.”

Parents in the 1940s: “turn that radio off and go play outside.”

Parents in the 1980s: “turn that TV off and go play outside.”

Parents in the 1990s: “turn that Nintendo off and go play outside.”… https://t.co/gRpDQlHQWl

— James Holland (@James7Holland) June 15, 2026

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This is exactly why this ban is needed. What the heck do these kids think people did before smartphones? Certainly not ‘stare at a wall’.

— Spud (@SpuddieG) June 15, 2026

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I think banning social media for under 16s is unfair. This is most technologically advanced generation and they’re being put at disadvantage. What the Prime Minister should’ve done is insist the responsibility on platforms to protect under 16s from harmful content and issue fines https://t.co/NfDO6JtWHZ

— nico (@bombdiggy__) June 15, 2026

Source @PolitlcsUK