Yeah, this crystallises my unease with the 16-17 curfew: either you think sixteen year olds are sovereign adults, and therefore should vote, OR you put them on a different information regime to everyone else, but....not both.
Stephen Bush
I am baffled by combining this with votes at 16. I get the argument that the ability to participate in democracy doesn’t necessarily match the point at which you should leave school or be independent, but I think it does have to come at the same age as we trust you with an open information system.
