Just because the Brits are lowering their voting age, it doesn't mean we will. 

Unless we end up with a Labour government. 

I asked Erica Stanford and Carmel Sepuloni about Starmer's move in the UK this morning. 

Erica was a hard no. Didn't like it. 

Sepuloni loved the change. She said it’s progressive and it's where we should be heading. However, she didn't say if Labour would campaign on it - because they're currently a party with no policy. 

The whole thing's a non-starter anyway... because this country has much bigger problems than whether 16-year-olds can vote. 

And even if we did go there you would surely have to take another look at the drinking age and the justice system. 

As one of our viewers pointed out this morning: 16 and 17 year olds are currently dealt with by the youth justice system, unless the crime is really serious, like murder. 

So how can you have a 16-year-old electing adults to make laws when the consequences for breaking them don't apply equally to them. 

It's been a wonderful academic exercise today chatting about lowering the voting age, but the reality is it won’t happen anytime soon. 

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