16 and 17-year-olds are going to be allowed to vote in the next election. Congratulations to whichever prick off tik-tok they make PM. I'm not specifically opposed to this move, but I think we need an adult age. The current mish-mash is just odd and makes no sense. You can join the army and have sex (presumably not at the same time) at 16. You can't take a picture of yourself nude and send it to someone else or buy a pint, though.
Ed Davey needs to seriously up his Doris wannabee game. "I'm not specifically opposed to this move, but I think we need an adult age. The current mish-mash is just odd and makes no sense. You can join the army and have sex (presumably not at the same time) at 16. You can't take a picture of yourself nude and send it to someone else or buy a pint, though." I have always said the 'age of ascent' in the UK should be 17. On voting, the EARLIEST you can vote should be 17 (16 yrs old + either one year of military service / paying worker taxes) .
Considering how a sizeable chunk of the electorate were apparently born yesterday, I can't see where the issue is
