Comment on UK to lower voting age to 16
wewbull@feddit.uk 1 week agoWeirdly, you can only die for your country with parental consent if you’re under 18.
Comment on UK to lower voting age to 16
wewbull@feddit.uk 1 week agoWeirdly, you can only die for your country with parental consent if you’re under 18.
ohulancutash@feddit.uk 1 week ago
No, you can’t. Under-18s are banned from theatres of combat, as the UK has ratified the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child. A few 17yo were accidentally deployed to Iraq, but sent home within 3 weeks.