[DemonHorse]

now see its that kind of attitude that men must have had when women couldn't vote.... and look what happened, there was a movement to get women the vote, and happily, it worked.

[Ickle Angel]

I did have politics explained to me over the weekend but i still dont get it

[Gaspode_The_Wonder_Dog]

the whole macro-political spectrum or the difference between left and right?

[Sidders]

I did have politics explained to me over the weekend but i still dont get it

With women like you, who needs Emily Pankhurst?

[Lucie]

I did have politics explained to me over the weekend but i still dont get it

With women like you, who needs Emily Pankhurst?

Emmeline Sidla, Emmeline

[Sidders]

She was a friend of mine, didn't feel I needed to be formal.

[Andy Bkr]

I did have politics explained to me over the weekend but i still dont get it

ha yeah that was interesting trying to explain politics to a women after 8 pints

[Lucie]

She was a friend of mine, didn't feel I needed to be formal.

that's funny, I thought she hated being called Emily. Well she told me to call her Em. *shrugs* guess I was just a better friend than you were.

[DemonHorse]

I did have politics explained to me over the weekend but i still dont get it

ha yeah that was interesting trying to explain politics to a women after 8 pints

Especially if after those 8 pints you have your own take on politics...

[fred]

now see its that kind of attitude that men must have had when women couldn't vote.... and look what happened, there was a movement to get women the vote, and happily, it worked.

y do women need to vote their place on earth is to serve men next theyll b expecting equael rights at home or some sh*t like that

[fred]

I did have politics explained to me over the weekend but i still dont get it

i had the same problem with sex ed

[Ickle Angel]

I did have politics explained to me over the weekend but i still dont get it

ha yeah that was interesting trying to explain politics to a women after 8 pints

Especially if after those 8 pints you have your own take on politics...

I got the off side rule better than politics. It was basically look vote for them and not them cos theyre rubbish. Im off to play bullseye on the quiz machine . No wonder i didnt get it

[Quincy]

you need to concentrate on word up and haunted house hangman, thats where the big money is.

[Sidders]

I did have politics explained to me over the weekend but i still dont get it

i had the same problem with sex ed

Fred in funny post shocker!

[DemonHorse]

sad thing is he probably didn't intend to be funny

[Walter Sobchak]

16 year olds voting lmfao

you may laugh, but think about it a second,

1) it's more THEIR future than ,say, a 75 year old
2)at 16 you can get married, or join the army and therefore fight to protect it.
3)Their was a survey by the British Household Panel 2001-02 which suggested that nearly 30% of 15-17 year olds said they were either very interested or fairly interested in politics - higher than the equivalent figure for 18-20 year olds.
5)Lets face it, a lot of people who have the ability to vote don't have a clue what or who they are voting for and just vote for whoever they vote for because they overheard some random conversation in asda (other places are available)
4)Over 18 year old Chavs ALREADY HAVE THE VOTE!

[Gaspode_The_Wonder_Dog]

1) it's more THEIR future than ,say, a 75 year old

brilliant! I'd love to see a politician try to sell it from that angle. Well them f*ckers will be dead soon so why let them vote?

[fish heads]

1) it's more THEIR future than ,say, a 75 year old

Hahaha - so why not let 10 year olds have the vote then? Ok, an extreme example, but it's the same point

2)at 16 you can get married, or join the army and therefore fight to protect it.

You can only get married at 16 with your parent's concent, so perhaps voting should done with something similar in mind? Fair point about the army thing though.

3)Their was a survey by the British Household Panel 2001-02 which suggested that nearly 30% of 15-17 year olds said they were either very interested or fairly interested in politics - higher than the equivalent figure for 18-20 year olds.

Which leaves 70% who aren't. Such a high percentage surely tells you something is wrong. Perhaps we should look at raising the voting age rather than lowering it. Plus statistics can prove anything - 40% of people believe that.

5)Lets face it, a lot of people who have the ability to vote don't have a clue what or who they are voting for and just vote for whoever they vote for because they overheard some random conversation in asda (other places are available)

So why add even more people who don't give a toss into the mix?

4)Over 18 year old Chavs ALREADY HAVE THE VOTE!

And don't use it, so why give 16 year old Chavs the oppertunity to waste it?

Of course at the end of the day the voting age will only be lowered if the Party in power thinks that the majority of 16-17 year olds will vote for them.

[Andy Bkr]

i believe anybody who pays taxes should b entitled to vote

[Mafro]

I dunno who I'll vote for, it definitely won't be Michael "Hitler" Howard.

[Gaspode_The_Wonder_Dog]

i believe anybody who pays taxes should b entitled to vote

Even little kids who but stuff from shops with VAT on?

[Andy Bkr]

ok income tax ya clever git

[Sidders]

I hope Mr. Blair isn't reading this, he'd probably get it pushed through before the election. Anything to win votes...

[DemonHorse]

Has anyone noticed all the billboards advertising for the various parties lately? ALL the ad campaigns seem to be heavily based on slagging off the other parties. I know it's nothing new but why?
why not focus on theyre own oh-so-great policies for a change?

Found something quite funny on the way home from work today, literally yards from the Veritas office in Ilkeston theres a bloody great billboard for the conservatives... you see the billboard and then the crappy little office as you come up the hill into Ilkeston town centre.

[Quincy]

yeah there are election posters everywhere here. load of bullsh*t.