Votes for 16-year-olds? Sorry, but I’m not convinced | Simon Jenkins

If Starmer is serious about bringing young people into his ‘social contract’, then protecting them from the tech giants must be his priority

I remember being 16 in the 1960s. The prime minister seemed geriatric and I was sure he should be in care, while a group of us went to meet our young MP, a certain Margaret Thatcher. She was young, but she didn’t seem as if she was with the times. We could not dream of voting for someone like her. Matter closed.

Sixteen-year-olds are great fun but they are no...