Does politics make a real difference? At 31, Josh Babarinde has become the Lib Dems’ first Black MP. But he had already made his mark as an entrepreneur with a social conscience.
The MP who began by fixing phones
By the seaside: Josh Babarinde, who was born in 1993, was once named "Eastbourne's cutest baby" in a town-wide competition. Glossary
Eastbourne - A town on the southeast coast of England.
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Tory - A member of the Conservative party.
Maiden speech - First speech.
Nigerian - From Nigeria, Africa's most populated nation.
Council estate - In the UK, housing estates where people, often on low incomes, rent heir homes from the local authority, rather than a landlord.
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Lib Dems - A liberal political party in the UK. Their full name is the Liberal Democrats.
Paraphernalia - The equipment or stuff needed for a particular activity.
OBE - The Order of the British Empire, a lesser honour than a CBE.
Anarchy - A situation in which there are no rulers. The term can be used to describe complete political chaos or mob rule, but those who call themselves anarchists generally believe in mutual aid and cooperation, not a war of all-against-all.
NHS - The National Health Service, the publicly funded healthcare system in the UK. The NHS was founded in 1948.