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Should the voting age be raised?

In this week鈥檚 Daily Politics Soap Box film, journalist Samuel Hooper criticises moves to create so-called 鈥渟afe spaces鈥 on university campuses.

He asks whether, if students 鈥渨ant to be treated like emotionally fragile children鈥, they have 鈥渇orfeited the right to have a say in the running of the country鈥.

And he suggests that the voting age should be raised 鈥 not lowered, as some campaigners want.

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