labour are toying with the idea of allowing 16 or 17 year old the vote. I think about time too, in the devolved assemblies you get the vote at 16. I don't think you can ask young people to be better citizens and do more for society without giving them a say on government.
Well, it's been something Labour have wanted to do for a while - and fair enough. They're right, if you're old enough to work, you're old enough to vote.
That's an approach underpinned by the premise that by 16, a person may be considered a young adult.
Which is hardly revolutionary.
Not really. Nobody is 'forced' into education in reality,, whatever right-wing rhetoric may claim.
What 16 year olds do after school varies, with some doing A levels, some vocational training and some apprenticeships.
In any case, the point is that a person can legally work when they are 16 and should therefore have the right to vote.
"When I was a lad"......it was paper rounds, all round....and working on/in gardens that enabled us kiddiwinkles to afford our Beanos / Dandy / Texan Bars.
Well yeah, under 16s with paid work - usually family.
It doesn't help that we no longer live in houses with big chimneys that need cleaning.
How is one supposed to instill a decent work ethic in surplus pre-teens these days?
From an insurance perspective, many commercial policies make it VERY expensive to allow children to be employed. Obviously, some employers don't really care about insurance matters.
It was difficult when the shop I worked in wanted to give a 14 year old a saturdy job and that was England,
I was replaying to another poster in my earlier post.
This site makes replying so disjointed and finding a post, it's very had to have some sort of idea of where a conversation's going when the posts jump about so much.
t's difficult as an employer to give someone under 16 a saturday job, you have to have permission from their head teacher.
I'm not sure this is true in the UK.
I agree that young people are stopped from working, it's ok if you have some sort of family business you can go into, even if its mucking our horses, but its difficult if you don't, it's difficult as an employer to give someone under 16 a saturday job, you have to have permission from their head teacher.
I think you people are being infanalised, I know all the I left school at 14 and it did me no harm arguments, I do think that education to A level, BTECH or whatever is important too, there's so much to learn and the job market is ever changing. I dont' think you can leave school with nothing and expect to go into a job and muddle along sweeping floors or even work your way up anymore.
I agree that young people are stopped from working, it's ok if you have some sort of family business you can go into, even if its mucking our horses, but its difficult if you don't, it's difficult as an employer to give someone under 16 a saturday job, you have to have permission from their head teacher.
I think you people are being infanalised, I know all the I left school at 14 and it did me no harm arguments, I do think that education to A level, BTECH or whatever is important too, there's so much to learn and the job market is ever changing. I dont' think you can leave school with nothing and expect to go into a job and muddle along sweeping floors or even work your way up anymore.
"When I was a lad"......it was paper rounds, all round....and working on/in gardens that enabled us kiddiwinkles to afford our Beanos / Dandy / Texan Bars.
Well yeah, under 16s with paid work - usually family.
It doesn't help that we no longer live in houses with big chimneys that need cleaning.
How is one supposed to instill a decent work ethic in surplus pre-teens these days?
From an insurance perspective, many commercial policies make it VERY expensive to allow children to be employed. Obviously, some employers don't really care about insurance matters.
It was difficult when the shop I worked in wanted to give a 14 year old a saturdy job and that was England,
I was replaying to another poster in my earlier post.
This site makes replying so disjointed and finding a post, it's very had to have some sort of idea of where a conversation's going when the posts jump about so much.
t's difficult as an employer to give someone under 16 a saturday job, you have to have permission from their head teacher.
I'm not sure this is true in the UK.
