Is Labour Starting To Abolish Democracy Altogether?

[ToraToraTora]

https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1992283/Labour-votes-at-16-stitch-up

What's next, the long parliament part two?

[Deskdiary]

Allowing children to vote is a spectactularly bad idea - although I know why Labour would like it. I was left-leaning when I was in the Sixth Form, and I think most chidlren are because they haven't experienced the real world.

 

If Labour were to reduce the voting age to 16, then it stands to reason all of the other rights one gets when reaching the current majority must also be reduced to 16 like, for example, being able to go into a pub and get drunk, get a tattoo, buy fags etc... If children are allowed to vote, then they should be legally allowed to do these things as well, and if not why not?

 

Daft idea.

[ToraToraTora]

The voting age should be raised if anything. Also only those that contribute to society should be able to vote. Labour favour giving kids the vote because they know that young people are generally left wing until they get assets.

[ToraToraTora]

....but I was more concerned about the abolition of elections that they seem to have undertaken.

[naomi24]

This government would love nothing more than to abolish democracy.  I would put nothing past them.

[DTCwordfan]

A new national anthem is coming - thanks originally to the composer...

When Britain first, at electorate command
Arose from out the Tory main
Arose, arose from out the Tory main
This was the charter, the charter of the land
And gulliver's angels sang this strain

Rule Britania
Labour rule the waves
Britons now, now will be their slaves

Tax Britannia
Labour rule the waves
Britons now, now will be slaves

Starmer and Reeves shalt they rise
More corrupted from each Russian stroke
More corrupted from each Russian or Chinese stroke
As Reeves blasted, the budget that tears the skies
Serves to uproot our native oaks

Rule Britania
Labour rule the waves
Britons now, now will be their slaves

Tax Britannia
Labour rule the waves
Britons now, now will be slaves

[fender62]

the cult of labour, all the fringe oddballs together, what could go wrong, oh wait it's already happening, they will crash big time next election, people i know who voted for them regret it, they now call them liars and hypocrites.

[david small]

If they won't yield to democracy, then it should be taken from them.

[Old_Geezer]

Surely, if they let kids vote, it'll only ever kids that vote for them in the future. That'll suck when an adult selected party gets in and returns voting rights back on a sane footing.

[naomi24]

I agree with DD.  I think most students are left wing.   I know I was.  Then I grew up.  

[Peter Pedant]

Surely, if they let kids vote, it'll only ever kids that vote for them in the future.

no that has been tested er psephologically ( voty stuff) and found not to be true - I think they just went around and asked them

[tomus42]

I can't read these endless Express links that you are bombarding us with of late ttt.

I'd probably comment otherwise.

[fender62]

i remember when carter was the american president, lot's young people thought he was going to legalise marajuana so voted for him.