Photo ID an electoral crime

Published date17 April 2024
Publication titleJournal, The
Now, the Tories are prepared to get down in the political gutter where inflated derogatory attacks on political opponents, the use of false "evidence" and neglect of essential issues is regarded as normal

A prime example of hypocrisy are the repeated attacks on Angela Rayner MP (deputy leader of Labour) claiming she used the wrong address when putting her name on the Electoral Roll.

For the Tories to spend so long turning this into the second most significant political topic of the week reminds us of their childish negativity when they claimed that, during Covid lockdown, Keir Starmer drinking a pint of lager with a pizza was identical to the uncounted booze-ups in Boris Johnson's Number 10 when wine was bought in by the suitcase full.

Is this the equivalent of the destruction carved through our democratic system by the Tories' Elections Law (2022) by which up to five million UK adults might be prevented from voting in Local and Parliamentary Elections? Corruption that "proves" this law is...

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