I completely agree with the comment about voting. I wish it was practical for everyone to take an IQ test and a politics awareness test from the age of 16 and over and only those who score highly enough are able to vote.

I believe 16 is old enough to be able to have a say in how your country and life are run. I also agree that there are a lot of people out there who either have the right to vote and don't exercise it, or vote blindly and ignorantly.

Would their vote not be better used by a younger, more intelligent and more politically educated citizen.

I wanted to vote from about the age of 11, and always wanted to be a politician. I used to be determined that I would first be PM then receive US citizenship and run for the Presidency.

I am now glad that my father put me off becoming a politician. "It's a 'rat's game'" he would say. I think my desire was more a longing to assert control over a world that a child has very little say in.