If parliament had allowed 16-18 to vote

But its been made very clear from the vote that the age that CAN vote and therefore shouldnt be 'clueless when it comes to politics and making important decisions' 17mil are still clueless enough to vote leave and jepordise this country. If they can be clueless and have a vote, let us 'clueless' younger people vote on the same principle.

This whole argument/debate is dumb in the extreme. Do kids not realise that those of us who are older, were once 16-18?
There is absolutely no question whatsoever that when I was 18, I was CLUELESS about how the world worked, how politics worked, who really runs countries, how banksters control everything and how business works. At age 16-18 you are going through a stage in life where emotions run high, dating and relationships are high on the agenda and schools/university is still a key element in your life.

16-18s year olds, with the very greatest of respect, are not equipped to make decisions like this referendum. They latch onto one or two key ideas and think that's the answer. They have NO experience of the real world at all. Please don't see this as a put down. You guys are very intelligent and switched on but truly, at this stage in your lives, you have no idea what is really going on.
You are set to enter the stage of life where you will get ripped off by car insurance and finance loans and over the next 5-10 years you will become business savvy and more honed and then you will have more idea of what is going on.

What happened today was important, for EVERYONE'S future including yours, you just don't realise it yet, and how could you if you are just 16-18yrs old ?! Enjoy life, stop worrying about this stuff and trust your more experienced peers to have done the right thing.

disagree really, apart from the right to vote part. 16/17 year olds have grown up in a more liberal and multicultural world, in contrast to the old farts who have ****ed us out of the eu a large number of which would have been bitter about the changing landscape of the UK and living in a 1950's style dream world.

You cannot argue with the fact that the 16/17 year olds who would have likely wanted to keep us in the eu will now be forced out of it, forced to work outside of it, will have limited employment/travel around Europe and who knows how they're employment opportunities within the UK will now be affected, whilst most of those who have voted us out will spend most of their time under a non-eu UK in retirement.

The fact that they were denied a vote by more old farts who knew rightly the 16-17 year olds would make a brexit even more unlikely than it was without them is in fact a complete disgrace.

Sure the old bigots deserved their say just as much as the old non-bigots and the young (non)bigots, but you cannot deny that the effects of this result will be felt much more by those who will be having to find jobs, an education, homes etc etc under a UK without the EU, in my opinion it limits their opportunities and it was limited by people who got their house, job and education while in the EU.

It was a result deciding decision to strip the youth of their voice, probably more important than any propaganda spurted from either side. If such an important result deciding decision was to be decided in the government, then the referendum itself should have been decided there as well. It should never have been handed to the little Englanders who hate anyone who talks or looks different than they do, that much is certain, and now they've as good broken up the union in my opinion, potentially sent instability to the already dodgy peace in Ireland and generally ****ed countless generations out of a more liberal and free world.

Thankfully they didn't. They don't have the facts, the knowledge. So they resort to feelings and fee-fees for their foreign classmates and yada yada as a compass to vote. Wtf?

You're glad they didn't vote because they might not have voted the way you wanted. That's not what democracy is. I would have voted on the basis of universities, jobs and travelling.

You're glad they didn't vote because they might not have voted the way you wanted. That's not what democracy is. I would have voted on the basis of universities, jobs and travelling.

If 16-18 years old were allowed to vote in the referendum, then it's very likely that remain would have actually won. There's a very clear trend that shows how the elderly are very anti EU while the younger people tend to be pro EU. It's very frustrating for me as a 17 year old to see decisions being made by people who will honestly die within the next 10 years while I am unable to have a say. The future belongs to us, the youth.

Oh and "that's not what democracy is?" Haha that's ironic coming from remainers tryna get a 2nd referendum
Ya lost. Fair and flippin square

Lmao always read the small print, it says at the bottom these entire figures are based on a sample of 1500 people. Highly reliable 👌🏻

Thank goodness they didn't let 16-18's vote...

Elderly people are e ones who have worked hard and contributed to this country. Most 16-20 year olds haven't worked full time and haven't contributed enough to vote. How dare you say that our war heroes, our former politicians, our former civil servants and people who have made a living for themselves and their families and who have shaped this country should not have a right to decide this future.

In fact, it should be 16-20 year olds who shouldn't be voting. Most of them have never worked full time and have contributed nothing.