Too old to vote

Well, in that case anyone under 25 is too young to understand the implications of their vote. Works both ways.

spoken by a young twit of parliament.its the over 70's that are the backbone of england ,they went through a war.that takes guts.. i'm not saying under that age havent. got what it takes .but the over 70's have more how can i put it........

Younger people are more likely to be less knowledgeable, less well read, less widely informed and more impressionable and rash than those older than they. Youngsters cannot have more experience than their elders and are, therefore, likely to lack the wisdom that comes with it. They are trusting and, it is known through voting research, prone to left wing opinions.

It would certainly be disastrous to expand the franchise to the age of sixteen. No one who cannot have paid tax through employment should be allowed to have a say over the government of their country.

Little of this applies to the more savvy older population.