Archive for the ‘Young People’
Votes at 16?!
Last week, the Labour Party started proceedings to introduce votes at 16 into its next election manifesto. The government’s thinking on this issue seems to have gone something like this: the proportion of the population bothering to vote has steadily declined over the last half century, therefore if we lower the voting age, we can [...]
Voting at 16?
News that Labour plans to extend voting to 16 and 17 year olds in their next election manifesto – as the Liberal Democrats did in 2001 and 2005 - almost made me choke on my Coco Pops. As an announcement, it may pass the test of generating headlines however as even a slight vote winner [...]
