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Originally Posted by Sephiroth
Give them credit for what? Understanding how things work, how wheels turn, how judgements should be made in the context of history and extant situations? Wisdom comes with age.
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Exactly, look at Stanley Johnson, so old and wise he got on TV and told the British public just what idiots they are!
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Maybe a youth Parliament with one elected representative to the Welsh assembly? But votes at 16 is a ridiculous proposition - I fear that it will take hold in the UK. Next it’ll be they can be MPs, too young to buy alcohol, too young to drive but allowed to legislate there on. Quite ridiculous.
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Old enough to pay tax.
At least you’ve been honest enough that when you were young you were more left wing/less right wing, so merely see it as a function to gerrymander election results by restricting the franchise.
The real fear of course is that 16-17 year olds vote for their economic interests much like pensioners do.