This is simply voter suppression https://jacobinmag.com/2019/02/voting-rights-conservative-party-uk …https://twitter.com/AllisterHeath/status/1183124231699288064 …
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In the last local elections, 819 people were denied their votepic.twitter.com/v6cngpUn2e
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And the Electoral Reform society describe it as using a sledgehammer to crack a walnut pointing out millions don’t have access to photo ID.pic.twitter.com/TzXoDSboly
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And here’s a 2016 article I wrote on voter ID because I’ve been banging on about this for yearshttps://www.independent.co.uk/voices/voter-id-passport-drivers-license-disenfranchise-the-poor-a7497801.html …
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Fortunately the government has no majority. For now.
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They don't need a majority for this. It's just something any government can introduce. We need an election soon and Labour to form a government so they haven't got time to do it as they want to.
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You're right. I hadn't considered this point. Govt must surely introduce similar scheme to NI if they're going to pursue thishttps://twitter.com/Planet_Belfast/status/1183329207897804802?s=19 …
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Context. The Government aren't trying to stop voter fraud (it is statistically insignificant in the rest of the UK), they are trying to suppress the vote, because that benefits them.
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That’s just stupid. Not even an ID card?! UGH!!
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