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Snp Want Votes For 16 +17 Year Olds Aneu Citizens In Ge
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Are they desperate for votes, we can't vote in EU elections only the local ones and children fresh out of school will listen to their parents.
Are they desperate for votes, we can't vote in EU elections only the local ones and children fresh out of school will listen to their parents.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I'm not fussed if 16-year-olds get to vote or not, but I do object to this nonsensical position that they are somehow not mature enough to form a balanced opinion about whom to vote for -- which, in any case, invariably means that "the impressionable *** will just vote for lefty parties and not the Tories like sensible chaps would". It's simultaneously insulting to youngsters and arrogant of adults. Not to mention the rather sad implication that people should be denied a vote because you aren't happy about who they'd vote for.
Voting should be linked to the definition of adulthood. At the moment that's 18 in most legal senses. Maybe it will change to 16 at some point. So what?
For the moment, at least, this is purely academic. It seems right that the voting age should be lowered to 16 only on its own merits, or not, if it comes up as part of a general package of election reforms, rather than as an amendment to an early election bill. As I understand it, that amendment has not been selected for debate.
Voting should be linked to the definition of adulthood. At the moment that's 18 in most legal senses. Maybe it will change to 16 at some point. So what?
For the moment, at least, this is purely academic. It seems right that the voting age should be lowered to 16 only on its own merits, or not, if it comes up as part of a general package of election reforms, rather than as an amendment to an early election bill. As I understand it, that amendment has not been selected for debate.
Exactly, Jim x. To a degree, ttt... although we also have people unable to contribute to taxes, and they should still be able to vote. Results affect the entire population and as many should be represented as possible, providing they understand.
If 16 year olds change their minds in 5 years, it doesn't matter- there will be a new lot of 16 year olds by then, who should be represented.
If 16 year olds change their minds in 5 years, it doesn't matter- there will be a new lot of 16 year olds by then, who should be represented.
Mozz doesn't have it at all. We all contribute, even kids buying sweets and toys can pay tax. Is the suggestion that 5 year olds get a vote ? Nonsense justification.
If someone is not old enough such that they can be tried as an adult in court for an offence, then clearly society consider them unable to think and act as an adult. (I note that if convicted at 18 and gaoled they are sent to a prison for 18 to 25-year-olds, suggesting 25 is the real age society considers them adults, and society is probably right.)
If someone is not old enough such that they can be tried as an adult in court for an offence, then clearly society consider them unable to think and act as an adult. (I note that if convicted at 18 and gaoled they are sent to a prison for 18 to 25-year-olds, suggesting 25 is the real age society considers them adults, and society is probably right.)
"Mozz doesn't have it at all. We all contribute, even kids buying sweets and toys can pay tax. Is the suggestion that 5 year olds get a vote ? Nonsense justification. " - obviously there will be an age limit too OG. Indirect tax is collected from money earned or money scrounged, if there is more of the latter than the former no vote, simples. Mozz apologies you may have further observations here but I'm answering as I would had I suggested the net contributor idea.
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