Is Keir Starmer moving the goal posts? As the approval rating of this flailing government hits an all time low of only 12 per cent, and with the Prime Minister’s own net approval rating sitting at minus 43, and with his own Deputy Prime Minister leaking her own economic manifesto, is it any surprise Keir Starmer is desperate to show his ever splintered MPs that he can find a way to manipulate the ballot box?
Giving 16 year olds the right to vote is his big ploy. But it’s a shallow unthought through plot with serious consequences for our country. In fact, this two-tier obsessed government is now making adulthood a second tier in itself. As a 16 year old you cannot:
Play the lottery
Get a tattoo
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Go to war
Drive
Have a pint down the pub
Buy cigarettes
Be on a jury
View or buy an 18+ film or video game
Get cosmetic surgery
Get a full-time job unless on an apprenticeship or trainee scheme
Bet in a bookmaker or enter a bookies
Use sunbeds
Buy fireworks
Own or rent property
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Or indeed serve in Parliament
Will this litany of illegal things for 16 years now become legalised? Because if you are mature enough to decide which party should govern our country, surely you are old enough to serve in Keir Starmer’s cabinet?
Data from polling experts reveals the true colours of this ridiculous policy: enfranchising 16 and 17-year-olds would add only about two per cent to the electorate. That might sound small, but in a time where British politics is deeply fragmented, even tiny margins can swing seats, just look at the last election as an indicator of that.
But Keir Starmer, as usual, massively underestimates how deeply unpopular he and his party are with all ages. In my opinion, if Jeremy Corbyn’s far-left party does start up, it’s abundantly clear to me that they will not be voting for Keir Starmer’s Labour Party, they’ll be voting for Jezza.
And those young people on the right, well we know 20 per cent of all young people would prefer to give the keys to number 10 to Nigel Farage. The Tories? Well they finish firmly in last place polling at an abysmal 10%. (or second place).
If you, like me, think this government doesn’t have a clue what it’s doing, then look no further than Angela Rayner’s article for the Times earlier today.
Yes - she claimed that 16 year olds are able to get married. Newsflash for Ms Rayner, they can’t. You have to be 18 to get married.
In fact, this was so embarrassing, the Times had to issue a correction which read:
“Angela Rayner is the Deputy Prime Minister” (can you believe it)
“In an earlier version of this article, Angela Rayner incorrectly suggested that 16-year-olds can get married in England.”