The Conservatives are again messing up over Europe in a tacky attempt to mask their own huge internal divisions. Cameron’s ploy of renogotiation will deliver nothing sunbstantial and the vote is really an IN or OUT. Lets be honest and say so. In that case it is a huge vote and a huge decision and for the poll the voting age should be lowered to 16. A great debate at Bournemouth approved this change at the Liberal Democrat Conference. Now lets get on and pursuade the Government to implement it.
I am for IN – but recognize some of the rules need changing and the way to do that is by being a supportive constructive member rather than threatening exit if we dont get our own way.
for the poll the voting age should be lowered to 16
Why not 14?
Maybe one day. Democracy evolves over time and getting it to 16 will be challenging enough. Look at the problem we had changing the voting system when we had a referendum on moving from First Past The Post to the Alternate Vote. The status quo won by 66% to 33%. Only the Liberal Democrats and unaligned young people campaigned for the change with other so-called progressive forces staying quiet because it was not the system they preferred.