Abby Tomlinson

Abby Tomlinson
Born 5 March 1998 (1998-03-05) (age 18)
Residence St Helens, Merseyside
Nationality British
Occupation Student, writer, political activist
Years active 2015–present

Abby Tomlinson (born 1998) is a British political activist and writer. She is recognised as one of the founders and the leader of the Milifandom, a campaign to support Ed Miliband during the United Kingdom general election, 2015. She has also written for The Guardian[1] and Huffington Post UK.

Background

Tomlinson is from St Helens in Merseyside and is a student.[2] She has made a successful application to Newnham College, Cambridge and will start her study of Human, Social, and Political Sciences in October 2016, if the conditions of her offer are met.[3]

Political activism

During the general election campaign in 2015, Tomlinson was one of the key founders of the Milifandom movement, and was identified as the 'leader'. After his defeat, Miliband personally thanked the campaign. Tomlinson describes herself as an intersectional feminist.[4] After the election, former Conservative MP Louise Mensch was accused of harassment by John Prescott after sending dozens of tweets to Tomlinson, calling on her to apologise for claiming to be the founder of Milifandom.[2][5]

Tomlinson has subsequently written for The Guardian and the New Statesman and called for the lowering of the voting age to 16.[6] She has started a YouTube channel called WestminsterAbby interviewing politicians such as Jeremy Corbyn and Andy Burnham.[7] In 2015 she appeared on Channel 4 News to endorse Andy Burnham in the Labour leadership election.[8][9]

References

  1. ↑ AbTomlinson. "Abby Tomlinson". the Guardian.
  2. 1 2 Liam Murphy (20 May 2015). "Merseyside #Milifandom hashtag teenager 'harassed' by former Tory MP Louise Mensch on twitter". liverpoolecho.
  3. ↑ "Abby Tomlinson on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2016-01-16.
  4. ↑ "Abby Tomlinson". huffingtonpost.com.
  5. ↑ Jasper Jackson. "Louise Mensch accused of bullying Milifandom leader on Twitter". the Guardian.
  6. ↑ Tomlinson, Abby (28 May 2015). "We political teenagers are not a ‘myth’ – so let us vote in the EU referendum". theguardian.com. The Guardian. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  7. ↑ Grant, Katie (25 July 2015). "Postscript: Abby Tomlinson, the 'Milifandom' founder on her YouTube channel and George Osborne's 'assault on young people'". The Independent. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  8. ↑ Wilkinson, Michael (31 July 2015). "'Milifandom girl' Abby Tomlinson backs Andy Burnham for Labour leader". The Telegraph. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  9. ↑ Tomlinson, Abby (31 July 2015). "I was a ‘milifan’, now I’m a ‘fandy’ for Andy Burnham to be Labour leader". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 August 2015.

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