Stewart supports compulsory voting but opposes lowering the voting age below 18, arguing that there is inconsistency in requiring age 18+ for military deployment but lower for voting

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Rory Stewart

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I'm against you on that partly because I think it's a bit I I I we don't want to get drawn down into that but it's a bit weird because so many bits of our society are about increasing ages from 16 to 18

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Populism's Growth In Europe | Question TimeThe Rest Is Politics
Created: 8/11/2026, 1:54:05 AM

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