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U K lowers voting age to 16 - Lilith7 - 20-07-2025
Clearly they've all gone bonkers. Or they're desperate for votes. Or both.
The Dunedin study showed that the human brain is incomplete till the mid twenties, in particulat the area governing risk taking & consequences..what could possibly go wrong.
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c93kkg37n3kt
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jul/17/voting-age-to-be-lowered-to-16-in-england-and-northern-ireland
"Despite concerns that it could benefit minor parties like the Greens, or worse, the far right Reform UK party, govt claims it will be fairer since some of that age are already serving in the army'
RE: U K lowers voting age to 16 - zqwerty - 20-07-2025
16 year olds are more likely to vote Labour or so I have read.
That's why it won't happen here, National's too smart for that.
RE: U K lowers voting age to 16 - jim157 - 20-07-2025
(20-07-2025, 02:11 PM)zqwerty Wrote: 16 year olds are more likely to vote Labour or so I have read.
That's why it won't happen here, National's too smart for that.
More like the greens, they want to save the whales etc, it'll be a debacle
RE: U K lowers voting age to 16 - Oh_hunnihunni - 20-07-2025
So, you are happy to deprive a whole lot of young people of the power to vote because you think they'll all vote for the Greens? Or Labour? Or any party you don't actually support?
Despite the fact laws passed now will affect just those people for longer than most?
Seems a bit biased, don't you think?
RE: U K lowers voting age to 16 - Lilith7 - 21-07-2025
(20-07-2025, 05:38 PM)jim157 Wrote:(20-07-2025, 02:11 PM)zqwerty Wrote: 16 year olds are more likely to vote Labour or so I have read.
That's why it won't happen here, National's too smart for that.
More like the greens, they want to save the whales etc, it'll be a debacle
If you read the article, they're more concerned that they might vote fo the far right UK party..