Ryan - G8RKEJul 17, 2025

So the voting age is to be lowered to 16 in England by the next election. Curious to know what you all think about this, regardless if you're in the UK or not.

BBC News - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c93kkg37n3kt
Voting age to be lowered to 16 across UK by next general election - live updates - BBC News

16 and 17-year-olds to be able to vote in next general election - live updates

Lowering the voting age across the UK means around 1.5 million 16 and 17-year-olds will be able to vote at the next general election.

BBC News
Show threadDr David Mills
@2E0RKE Young hoodlums with their ticking toks. A good dose of national service is needed, like wot I didn't do. /s
Jul 17, 2025 at 10:08amWeb
Show threadRyan - G8RKEJul 17, 2025
@dtl Ha! I saw the news on Reddit and one of the commenters is apparently a teacher who said there was a mock election at the school and Reform won in a landslide. Quite concerning really!
Show threadDr David MillsJul 17, 2025
@2E0RKE oh dear!
Show threadRyan - G8RKEJul 17, 2025
@dtl Mhmm. I do wonder how capable the "yoof" are of discerning fact from fiction
Show threadjamesb (MW1CGG)Jul 17, 2025
@2E0RKE @dtl And how many of them were just being edgelords.
Show threadRyan - G8RKEJul 17, 2025
@jamesb Edgelords? As a mate of mine says - "you're a G8 now so you're old and out of touch" 😅@dtl
Show threadjamesb (MW1CGG)Jul 17, 2025
@2E0RKE @dtl Perhaps you could look it up using Altavista or AskJeeves.
Show threadRyan - G8RKEJul 17, 2025
@jamesb Bloody hell....Ask Jeeves is a name I haven't heard in a very long time! @dtl
Show threadjamesb (MW1CGG)Jul 17, 2025
@2E0RKE @dtl It's been 84 years...