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   On 2026-02-12 2:20 p.m., BTR1701 wrote:   
   > On Feb 12, 2026 at 10:27:30 AM PST, "Rhino"    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >> Jacob Rees-Mogg shares his thoughts on a Labour initiative to lower the   
   >> voting age in the UK to 16. As usual, he makes a number of very good   
   >> points that challenge the wisdom of lowering the voting age to 16 from   
   >> 18 but also sees some potential benefits.   
   >   
   > Sixteen is the conservative approach. I've seen some UK politicians who are   
   > advocating for 14.   
   >   
   >   
   The thing is that this move is clearly and obviously because Labour   
   thinks they'll get the votes of the newly enfranchised voters. As   
   Rees-Mogg points out, this is was what the polls showed a couple of   
   years ago when Labour put that idea in its manifesto but *current* polls   
   show that people in that age group would split their votes between   
   Reform, Labour's arch-rival on the right, and the Greens, Labour's   
   arch-rival on the left. If enacted into law, this measure is more likely   
   to hurt them than help them! Virtually *everyone* now despises Labour   
   and they will lose very VERY badly in the local elections and in the   
   next national elections when they finally get held - unless, of course,   
   Reform screws up REALLY badly in the meantime.   
      
   The pundits have already counted 13 instances where Labour tried to   
   enact a policy in line with their manifesto and then had to back away   
   from it; they're calling these events U-turns. I predict this will be   
   yet another U-turn.   
      
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   Rhino   
      
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