Codpiece@feddit.uk to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 1 month agoUK to lower voting age to 16www.bbc.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square34linkfedilinkarrow-up1169arrow-down12
arrow-up1167arrow-down1external-linkUK to lower voting age to 16www.bbc.co.ukCodpiece@feddit.uk to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square34linkfedilink
minus-squareDestide@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·edit-21 month agoIf you can die for your country, you should be able to vote Edit: afterthought and more importantly, we’re happy to tax them too.
minus-squareAnarchistArtificer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoI’ve always found it silly that one could legally have sex with their MP, but not vote for them
minus-squarewewbull@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoWeirdly, you can only die for your country with parental consent if you’re under 18.
minus-squareohulancutash@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoNo, you can’t. Under-18s are banned from theatres of combat, as the UK has ratified the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child. A few 17yo were accidentally deployed to Iraq, but sent home within 3 weeks.
If you can die for your country, you should be able to vote Edit: afterthought and more importantly, we’re happy to tax them too.
I’ve always found it silly that one could legally have sex with their MP, but not vote for them
Weirdly, you can only die for your country with parental consent if you’re under 18.
No, you can’t. Under-18s are banned from theatres of combat, as the UK has ratified the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child. A few 17yo were accidentally deployed to Iraq, but sent home within 3 weeks.