'If you pay taxes, you have an absolute right!' Blasts journalist in heated voting debate

'If you pay taxes, you have an absolute right!' Blasts journalist in heated voting debate
Gabrielle Wilde

By Gabrielle Wilde


Published: 24/05/2024

- 20:52

Reports suggest Labour could allow settled migrants and 16 and 17-year-olds to vote

A debate on GB News got very heated this evening as panellists discussed whether the voting age should be lowered to 16.

It has been reported that Jonathan Reynolds, Labour's Shadow Business Secretary, has said that if elected the party will "look into" lowering the voting age.

Professor of Politics at the University of Kent Matt Goodwin blasted the idea and said that young people are not "developed enough intellectually or emotionally."

Journalist Nina Myskow argued that if you are paying taxes at 16, you should be able to vote.

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