Quote Originally Posted by Leicesterbaggie View Post
No matter what your politics are or what you think of the present Tory Government can you imagine this woman as our Home Secretary? Her latest comment is that she is advocating lowering the age that you can vote to 16. Her reasoning; if you are old enough to fight for your country, you are old enough to vote. Doesn't the silly woman know that you may be old enough to join the forces at 16 but not allowed to be involved in combat until the age of 18. This, from the shadow Home Secretary. God help us!
Just a 'minor' point perhaps but you don't have to be an armed combatant in a front line unit to die in uniform.

Shells travel, people are killed.

They don't know how old you are or what cap badge you wear when they or their fragments smash through you.

Don't disagree with your sentiment re Abbopotamus.

She's a walking talking trip wire, in my humble opinion.