Quote Originally Posted by MadAmster View Post
Here's a viewpoint I put in a previous political thread and will repeat it here. We all have far more of our lives behind us than in front. The future is our children and our grandchildren. Vote for their future. Vote for the party THEY believe has most regard for the problems THEY face. I have friends over here who did exactly that, asked their adult kids which party they were voting for and why. They then voted the same as their kids. We did similar with our 2 and ended up with a choice that didn't include the parties our kids were totally against. We still had a choice and, in true Dutch fashion came to a "compromise", ignoring parties that we don't agree with and choosing from those that the kids aren't against.
It's a noble sentiment. However had the younger generation been bothered to 'vote for their future ' in the 2016 referendum then the outcome may have been different.

Turnout in the UK in younger age groups us significantly lower than the older generations. So like I say its noble to think about voting with the younger generation in mind but they should also shoulder some responsibility by bothering to turn up.

I appreciate I'm collectively referring to them as they and not all young people are like that, but certainly those in my close family who are of voting age wont have been anywhere near a polling station. In fact I'm not 100% sure if I asked my 30 yo niece who was PM she would know.