rumimevlevi@lemmings.world to News@lemmy.world · 14 days agoUK to lower voting age to 16 in major electoral reformwww.aljazeera.comexternal-linkmessage-square48fedilinkarrow-up1199arrow-down15
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minus-square_stranger_@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down5·14 days agoI know nothing of UK Law, but this smells of justification for a future draft at 16y law.
minus-squaredamdy@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·14 days 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-square_stranger_@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·14 days agoWell shit, now I can’t claim I know nothing of UK Law .
minus-squarepi3r8@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·14 days 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.
Well shit, now I can’t claim I know nothing of UK Law .
You can already join the British army at 16.