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There’s no one list. For all the things you mentioned, they are allowed to drive tractors or quads, get married with your parents’ consent, have kids, etc.

d1sxeyes 1y ago
Also you can join the army at 16 with parental consent.
- alasdairking 1y ago
  You can become a "junior soldier", which means you go to college in Harrogate until you are 18 and actually become a soldier. https://jobs.army.mod.uk/regular-army/entry-options/soldier/ https://jobs.army.mod.uk/regular-army/entry-options/soldier/
  - d1sxeyes 1y ago
    True, but even if you’re only in Harrogate until you’re 18, you are still signed up until you’re 22, meaning you can be killed on a battlefield aged 18 because of a decision you made when you were 16. In the context of the discussion on voting, I think the “decision” part is the key point here.
giantg2 1y ago
Nobody actually provides permission to have kids. That could happen as soon as it's biologically possible.
alasdairking 1y ago
You now have to 18 to marry. The age of consent remains sixteen. So having a baby is fine, but so long as you are not married. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/legal-age-of-marriage-in-england-and-wales-rises-to-18 https://www.gov.uk/government/news/legal-age-of-marriage-in-...
- robin_reala 1y ago
  Ah, I’ve been out of the UK too long.
- ben_w 1y ago
  Think how weird this would be to someone from the UK a century ago: "You can have a bisexual orgy on your 16th birthday where someone gets pregnant in celebration of their first time voting, but under no circumstances is the woman allowed to be married until the kid is 15 months old, at which point she can marry another woman. Photographs of the event will, in many jurisdictions, be treated as a criminal offence even though the act itself isn't and those same photos would be fine at 18, which is also now the age when they are no longer subject to a mandatory choice between ongoing education or an apprenticeship." Also, TIL that the UK was going to get compulsory part-time education from 14 to 18 back in 1918, but spending cuts happened: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_Act_1918 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_Act_1918

d1sxeyes 1y ago

Also you can join the army at 16 with parental consent.

alasdairking 1y ago
You can become a "junior soldier", which means you go to college in Harrogate until you are 18 and actually become a soldier. https://jobs.army.mod.uk/regular-army/entry-options/soldier/ https://jobs.army.mod.uk/regular-army/entry-options/soldier/
- d1sxeyes 1y ago
  True, but even if you’re only in Harrogate until you’re 18, you are still signed up until you’re 22, meaning you can be killed on a battlefield aged 18 because of a decision you made when you were 16. In the context of the discussion on voting, I think the “decision” part is the key point here.

giantg2 1y ago

Nobody actually provides permission to have kids. That could happen as soon as it's biologically possible.

alasdairking 1y ago

You now have to 18 to marry. The age of consent remains sixteen. So having a baby is fine, but so long as you are not married. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/legal-age-of-marriage-in-england-and-wales-rises-to-18 https://www.gov.uk/government/news/legal-age-of-marriage-in-...

robin_reala 1y ago
Ah, I’ve been out of the UK too long.
ben_w 1y ago
Think how weird this would be to someone from the UK a century ago: "You can have a bisexual orgy on your 16th birthday where someone gets pregnant in celebration of their first time voting, but under no circumstances is the woman allowed to be married until the kid is 15 months old, at which point she can marry another woman. Photographs of the event will, in many jurisdictions, be treated as a criminal offence even though the act itself isn't and those same photos would be fine at 18, which is also now the age when they are no longer subject to a mandatory choice between ongoing education or an apprenticeship." Also, TIL that the UK was going to get compulsory part-time education from 14 to 18 back in 1918, but spending cuts happened: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_Act_1918 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_Act_1918