EU Referendum: Stronger In gets down with the kids in the name of Remain – again
Britain Stronger In Europe will go far to look cool.
The campaign to stay in the EU has released a video showing 16 and 17-year-olds pleading with their seniors to vote Remain on 23 June.
"I've got mates who are Polish, German, Slovakian and Italian" said one teen anxious that his social circle would shrink after the vote on Thursday.
The House of Lords came to a standoff against MPs last year when the commons rejected their proposal to allow 16 and 17-year olds to vote in the referendum.
Read more: Brexit is no game for children as 71 per cent back Remain
So now, the teens have taken matters into their own hands and are putting pressure on their parents to vote In.
Perhaps not surprisingly, the seniors were unmoved.
https://twitter.com/BruceBrozkhov/status/745242411241185280
16 & 17 year olds shouldn't be allowed to vote.
— Andy (@skiff66) June 21, 2016
I am voting for a future where my grandchildren are not ruled by EU, but can pick their own govt. to make decisions
— jeff💙 (@littlejeff5) June 21, 2016
But this isn't the first time the Remain camp has tried to connect with the yoof of today.
Read more: Latest Survation phone poll puts Remain up by two points
Earlier this month Stronger In came under fire over a campaign video which argued that "learnin" "earnin" and "ravin" were all good reasons to "votein" on Thursday.
Dropping the "g" on every word may have seemed cool, but young voters didn't like the "spellin" and branded the campaign "patronisin".
Think I've just found a very good reason not to #VOTIN #EMBARRASSIN #PATRONISIN #GOODSPELLIN pic.twitter.com/wAiYO4vXCI
— BDC (@BenDa_Costa) June 15, 2016