Tangerinemoss
Well-known member
I think many assume the back and fro between different political sides on this board is just so much froth, nothing really changes.
3 recent pieces of legislation have changed my view on this :
Election Act, need for photo ID to vote and changes to postal voting to make if more difficult
Reform of Electoral Commission, taking away it's independence and making it report to the Levelling Up Minister, Michael Gove
The Police Bill allowing bans for noisy demonstrations
If this was another country, the Press would be full of analysis claiming consolidation of power by the ruling party, reducing the chances of any opposition ever removing them from power. Photo ID is straight out of the Trump playbook to disenfranchise the poorest and those of no or infrequent, fixed abode. Michael Gove being the ultimate arbiter of elections is bonkers. The Police Bill will ban protests against any of this (all the anti Oyston marches could have been banned)
Any decent democratic Tories out there horrified by this power grab? And why are the press so quiet on all this?
3 recent pieces of legislation have changed my view on this :
Election Act, need for photo ID to vote and changes to postal voting to make if more difficult
Reform of Electoral Commission, taking away it's independence and making it report to the Levelling Up Minister, Michael Gove
The Police Bill allowing bans for noisy demonstrations
If this was another country, the Press would be full of analysis claiming consolidation of power by the ruling party, reducing the chances of any opposition ever removing them from power. Photo ID is straight out of the Trump playbook to disenfranchise the poorest and those of no or infrequent, fixed abode. Michael Gove being the ultimate arbiter of elections is bonkers. The Police Bill will ban protests against any of this (all the anti Oyston marches could have been banned)
Any decent democratic Tories out there horrified by this power grab? And why are the press so quiet on all this?