16 year olds could be given the vote

[Dubbag]

16 year olds should be allowed to vote...quite right and proper....its their country. They should be allowed to participate...
Its the dinosaurs at the other end where the problem lies.....There should be a debate about allowing old people to still have a vote when there all bitter and twisted in their views about how the young people and everybody else has screwed them over......Cap the dinosaurs from voting...introduce some kind of test....like a mandatory eye test for driving.....
Old political system dying on its feet because of a lack to change.......I like traditional values in some cases but quite a lot are antiquated and outdated and want to be kept there by out dated thinking....

[Dubbag]

People who haven't held a full time aren't ready to vote.
Seems obvious to me.

Full time what?.....Job?
Is that your criteria for giving a young person a vote?

[holmleighchris]

No Dubs, they are just too young. It's the country of the five year olds as well. Should they get the vote?
18 is a good starting point.

[mickd1961]

The irony in this post.

Just look up who was in power when '1 in 10' was released by UB40...

Whilst you're there, look up highest unemployment since the war and see who was in power then...

Have a nice evening.

F u c k me the irony.

Two years after taking over the catastrophe that this country was after Wilson and Healey and the unions had bankrupted us through the 70’s!?

Yeah blame Thatcher.....always the easy target.

This country was a hollow shell when she inherited it FFS.

[mickd1961]

You truly have some bizarre analogies.

We're not talking about America. Its a bit like me saying, 'well in Vietnam they can do (whatever I want to say) at 15 years old, so that's life and get over it..'

Anyway, its seems to be democracy when it suits you yeah...

Just remember this, the Tories are finished long term. The younger generation haven't been brainwashed by The Mail and The Sun like you have. Enjoy your evening of reading the Mail, getting angry at foreigners and people who wear rainbow laces...

Wrong again.

Once most teenagers grow up,get a life,have a family,buy a house and start a business or get a good job they wake up.

They usually decide the Left are feckless w a n k e r s who are useless with money and constantly take the country into debt.

This is why two thirds of the time Labour are out of power and it’ll continue to be so.

My youngsters all hate Corbyn and Labour now they’ve matured and it’s amazing what family responsibilities have done to their political judgements.

[regis80]

I wonder if Jeremy Corbyn will dress up as santa for his election campaign? surely the young ones out there still believe in him. No more tuition fees.

Joking aside, i think if you are working and paying tax you should be allowed to vote. But at the same time I don’t think a change in the rules should come in so close to an election it should have been made ages ago.

[holmleighchris]

I wonder if Jeremy Corbyn will dress up as santa for his election campaign? surely the young ones out there still believe in him. No more tuition fees.

Joking aside, i think if you are working and paying tax you should be allowed to vote. But at the same time I don’t think a change in the rules should come in so close to an election it should have been made ages ago.

Does that mean retired folk and those currently out of work should lose their vote?

[regis80]

Does that mean retired folk and those currently out of work should lose their vote?

No, I mean to say the earliest when someone should be allowed to vote from. Those retired or out of work should still be allowed to vote.

[Lindenbaggie]

I would like to hear Tom Watson's views on this, but has anyone else noticed his sudden disappearance?

[Lindenbaggie]

I wonder if Jeremy Corbyn will dress up as santa for his election campaign? surely the young ones out there still believe in him. No more tuition fees.

Joking aside, i think if you are working and paying tax you should be allowed to vote. But at the same time I don’t think a change in the rules should come in so close to an election it should have been made ages ago.

More appropriate to dress up as the "Pied Piper" once again.