New Posts For Thread: Voting Age To Be Lowered To 16.https://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/31879507/voting-age-to-be-lowered-to-16The UK voting age is to be lowered to 16 by the time of the next General Election.I'm apolitical so I've never voted in my life.With Challenge 25 etc though probably harder these days for a 16 year to get a pint than it is for a dead person to vote in Tower Hamlets.https://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/31879507/voting-age-to-be-lowered-to-16?post_id=564863341#564863341With Challenge 25 etc though probably harder these days for a 16 year to get a pint than it is for a dead person to vote in Tower Hamlets.Sat, 19 Jul 2025 12:17:44 -0500I would guess, back in the day, most of us were going in pubs at 16. I know I was.https://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/31879507/voting-age-to-be-lowered-to-16?post_id=564863227#564863227I would guess, back in the day, most of us were going in pubs at 16. I know I was.Sat, 19 Jul 2025 11:11:40 -0500If it's anything like it was when I was 16..you get a drink as easy if you want..of course if the legal age were 16 it might have been easy @ 14...not so clever imo..Voting a bit more reliant on documentation (supposedly).https://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/31879507/voting-age-to-be-lowered-to-16?post_id=564863169#564863169If it's anything like it was when I was 16..you get a drink as easy if you want..of course if the legal age were 16 it might have been easy @ 14...not so clever imo..Voting a bit more reliant on documentation (supposedly).Sat, 19 Jul 2025 10:46:11 -0500What kind of monstrous dictatorship bans 16 year olds from purchasing beer?https://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/31879507/voting-age-to-be-lowered-to-16?post_id=564863077#564863077What kind of monstrous dictatorship bans 16 year olds from purchasing beer?Sat, 19 Jul 2025 10:13:19 -0500It's on days like this that I feel sorry for all these 16 and 17 year olds that have just done a full working week and paid all that income tax only to be told they can't buy a pint and a £2 footy acca on their well earned day of rest.https://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/31879507/voting-age-to-be-lowered-to-16?post_id=564862929#564862929It's on days like this that I feel sorry for all these 16 and 17 year olds that have just done a full working week and paid all that income tax only to be told they can't buy a pint and a £2 footy acca on their well earned day of rest.Sat, 19 Jul 2025 09:28:33 -0500Dixie asks obvious questions but cannotprovide an answer.He is desperate, and give the lada bigger spade, could be more fun.https://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/31879507/voting-age-to-be-lowered-to-16?post_id=564861235#564861235Dixie asks obvious questions but cannotprovide an answer.He is desperate, and give the lada bigger spade, could be more fun.Fri, 18 Jul 2025 13:28:41 -0500Any chance of explaining that one word post yak ?https://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/31879507/voting-age-to-be-lowered-to-16?post_id=564861151#564861151Any chance of explaining that one word post yak ?Fri, 18 Jul 2025 12:44:26 -0500Desperation.https://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/31879507/voting-age-to-be-lowered-to-16?post_id=564861135#564861135Desperation.Fri, 18 Jul 2025 12:35:49 -0500Still waiting for you to say what it is i was supposedly banned for/from YHTL. Or is that another question that you can't or won't answer ?https://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/31879507/voting-age-to-be-lowered-to-16?post_id=564861121#564861121Still waiting for you to say what it is i was supposedly banned for/from YHTL. Or is that another question that you can't or won't answer ?Fri, 18 Jul 2025 12:31:03 -0500Yep can be prime minister but can't be an mpaged 16/17https://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/31879507/voting-age-to-be-lowered-to-16?post_id=564860493#564860493Yep can be prime minister but can't be an mpaged 16/17Fri, 18 Jul 2025 07:39:27 -0500