Uk voting age

Kind Regards for this Debate. I will be representing the Con side of the debate, meaning that I will Debate against young individuals voting in the UK, as this seems to be the topic Pro wants to debate. Opening Statement:Personally I believe that a grand part of the population should not vote, and this part most definitely involves the group of individuals of under 18. First however, I would like to address Pro's assumption that the ability to speak languages is directly connected to the ability to vote. To make it clear, a monkey could vote, all it involves is ticking a box, if trained, a grand number of animals would have that ability. This thus proposes the question if they should vote. The short answer is no. There is no reason for animals to vote, as they cannot comprehend the action nor the result of their vote. This is exactly the same reason why I believe that individuals under 18 should not vote, as, first of all, there is no reason for them to vote as they are not fully implemented into society, as they attend school, as well as them not possessing any knowledge of politics or what their vote influences. I will go into this deeper later, but now to the second and above already addressed point of Pro that the ability to speak language implies an ability to vote. It does not. While there may be a teenager who speaks X amount of languages this does not imply that this teenager has any knowledge of politics. Was it a teenager who studied politics for X amount of years and had a grand knowledge of politics this would be a different issue, however in today's school system politics, as well as general history are subjects that are not well studied, with thus results in the majority of individuals not having any clue about politics, whether they are young or old. While Pros child may be 7 and be trilingual (which I very heavily doubt), Pros child most likely does not know a lot about politics and probably does not have an own opinion about issues nor would know how to vote for something that would support themselves. Furthermore, http://theconversation.com... states that the majority of young voters vote for the greens. Having seen that the Greens are the most active in 'recruiting' young voters at universities and such and having spoken to many of them, while I am in no way interested in voting, nor vote, it became very very clear that these individuals have little to no knowledge of politics. That however seems to go for the majority of young voters. Conclusion:To summarise, young individuals, as well as many other individuals, should not vote. Voting is for educated people who know what their vote does. Young individuals do not possess this kind of skill. If there was mandatory, unbiased political education in schools, this would be a different issue, but as there is not, there is no reason for young individuals to vote. Furthermore there seems to be the trend of young individuals to vote for parties who they either think will not be influenced by their vote, as they do not know who to vote for (this majorly happens in countries with mandatory voting) or may even vote for parties which seem rebellious or different (such as legalize marijuana parties, which don't do anything), simply as they do not have an actual, proper political opinion. Just on the side, who do you think is going to "vote" for Kanye West as president if he runs in 2020? Besides, intelligence also does not have anything to do with being able to vote. You need to know what you are voting for. And most young individuals do not know this. Which is why there is no reason for them to vote. And why they should not vote.Kind Regards, I am looking forward to the next round.