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All of this week we've been hearing ideas suggested to us by you, by listeners.

Today it's Herbie and Aisha.

They're both 18.

They voted for the first time in the general election,

and they wanted to look at what they see is a disconnect between politicians and young people.

Our political correspondent, Alex Forsythe, took Herbie and Ayesha to Westminster.

This is College Green and then Palis Department.

Nice. I've seen this exact angle on the news a lot of times right here.

So you guys are young voters. You both voted for the first

time in the most recent general election. What was your thought process behind it when you got in touch

with the Today program? I would like to really sort of investigate what more could politicians

be doing to appeal to young people? What are they doing now to try and do it? And essentially,

what are the reasons for this

disconnect? Do you feel it? Do you feel disconnected? Yeah, I mean I do. For a lot of people I know,

it just feels like something you shouldn't be getting involved with. I worry that too much we see

politicians and political parties attacking each other and not putting forward an optimistic platform of their own.

Yeah, it's starting to feel like you've just got two recently separated parents and you're

having to pick a side. How would you describe where you fit politically, if indeed you feel like

you do fit somewhere? I feel like I don't fit, really. I would agree. I don't like the idea of

having a particular party allegiance or anything

like that or being particularly loyal to any given party. And I think that's really common for young people.

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