She's an A level student in Cornwall, apparently, though the 'Guardian' neglects to tell us what subjects she's studying.
Like many other young people across the country, I feel helpless when watching the actions of this government, knowing that I have no say over the decisions being made. Instead, we’re forced to watch older members of the public – especially the oldest, who turn out at the highest rate – cast their vote on what will ultimately impact us the most.
This is perhaps most stark in the case of global heating.
Well, I'm guessing it's not history or geography then, if she's swallowed the Great Green Delusion. Maybe she just wasn't paying attention in class?
...we have to sit back and watch as the UK grants 100 oil and gas production licences for the North Sea, and as Rishi Sunak flies in a jet from Leeds to London, a journey that would only take about two hours by train.
But Beth, if we don't have a secure power generating capacity for the future, there's nothing more important for 'your generation's future' than that. Do you want to have no TikTok every time the wind doesn't blow?
A voting age of 16 can already be seen in Scotland, where the outcome has been overwhelmingly positive.
Ha ha ha ha!
Many young people see politics as boring and corrupt, and therefore waste their vote, meaning that their voice isn’t heard. Lowering the voting age to 16 would encourage political engagement, a vital part of democracy.
The Conservative party has consistently failed young people over the course of its 14 years in power, with more than 270,000 children waiting for mental health treatment...
Stop imagining that boys can become girls and vice versa and you might not have so many problems.
In primary school, we are taught to speak up for ourselves, be curious and make our own decisions. Well, now is the time to practise what you preach, and let us have our say.
We expect you to have grown up and no longer have primary school attitudes, though.
Can we take this little brat to school in the comments? Reader, we can not....
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*sighs*
"Many young people see politics as boring and corrupt, and therefore waste their vote, meaning that their voice isn’t heard. Lowering the voting age to 16..."
ReplyDelete...would enable more young people to waste their votes. At least, that would be the obvious conclusion.
I was 20 years old when the voting age was lowered to 18. According to Wikipedia, "the first election affected by this change of law was the Bridgwater by-election held on 13 March 1970..." by which time I was 21, so lowering the voting age didn't affect me. In any case, I didn't vote until I was about 27 years old, mostly because I felt I didn't know enough so my vote would have been wasted. I might even have voted (shock, horror) Labour.
"Do you want to have no TikTok every time the wind doesn't blow?"
ReplyDeleteWHEN that happens I think we'll see a dramatic change in their voting preferences...
They always look exatly the same, don't they
ReplyDeleteThe trees are voting for more carbon dioxide. Nett zero is starving forests everywhere.
ReplyDelete"...would enable more young people to waste their votes."
ReplyDeleteQuite!
"WHEN that happens I think we'll see a dramatic change in their voting preferences..."
By then, it'll be too late.
"They always look exatly the same, don't they"
Yes, remember when 'expressing your individuality' was a right of passage?
"The trees are voting for more carbon dioxide. Nett zero is starving forests everywhere."
That's OK, we'll be cutting them all down to install solar farms anyway.