CSPAN2 U.K. Youth Parliament Debate Lowering Voting Age To 16 January 2, 2018
The order paper. To move the motion i call on and invite you enthusiastically to welcome from the northwest of england, jonathan wright. [cheers and applause] thank you, mr. Speaker. 150 years ago, the radical notion that women should be allowed to vote was proposed to comments. Quickly dismiss by the establishment, this was defeated 19473. The crusades for womens suffrage were long and enduring. It took decades of campaign, demonstrating and persevering before the renowned representation of people asked first granted the right to vote for women 99 years ago. Last week, the second vote of the ...