rumimevlevi@lemmings.world to News@lemmy.world · 16 hours agoUK to lower voting age to 16 in major electoral reformwww.aljazeera.comexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up198arrow-down12
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minus-square_stranger_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down2·16 hours agoI know nothing of UK Law, but this smells of justification for a future draft at 16y law.
minus-squaredamdy@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 hours agoThis was part of the reasoning for lowering the age. They can already join the military, pay taxes, provide care for family members etc. They should have a voice in politics. I don’t believe they can be sent to actually fight until 18 though.
minus-squarepi3r8@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 hours agoYou can already join the British army at 16.
I know nothing of UK Law, but this smells of justification for a future draft at 16y law.
This was part of the reasoning for lowering the age. They can already join the military, pay taxes, provide care for family members etc. They should have a voice in politics.
I don’t believe they can be sent to actually fight until 18 though.
You can already join the British army at 16.