tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post8576799163076231488..comments2024-03-28T23:49:28.343+00:00Comments on David Lindsay: On The CardsDavid Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06839882674758833524noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-74449191371094646232016-12-27T22:05:00.959+00:002016-12-27T22:05:00.959+00:00You can now travel from Land's End to the Scot...You can now travel from Land's End to the Scottish border and never leave the area of a police force that was investigating Tory election fraud, yet there has still not been a word about it on the BBC. I used to think the Queen backed Brexit, but now I know she couldn't have done because Laura Kuenssberg says she did. Anything Kuenssberg says must be a lie. Has to be a lie.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-16069047987869607232016-12-27T18:02:03.262+00:002016-12-27T18:02:03.262+00:00Passports are expensive: £72.50 at the very least,...Passports are expensive: £72.50 at the very least, while provisional driving licences cost £34. If you’re solvent, the cost will seem negligible; if you’re struggling to make your rent each month, deciding to spend £34 simply to vote will seem a hefty cost to pay if it means cutting down on your food and fuel budget for a week or two.<br /><br />The message this move sends is that people can’t be trusted to vote. If you already feel as though the political system has forgotten you, and you feel voting makes little difference, planning weeks in advance to secure the ID you need to vote is unlikely to increase voter turnout. <br /><br />At the moment, campaigners on polling day battle to spread the message that you don’t need your polling card to vote, so that people who might otherwise not vote can drop into their polling station on the way home from work. Making voters jump through hoops is a retrograde step and assumes guilt on the part of voters. <br /><br />To properly combat electoral fraud, a properly funded police unit with the resources to investigate organised fraud makes far more sense.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-21124967298920370292016-12-27T17:50:32.057+00:002016-12-27T17:50:32.057+00:00I worked in the Jobcentre where many could not eve...I worked in the Jobcentre where many could not even furnish ID to cash girocheques. This will be a huge problem as many have no means of obtaining proof. Surely only the bill payer in a household will be able to obtain a utilities bill, what about adult kids in that household? Their names won't be on the bills.<br /><br />It's really quite simple. As Republican Governors and State Houses in the US have figured out, it's hard to get people that you have traditionally oppressed, demonised and politically marginalised to vote for you, so the simpler solution is to not allow them to vote at all. I'm only surprised it's taken the Tories this long to either figure this out, or have the brass neck to try it, quoting the 'widespread problem' of voter fraud. Combined with the upcoming Boundary Commission changes, this should ensure the continuance of their One-Party State quite nicely.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com