It is well known that the transition to adulthood in the UK is particularly jerky, something that David Cameron has been highlighting recently (see Big interview, p11). Those youth workers and young people who argue for lowering the voting age to 16 often use this as an argument: young people can work full time at 16 and pay taxes, they say; they can join the Army and theoretically die for their country, but they can't elect the Government that sets the taxes and foreign policy that will affect their lives. No taxation without representation, as was said in another context. It's a compelling argument but works just as well the other way around.
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