The British newspaper The Guardian is reporting that the country’s Labour Party will endorse a 16-year-old voting age today.
Labour, which is currently in power in Britain, is releasing a new party platform in advance of national elections scheduled for next month. The elections, in which voters will elect the country’s parliament, are expected to be closely fought.
Incumbent prime minister Gordon Brown has endorsed votes for 16-year-olds in the past, as has Britain’s opposition Liberal Democratic party, but this will be the first time that Labour itself has embraced the concept.
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April 6, 2010 at 12:37 pm
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Awfully strategic political ploy here. This is a lose/lose situation for the Conservatives in the upcoming election: either give the vote to an even younger age (which will likely vote for Labour even if this is supported by all parties) or oppose it (which does nothing as Labour has a majority and then risk having even MORE 16 year olds vote for Labour as a statement of ire towards the Conservatives.)
Not saying that I don’t support the move, it’s just an awfully convenient timing politically for those chaps.