Your daughter might be the reincarnation of Nietzsche but being intelligent, well educated or opinionated does not mean you are wise or have the benefit of experience.
Most teenagers, especially University educated ones are full of their own self importance and perceived intellect. The splurge out trite, cliched observations that they usually got from their parents or from some lecturer or a book they once read.

I'd raise the voting age to 25.

Also, they probably won't need any other medication when they are as high as a kite so it'll ultimately save the NHS a fortune.

And it'll be less distressing for the grandkids.

"Mum, Nan can't remember my name any more"
"That's because she is off her box on cheap skag"
"Oh good, I thought she had lost her marbles"

Individuals.

Of course the make up of Parliament would be different in my future Britain. Religious clap trap would be on my radar.

I voted for a specific party until the age of about 25 purely because my parents voted that way and I was naive enough to take their word as Gospel. Now, I am prepared to admit that I have always been a bit behind my peers in terms of maturity so 25 is an extreme case. However, when I actually started to look at politics in more depth for myself, my stance changed a lot and I tend to find I associate very little with the party I used to feel so strongly in favour of.

I appreciate that over the course of anyone's lifetime their opinions shift and people often say folks tend to slide towards the right as they get older. However, I can categorically say that until the age of 25 for me (as I say, I do appreciate it could be a bit younger for others) I wasn't attempting to make an informed decision on how I would vote because I trusted my parents to be right without questioning it.

Edited by Part Time James (05 Jul 2016 4.57pm)

Hmmm, the post-referendum conversation I had with the post-grad who actually graduated with a reputable class of degree, although in a practical subject, virtually just kept saying "I know I'm right, I know I'm right. No I'm not listening" and pretty much put her hands over her ears and tried to walk away. Apparently that's how grads debate. If you don't agree, get out or agree.

On 'Divided Nation' last night on Sky News they found some odd balls from smaller towns who voted leave and then some educated people who voted remain, including 6 Cambridge students. Hardly balanced. The media need to be more responsible on this. At least in the studio after 30 mins of this manipulated tour of Britain there were educated and multi-racial people who voted leave, and they weren't leavers who want out to get their relatives in, they think Britain should have sovereignty, starting with immigration, because it's ridiculous we haven't.

Edited by Rudi Hedman (05 Jul 2016 4.58pm)

COYP

You can show age on the BBS but you can normally tell anyway.
That said, there are some total loons of all ages on there.

Edited by Hrolf The Ganger (05 Jul 2016 4.59pm)