Do you believe forcing people to vote is democratic?
Conservative efforts to discourage voters are working.
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Not really bothered either way, I voted when I lived there
You did not believe it - you were asking for proof - I told you how it can be done. Your vote is NOT secrete.
Even former Tory cabinet minister Rice-Pudd admitted the voter law was an attempt at “gerrymandering” elections which backfired.
"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."
"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."
Jacob Rees-Mogg has said he wants to “build a wall in the English Channel” in a leaked recording, in which he heaped praise on Donald Trump and the hardline Republican response to immigration. Speaking to young Conservative activists, Rees-Mogg doubled down on his backing for the former US president, saying he took the right approach by building a border wall.
“If I were American I’d want the border closed, I’d be all in favour of building a wall. I’d want to build a wall in the middle of the English Channel,” the former cabinet minister said. @the Garundia
He has the same grasp of construction as de Piffle. A bridge in the Irish Sea, or a wall in the Channel, the Tories are equally clueless.
“If I were American I’d want the border closed, I’d be all in favour of building a wall. I’d want to build a wall in the middle of the English Channel,” the former cabinet minister said. @the Garundia
He has the same grasp of construction as de Piffle. A bridge in the Irish Sea, or a wall in the Channel, the Tories are equally clueless.
Former MP Rice-Pudd is forecast to be booted out on Thursday.
Good riddance.
His eccentricity is damaging and unwanted.
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Good riddance.
His eccentricity is damaging and unwanted.
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Quite a small audience, then.
They didn't give their ages, though i doubt they're old enough to fill Moggs well shined brogues just yet.
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Good
Riddance.
Think you'll find a young conservative is anyone under 60 these days.
The "minister for the 18th century" has skipped the role of "minister without portfolio", and gone straight to "minister without a seat"
PR this lot
Just what would the 1st cut off point be? I wonder how many recalls for votes the public would put up with?
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Just what would the 1st cut off point be? I wonder how many recalls for votes the public would put up with?