Everywhere we go we are bombarded by the images of the world we have grown up in. Our millennial, our century. We’ve waved goodbye to the EU (Merton voted to stay by the way, a solid 63,003 votes for remain), we’re watching President Trump walk towards the boxing ring against Putin and Kim Jong-Un. And now we’re watching people make a final decision on June 8th. But we have no say in our futures. I think it’s time to give teenagers a second thought - adults were exactly like us, once upon a time. When the debate to lower the voting age to 16 was declined bythe government, we had to sit down and face defeat, it’s only 2 years, right? But now we’re having to wait longer. Wait longer to help make decisions that will affect us far more than those older than us - so shouldn't we have a choice? It is true, we are far more liberal than some of our older counterparts; maybe that is a part of the teenage nature. But isn't there something wrong when leaders are calling left-wing followers 'cowards'? (Donald Trump cited that, check it out here: http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/4/7/15218644/democrats-trump-syria-left) When was equality or wanting to do the right thing extreme? Maybe we’re daydreamers who haven't hit the cold concrete that paves the streets of reality - but we at least deserve our say. Talking on the subject, a student said she was ‘upset’ for whats happening, citing ‘I wish I could also have a voice, and I was only a few months away from being 18 - but I want whats best for our country’. Ursuline High School has always emphasised our need to vote, as women, and as the flag-carriers of freedom of speech and acceptance. I’m hoping there will be a mock election taking place closer to the time. For more information on the upcoming General Election check out the local Wimbledon Guardian. For more news and information you can check out BBC iWonder at http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/zsbtbk7 or if you want to help lower the voting age http://www.votesat16.org.​ ​

MILLIE DUNNE, URSULINE HIGH SCHOOL