The UK government has announced plans to lower the voting age in the UK for general elections down to 16 years old.
It means around 1.5m 16 and 17 year olds will be able to vote in the next election. The minimum voting age is already 16 for local council elections in Scotland and Wales. However for other elections, including to the UK Parliament general election, local elections in England and all elections in Northern Ireland, it is 18.
The move will mean the voting age will be 16 for all elections across the UK and ensure younger people have a stronger voice in who they want to govern.
Boggles my mind!
Great move by left leaning and liberals.
Kids who are unlikely to be able to decipher the nuances of politics but have a heart, particularly for any “underdog” or what they hear their parents say, could account for big political manoeuvres.
For me, just unbelievable.
Quote from Winston Churchill…..
“If at age 20 you are not (a) liberal, you have no heart. If by age 40 you are not (a) conservative, you have no brain”.
Vote at 16, full driving license at 17 and drunk at 18.
If there is a god, may it bless Scotland with hope.