Echo Chamber: Youth parliament is even better than the real thing

Echo Chamber: Youth parliament is even better than the real thing

A cohort of kids willing to challenge democracy prove they’re more than ready to replace the adults. Echo Chamber is The Spinoff’s dispatch from the press gallery, recapping sessions in the House. Columns are written by politics reporter Lyric Waiwiri-Smith and Wellington editor Joel MacManus. A walkout in the House, claims of censorship and rogue MPs on rogue press conferences: youth parliament didn’t need long to prove it can be as much of a c…