Television station E4 to shut for day to woo UK youth vote

Television station E4 will be shut down on the day of Britain’s general election in a move to encourage young viewers to go the polls.

In what is understood to be the first time a UK channel has closed on polling day, Channel 4 announced the move to encourage younger voters to get off the armchair and take part in the election.

E4 has 8.7 million 16-34 year old viewers every month but their E4 channel will be off air of May 7, save for a picture of “Darren”, the man in charge of keeping E4 on air, sitting in the channel’s control room.