It can't be denied that some young people detest meeting the person introduced by their parents, because the person is their parents' style, not theirs.
Missing from all these data is the sense that today's young care very much about their country, about the broader civic and political environment, or about the future of their society.
Nearby hundreds of riot police had tried to move crowds who had gathered on Piccadilly Gardens, leading to running battles with youngsters wearing masks and hoods.
He is often the dominant voice in the kind of strategy meetings—many of which Mr Cameron lets him chair—in which he first shone as a young adviser in the 1990s.