Too Young To Drink - Old Enough to Vote SNP
Booze blitz: off-sales ban for under 21s - Scotsman.com News
UNDER 21s will be banned from buying alcohol at supermarkets and off licences under a controversial plan to shake-up Scotland's drink laws.
Over-18s will still be allowed to drink in pubs and bars but ministers are said to be insistent on the need for radical reform of off-sales, arguing that "enough is enough" in the battle to bring an end to Scotland's "booze culture".
Along with the increase in the age limit, Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill will also propose setting minimum prices for alcohol and banning three-for-two and buy-one-get-one-free deals.
Let's just cut to the chase and introduce ration cards for alcohol only redeemable at government shops, and why stop there? Do the same for chips and cakes and anything else.
But if the SNP don't trust young people to buy a can of cooking lager why do they trust them vote?
SNP back plan to give 16-year-olds the vote - The Daily Record
"While 16-year-olds can pay taxes, get married or serve in the armed forces, they effectively have to bite their lip when it comes to decisions that will affect them.
"At the very point that society expects young people to assume many of the responsibilities that come with adulthood, it is only right they also get the right to vote.
"That is why I am happy to announce the Scottish government's support for reducing the voting age to 16.