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16 year olds to get the vote!
16 year olds to get the vote!
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If you wrote that I’m Scottie Scheffler.
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Labour minister admits he does not know legal age for marriage in toe-curling GB News moment
https://www.gbnews.com/politics/labour-legal-marriage-age-steve-reed-camilla-tominey Camilla The Griller!!  Heaven help us all! |
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mitolo18 Jul 25 14:21Joined: 13 Apr 21 | Topic/replies: 6,090 | Blogger: mitolo's blog
votes for kids is a blatant attempt to manipulate the electoral maths becuase of a perception they will benefit. do you agree? ^ Is this what you are referring to as your pertinent question? If so, the answer is that it will probably (to a very tiny/insignificant extent) benefit everybody except perhaps the Tories i.e. Greens, Liberals, Labour & Reform. However it won't make a significant difference to any party. Due to the ageing population, 16 & 17 year old's make up a trifling percentage of the population. Pick any age group you like from 60 years old and upwards (spanning 2 years, e.g. 60 & 61 year olds) and that group is bigger as a percentage of the population than 16/17 year olds. If you then also factor in the respective propensity of young people versus old people to actually exercise their vote - it becomes even more insignificant. Maybe you could have researched these facts for yourself rather than falling for misleading headlines? You admit you know nothing about pensions, maybe you could admit that you don't really let your lack of knowledge on any subject get in the way of expressing your ignorance. |
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indeed your grace. excellent sermon, please include in todays service, if you are working today
waste mnagement will be along soon to explain all, as he is scrupulously honest, doesnt shy away from tricky questions and is not only interested when he thinks he is in the ascendancy. oh no |
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thats not what i asked is it? i asked if it was an attempt to manipulate the the electoral maths, which is not the same thing. you are suggestin what might happen and then making light of its impact
the outcome is unknowable but the intention is to garner more labour votes. thats the question. do you agree or not? his grace hits the right note |
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Blind leading the blind!
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Mitolo.
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Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.
Apologies for injecting, some facts. The answer to my question (that you felt unable to answer, despite demanding that I answer yours), is that the age of eligibility for paying Tax and National Insurance is 16. |
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Well said The Management. However reason appears lost on mitolo, imv.
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run wild with the insults. i really dont care and they are meaningless because they are performative and nobody believes em
you injected what you want to say, as usual. the fred is about 16 year children voting. you brought up pensions because its one of your favoured subjects and steers the fred in a way you prefer to go dont answer your own question, try the original one, again. is this an attempt to change the electoratal arithmetic to potentially bring in more labour votes iyo? you are sounding like michael howard |
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I can't be bothered to educate you any further - all of our interactions follow the exact same format:
You take issue You insist I answer your questions You overlook the fact that you don't/can't answer any of mine We argue for about 3 days You (when confronted with any facts) typically then concede you don't actually know anything about the topic You claim you don't care anyway and revert to character (mischievous drunk & all round cheeky chappie) It's futile. |
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I understand your predicament, the management, but ironically
Not with mitolo, seems a cerebral type to me. But unfortunately These platforms, where we have one thing in common, and we come To meet, descend into confrontation, owing to some punters lack Of even basic comprehension, and have had Frontal lobotomies, without Informing the forum You can lead a **** to culture, you just can’t make her think? |
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i alwyas answer yours, if poss. which is why i flunked the pension q, which was mysteriously introduced by you
i dont argue, i point out your habits of changing the subject to suit yourself and i always stick to it facts? eg, i said on a different fred islam was mysoginistic and dangerous and intolerant. you said it wasnt then brought up wimmin in the uk 70 years ago and the crusades as back up. ludicrous and embarrassing nonsense youve just dodged it again you actually think its a blatant vote-grab but dont care and cant bring yourself to admit it. if the tories did similar youd say so, at interminable length neutral observers will see this clearly and might recall you alwyas duck out when wrong-footed |
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someone made joke about having a full bottle in front of me or a full-frontal lobotomy, cant remember who it was as ive had both
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Cerebral?
If it were some opportunist ploy that people like him are making it out to be - I'd probably be against it too on principal - but anybody with even a just passing interest in politics or current affairs would know this was in their manifesto and that having won a General Election they have a mandate to at least try and achieve some of it. |
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Old enough to fund/pay for the government of the day but not old enough to vote for it?
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Tom waits thst was mitolo, interviewed by a brain
Dead Aussie, and there’s an over supply of them |
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principle
heres another q from earlier; are you suggesting those opposed to this but who voted labour should have abstained or voted for someone else? nobody would of course you still dodge.is it a blatant attempt to gain more votes by changing the electorate or is it not? if you cant bring yourself just say so |
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Delashay • July 20, 2025 12:34 PM BST
You’re like my ex’s keep coming back for more! Grin They’re waiting for you on the golf thread, think the match has become a bit boring ‘zzzzz |
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Did your son ditch you again at the piano or court today?
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Da management is angry that Covid never killed off all those over 60!
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In fairness the management, the manifestos,
Are a trawl for votes, they write them, and then Abandon most of what’s in them, sometimes Performing massive u-turns in the process?? As we have seen recently?? |
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Obviously hated his parents, teachers, any elders to blame them! Sounds like the shat generation blaming the old timers for screwing up the world for their lazy asses!
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How’s the golf viewing Xpert!
Did you pick the winner? |
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Speaking of Cerebral - along comes Delashay - another shrewdie that thinks long and hard before he speaks.
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"Honor thy father and thy mother" - Exodus 20:12 and Deuteronomy 5:16.
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If you wrote that I’m Scottie Scheffler.
No your not Scottie chefler either, your are Brain dead, devoid of any form of intelligence Or understanding, you are a mental cripple ? |
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Not play Deathrace 2000!
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Delahash, you a total fcukwit,
You are an example, thst contraception should Be used on every conceivable occasion. No can you Please join LH and HN and fruck off, there is no point In dealing with ye, on any level |
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tremendous. still, proves me point
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Ponchos toys oot the pram!
There’s a clue for you poncho. Take it step by step. I’ll help you. You know I’m not Welsh and yesterday the penny dropped that I am no Irish I’m not English so use you 60 ions of I.Q. and have a guess,……………. If you were anything like civil and stopped attacking people at any opportunity you might be less criticised. Try it. Over and above that I think you are a lovely man. Even when a further barrage of insults sally forth next post. |
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"Och aye the noo"
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Fair fa your honest sonsie face!
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Poncho it was only in good jest, your post about avoiding me made me laugh! Wish your boy the best with his tennis, a good thing for him to be into.
Until he notices the things that caught your eye during the England vs Sweden match! Many a sports career has fallen by the wayside once they get distracted! |
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Send the prize down south!
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And good luck to you too! (Had to look it up!)
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LoyalHoncho • July 21, 2025 1:52 AM BST
HN, which of us should I be tomorrow? You’ve been Welsh hey Boyo, been a paddy don’t forget your shovel if you want to go to work, an Italian stallion yeeeha! Was you ever full English? - eggs and two bacon love! Poncho Catch Phrase , “Say what you see!” - ain’t for you! |
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https://www.youtube.com/shorts/jewucOCBKHM
Guess the song and album that that line came from! |