Votes for 16 year olds ?
Most would vote how their parents tell them.
All night mate.On a different note; I’m seriously pondering watching the election unfold on Thursday night into Friday morning. Seeing as I finished university in May and am not starting my Master’s course until September, I have literally nothing to get up for or need sleep for on Friday morning.
I’d be interested to know; if anyone’s watched election coverage before, what is the most interesting time of the coverage in terms of watching things unfold? I’m pondering whether to sleep for some of the night and then watch the most interesting bit or whether to just bite the bullet and stay up all night for this one occasion.
I’ll definitely tune in for the exit poll at 10pm, but I’m not sure whether to just tune in for the whole night after that or whether to sleep for a bit and tune in at a specific interesting time in terms of seat declarations.
And do you reckon it’s actually worth watching the election unfold in real time? Is it exciting, and worth staying up for? I once stayed up until 3am to livestream the Golden Ticket Awards from America when I was 12, and I’ve never been so underwhelmed…
Fair point . My son always does the opposite of what I tell him !No shakey, you just don't understand the generations.
Most 16 year olds would vote opposite to what their parents tell them.
And do you reckon it’s actually worth watching the election unfold in real time? Is it exciting, and worth staying up for? I once stayed up until 3am to livestream the Golden Ticket Awards from America when I was 12, and I’ve never been so underwhelmed…
They do not see frontline service until they're 18, but can do second line. We are the only country in Europe to recruit minors.
Source: https://www.parliament.uk/globalass...fing_from_Forces_Watch_age_of_recruitment.pdf
At the age of 16 you're also allowed to work a full time job, and be taxed as such. Taxation, without representation, has been the root cause, catalyst and final straw of many a rebellion.
If you're legally considered old enough to procreate, pay tax and serve in the armed forces, you should be enfranchised to vote.
They would still be earning enough to pay income tax and national insurance, even with a part time job.16 year olds cannot work full time unless it is part of an apprenticeship or traineeship.
Or geese. 🪿They will be letting women vote next !!!
This happened in the village where my grandparents live, as well! Although I have my suspicion that it was just someone who didn’t want people voting Labour, as all of the Green Party signs mysteriously stayed untouched…Latest local news, local independent supporters ripping out Labour signs from gardens.
Shock horror.
I've done this before and loved it. To get a flavour, overnight coverage from exit poll to maiden speech of past elections are on YouTube. The 1997 one is a great watch!On a different note; I’m seriously pondering watching the election unfold on Thursday night into Friday morning. Seeing as I finished university in May and am not starting my Master’s course until September, I have literally nothing to get up for or need sleep for on Friday morning.
I’d be interested to know; if anyone’s watched election coverage before, what is the most interesting time of the coverage in terms of watching things unfold? I’m pondering whether to sleep for some of the night and then watch the most interesting bit or whether to just bite the bullet and stay up all night for this one occasion.
In this particular election, it could have something to do with Joe Biden arguably being a very unpopular opponent. There’s a prevailing view that Biden is simply too old to run for the second term, and despite Trump being only a few years younger than Biden, he arguably gives off a much “younger” impression and seems a bit more physically capable of being president.The only exception to my theory is the USA. That's something I can't fathom. They had the Populist in chief for 4 years, it was a disaster, and he's degraded himself even more since. Yet he still remains popular? I'm theorising that it probably has something to do with the 2 party electoral system, and the amount of power that is devolved away from the federal governor towards individual states in the US maybe? A future that has Le Penn on one side of us, and Trump on the other, is a scary prospect indeed.
Gary Neville can do one.I'll just be happy when this is over and Labour stop spamming my youtube videos with the same advert every ten minutes.
In this particular election, it could have something to do with Joe Biden arguably being a very unpopular opponent. There’s a prevailing view that Biden is simply too old to run for the second term, and despite Trump being only a few years younger than Biden, he arguably gives off a much “younger” impression and seems a bit more physically capable of being president.
I don’t agree with Trump in the slightest and definitely would not vote for him if I was American (I’d 100% vote Biden if I was American), but when you look at many of Joe Biden’s mishaps, particularly his performance in the recent debate against Trump, I can sort of see why some Americans might see Trump as the lesser of two evils. That’s not a perspective I agree with at all, but I can see why some might think it.
If the Democrats had not let Biden run again and had gone for a more popular candidate, I don’t think Trump would be polling as highly as he currently is.
Granted, he does have a cross-section of die-hard fans who still believe the election was stolen from him in 2020 and believe conspiracy theories like QAnon, but I get the impression that the majority of floating American voters went off him after his presidency, and particularly the whole saga following the 2020 election, and are only supporting him now because they, rightly or wrongly, see him as a lesser evil than another Biden term.