Pointless voting now

[original PM]

The main issue for me is that these people are clearly simply ignoring British constitutional law.

I also agree about the requirement for English to be the language used - is is the language of the UK and so should be used at all official functions - if that is a problem for people then learn it or shut up.

Having said that Eric Pickles has a history of being an idiot.

[LondonManc]

The main issue for me is that these people are clearly simply ignoring British constitutional law.

I also agree about the requirement for English to be the language used - is is the language of the UK and so should be used at all official functions - if that is a problem for people then learn it or shut up.

Having said that Eric Pickles has a history of being an idiot.

Spot on with all points, especially Pickles.

[Old Greg]

Ban postal voting unless there's a good reason. Insist on a passport or driving licence at the polling station. Have a police officer accompany the ballot boxes. Job done.

Reducing the reasons for postal votes would be very good. People really should be arsed to trek to the polling station every now and again. These are the reasons in Ireland:

You will normally be required to vote in person at an official voting centre but you may be eligible for a postal vote if you are:

An Irish diplomat or his/her spouse posted abroad
A member of the Garda Síochána
A whole-time member of the Defence Forces.
You may also be eligible for a postal vote if you cannot go to a polling station because:

Of a physical illness or disability
You are studying full time at an educational institution in Ireland, which is away from your home address where you are registered
You are unable to vote at your polling station because of your occupation
You are unable to vote at your polling station because you are in prison as a result of an order of a court.

Passport or driving licence would unreasonably exclude people who have neither.

[darmstadt]

When there's no chance they'll get caught themselves.

Haven't they though?

Tory election fraud allegations: the full story - Channel 4 News

http://indy100.independent.co.uk/art...p--bylZ35tQIXb

I wonder how it will all pan out? Theoretically, if they're all found guilty then they must forfeit their seats and as the government only had a majority of 12 then Labour would be in charge and anything that has happened since the election should be null and void, including the referendum

[Flashman]

April 2005. Something must be done!

"Anybody who has sat through the case I have just tried and listened to evidence of electoral fraud that would disgrace a banana republic would find this statement surprising," he said.

The scandal in Birmingham threatens to undermine Britain's long-established reputation for trustworthy elections.

For several weeks, a special election court heard lurid allegations of postal votes being stolen and forged. Six councillors from Tony Blair's Labour Party denied wrongdoing.

According to petitions from supporters of rival parties, three of the councillors - Muhammad Afzal, Mohammed Islam and Mohammed Kazi - were found by the police in the middle of the night in a warehouse with hundreds of postal votes spread out on a table.

One of their lawyers admitted that might have looked suspicious...
BBC NEWS | UK | Voting scandal mars UK election

August 2016 Something must be done!

[minestrone]

You do spout bollocks. It's hardly a game changer. So Tower Hamlets and a part of Glasgow get some dodgy locals into local government by some dodgy dealing. WGAS if you don't live there? On a national level, those places are safe Labour seats anyway and nothing will change that. BTW the dodgy mayor of Tower Hamlets was removed in the end.

[LondonManc]

April 2005. Something must be done!



August 2016 Something must be done!

Labour party corruption? Bliar's team at it again? Who'd have thunked it?

[BrilloPad]

Yep, otherwise Mohammed votes 147 times at each address.

I'd still like to see it investigated and those involved getting 15 years prison each.

Don't 147 Mohammed's live t an address in most Muslim households?

[Old Greg]

Don't 147 Mohammed's live t an address in most Muslim households?

That's just Ex Mrs BP II's house.

[minestrone]

Reducing the reasons for postal votes would be very good. People really should be arsed to trek to the polling station every now and again. These are the reasons in Ireland:

Are we seriously offering up the Irish political system as a guide to how this country should conduct democracy?