That's how they answered you to stop you being so nosy about their voting intentions.
Your question was : What “life experience” do 80 year olds have that 16 year olds don’t, exactly?
So am I and I don’t want to be compared to AIX ‘s granny either, but I’m sure she’s a very nice old lady, anyway.
Crap.... most 16 yo won't even know what a manifesto is, let alone it's contents, the attached political party or politicians.
literally it was a discussion in break room. maybe you didn't discuss it cause you're too Immature and would let it cause tension. You know most grown ups understand people will have different ideas and the like but not let it get in the way of work.
Yes, of course.
You cannot be deployed on active service until 18.
I think you are deluding yourself about the average awareness of the average punter.
I agree with Thunder Bolt. Discuss current affairs with colleagues and friends all the time. But voting intentions? Never. Not with colleagues, friends or even with relatives.
What has that got to do with it?
You can in the RN.
How about free broadband for everyone? Surely less useful to those over 80 than those under 40?
Should be applied to the whole electorate.I can agree with all of this, whilst still (perhaps with a little hypocrisy) thinking that in the cut and thrust of politics, it's perfectly fair to do it. Gerrymandering has been going on for a couple of hundred years now (probably longer before the name was coined), so until they change the rules to stop this kind of thing happening (which I agree that they should), it has to be considered fair game. Tit fer tat politics? Yep. Underhand tactics? Probably. A race to the bottom? Maybe. I currently don't care too much as the party that would suffer from this has for years been happy to f**k over all and sundry, including the very institution they are members of.
Maybe a proper constitution would lay down the rules to follow. Bring on the Republic!
Casting aside the gerrymandering argument, to look at the actual case for it for a moment, this is absolutely bang on IMO.
However, there is also a solution that would achieve the same without lowering voting age... find a way to get more than half of the 18-34 year olds to actually vote!
I actually think this is why the Greens will be a force to reckon with in future elections. If turnout amongst under 35s got anywhere near that of the over 55s, they'd be in business. Aided by Starmer's Labour's lurch to the right of course - a lot of disenfranchised lefties will need a new home.
Bookmark this and have a look in 2050 to see if I'm correct
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EDIT: What I would like to see is compulsory voting, so the 18-34 demographic would be forced to engage in the process, even if it's just to the extent that they go along and spoil their ballot paper. That might at least make party manifestos a little more balanced, rather than mostly pandering to the grey vote
