From: nobody@nowhere.com   
      
   On 2/12/2026 3:48 PM, BTR1701 wrote:   
   > On Feb 12, 2026 at 12:37:52 PM PST, "Rhino"    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   > Changing the voter base in order to cheat in elections is a typically   
   > 3rd-world move. Let's apply the maxim: "Import the 3rd world and you get the   
   > 3rd-world" and see if that applies to the UK.   
   >   
   > Oh, wow! Look at that. It lines up perfectly. The UK has been importing the   
   > 3rd-world for a decade or so and now they have a government using 3rd-world   
   > election-rigging tactics to stay in power.   
      
   Know any politician/potentate who'd reject such tactics on principle?   
      
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