From 16 a British person can bear much of the responsibility of an adult (with some caveats) but receives none of the political rights in return. That’s always seemed incongruous to me, that someone can say, start a family, but have no say over their future.
It certainly seems much bigger change than messing with the edges, I don’t think any extension of the franchise could be seen as minor.
It think it’s an important step in the right direction, but yes we do need to go a lot further in other ways also.
From 16 a British person can bear much of the responsibility of an adult (with some caveats) but receives none of the political rights in return. That’s always seemed incongruous to me, that someone can say, start a family, but have no say over their future.
It certainly seems much bigger change than messing with the edges, I don’t think any extension of the franchise could be seen as minor.
It think it’s an important step in the right direction, but yes we do need to go a lot further in other ways also.