Codpiece@feddit.uk to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 4 days agoUK to lower voting age to 16www.bbc.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square34linkfedilinkarrow-up1169arrow-down12
arrow-up1167arrow-down1external-linkUK to lower voting age to 16www.bbc.co.ukCodpiece@feddit.uk to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square34linkfedilink
minus-squareohulancutash@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoNo, 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.
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.