I’d love to know how many 16 year olds in the UK actually pay any tax though , my three ‘young adults’ 20, 24 & 29 all at University (with the eldest never having a full time job) haven’t paid any tax in their lives to my knowledge“No taxation without representation” used to be a thing
16 year olds can work full time and pay income tax / NI as a result. Therefore they should get a say in how it’s spent.
Not full time under 16, and NI isn’t paid by under 16sYou can work and be taxed at any age.
Oh thanks, why?I’d rather 16 year olds had the vote than over 70’s.
although you suggest that they would tend to vote Conservative if the current party had a more extreme right wing leader like Thatcher, which I guess is the opposite to what Starmer thinks.
Oh well, thank heavens for small mercies, that you and probably 99% of us now bullshitting away on NSC, didn’t have the chance to vote.Whereas I knew absolutely everything by the age of 15, was keen to inform anyone and everyone where they were going wrong, and would have relished a vote
Kids are more politically switch on today than we were, mainly due to the clusterfuck of Brexit, criminality of government during covid, the behaviour of the political class at the moment, Ukraine and Palistine.They have grown up with this bollocks being rammed down there throat 24/7 so yes they are engaged. Should they vote at 16? not sure but they have as much right as some senile old fart in their dotage.I personally think it's ridiculous. Remembering back to being 16 I wouldn't have had a clue. I was more interested in football, girls and trying to get served in wine rack! Having fun as a 16 year old.
As a parent of 2 children now beyond 16, I wouldn't have seen them being ready to vote.
While there are no doubt children of 16 who get it, I'm confident many won't give a care to politics and don't have the life experience to make an informed choice. I was probably still politically niave into my early 20s.
Absolutely ridiculous policy, I see being in service being mentioned as an argument for dropping voting age, they can't be deployed until they are an adult at 18 years old.
The word there is CAN.“No taxation without representation” used to be a thing
16 year olds can work full time and pay income tax / NI as a result. Therefore they should get a say in how it’s spent.
If I give my 5 year old some pocket money and they buy some sweets, they are taxed in it. So by rights, my 5 year old should have the right to vote.Exactly this
For everyone, including the royal family and retirees.The word there is CAN.
I agree, IF they are working then they can vote. No job, no vote.
Out of interest, do they pay university fees?I’d love to know how many 16 year olds in the UK actually pay any tax though , my three ‘young adults’ 20, 24 & 29 all at University (with the eldest never having a full time job) haven’t paid any tax in their lives to my knowledge
A 12 year old can earn over the threshold and pay income tax.Not full time under 16, and NI isn’t paid by under 16s
Does that apply to retirees or people with disabilities or people who happen to be unemployed at the time of an election?The word there is CAN.
I agree, IF they are working then they can vote. No job, no vote.
No idea.Does that apply to retirees or people with disabilities or people who happen to be unemployed at the time of an election?
How many 5 year olds work? And how many 5 year olds serve in the army?If I give my 5 year old some pocket money and they buy some sweets, they are taxed in it. So by rights, my 5 year old should have the right to vote.