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Hugh	14-05-2023 20:24

Re: Voter ID

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Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 36151846)

Why give the vote to people who are not into politics and don’t have a clue?

What next - have to pass a test in Politics, Current Affairs, & Economics before people can vote?

Mr K	14-05-2023 21:00

Re: Voter ID

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Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36151851)

What next - have to pass a test in Politics, Current Affairs, & Economics before people can vote?

Nah, just subscribe to the Torygraph or shop at Waitrose.

GrimUpNorth

14-05-2023 21:26

Re: Voter ID

Enter everyone who votes in the election in a draw to win a prize. For example to get the turnout up in local elections the prize could be a years free council tax.

TheDaddy

14-05-2023 21:35

Re: Voter ID

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Originally Posted by Hom3r (Post 36151841)

What about making voting compulsoury?

Other countries do?

Nothing reeks of freedom more than forcing people to take part in the democratic process against their will. I'd give people a small council tax rebate if they vote and increase it if they don't, you could call it the democracy rebate

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Originally Posted by jfman (Post 36151850)

Why give the vote to people who are into politics and don’t have a clue?

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Hugh	15-05-2023 13:35

Re: Voter ID

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/ent...b03e16f1a45050

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Speaking at the National Conservatism conference in Westminster on Monday, Rees-Mogg said: “Parties that try and gerrymander end up finding their clever scheme comes back to bite them, as dare I say we found by insisting on voter ID for elections.

“We found the people who didn’t have ID were elderly and they by and large voted Conservative.

The former Tory cabinet minister added: “So we made it hard for our own voters and we upset a system that worked perfectly well.”

The new law was proposed and made its way through parliament while Rees-Mogg was serving in the government.

Straight from the horse’s ass, sorry, mouth…

ianch99

15-05-2023 13:48

Re: Voter ID

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Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36151893)

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/ent...b03e16f1a45050

Straight from the horse’s ass, sorry, mouth…

Wonderful irony. No wonder Starmer is content to let this law bake for a while to see how much more damage it will do to the Tory base.

Damien

15-05-2023 14:01

Re: Voter ID

It does appear voter id cost the Tories more than Labour so hopefully they'll pull the requirement by the next one.

Sephiroth

15-05-2023 15:00

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Then they’ll be accused of gerrymandering.

1andrew1

15-05-2023 15:16

Re: Voter ID

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Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36151893)

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/ent...b03e16f1a45050

Straight from the horse’s ass, sorry, mouth…

Just shows what an idiot that TV presenter is.

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Originally Posted by Sephiroth (Post 36151900)

Then they’ll be accused of gerrymandering.

Kind of dug their own grave.

I wonder if Labour will retain it?

TheDaddy

15-05-2023 15:25

Re: Voter ID

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Originally Posted by Damien (Post 36151899)

It does appear voter id cost the Tories more than Labour so hopefully they'll pull the requirement by the next one.

But what about the election fraud they were so worried about

Hugh	15-05-2023 15:37

Re: Voter ID

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Originally Posted by TheDaddy (Post 36151903)

But what about the election fraud they were so worried about

Ah, but it was the "wrong sort" of election fraud they were worried about.

In advance of those who will ask me to define the wrong sort, if it’s not obvious then it’s not me you should be asking. ;)

Sephiroth

15-05-2023 15:43

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Something sensible from Hugh - at last.

Mr K	15-05-2023 18:58

Re: Voter ID

So if it was an admitted attempt to gerrymander the electoral system, the only ones guilty of electoral fraud are the Government. Even more so if they now change it back because it didn't fiddle the results as intended. Nothing less than an assault on our democracy, Trump style. Kick them out, sooner the better.

Sephiroth

15-05-2023 19:41

Re: Voter ID

Of course you are delighted, Mr K, that Starmer will gerrymander the kids’ and immigrant vote, possibly, and of course in the name of democracy, hold a referendum to rejoin the EU.

He’s your dream ticket.

Ms NTL

15-05-2023 19:46

Re: Voter ID

Quote:

Originally Posted by jfman (Post 36151850)

Why give the vote to people who are into politics and don’t have a clue?

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