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[Mordac]

This suggestion alone puts you as someone who is against democracy. Why should it be made more difficult and cumbersome? If I'm travelling home to Cambridge and studying in St Andrews I now have to register at my home address for a 2-3 week period?

The Quitings are desperate to overturn representative democracy with their blasted referenda.

I'll forgive your ignorant rant, as you've been away so long. You're still thick as mince though...

You can register in more than one constituency, and vote in the most convenient one on the day. It is not illegal to register in more than one, only to vote in more than one.

Students should be on the electoral roll at their permanent address (usually parents) anyway, for credit-scoring purposes. If students are unaware of this, then someone is failing them. Probably the same folks who are wasting all their time banning clapping in Universities.

[scooterscot]

They should apply for postal votes, or register in their home constituency. That's if they can be bothered...

This suggestion alone puts you as someone who is against democracy. Why should it be made more difficult and cumbersome? If I'm travelling home to Cambridge and studying in St Andrews I now have to register at my home address for a 2-3 week period?

The Quitings are desperate to overturn representative democracy with their blasted referenda.

[Mordac]

What leads you to that conclusion?

Bojo is trying to scupper the Lib Dem vote by excluding students who are not likely to be in their university town on 12th Dec - that's how desperate he is.

A cold snap on election day could well impact Tory/Brexit voters as the old stay indoors or head to the warmth of a local 'spoonies

They should apply for postal votes, or register in their home constituency. That's if they can be bothered...

[Whorty]

That's undemocratic meddling for you.

[Whorty]

But at that point there was no deal agreed with EU yet. If an election happens now, it will be interesting which way the votes go. The most extreme leavers will vote the BP, moderate leavers will vote for BJ, remainers might not turn up for the elections.

What leads you to that conclusion?

Bojo is trying to scupper the Lib Dem vote by excluding students who are not likely to be in their university town on 12th Dec - that's how desperate he is.

A cold snap on election day could well impact Tory/Brexit voters as the old stay indoors or head to the warmth of a local 'spoonies

[darmstadt]

That's undemocratic meddling for you.

Exactly how?

Actually quite funny seeing as he used to be an arch Eurosceptic, much like May was very pro-EU

[DimPrawn]

That's representative democracy for you.

That's undemocratic meddling for you.

[meridian]

Parliament has very few leavers.

The Conservative Party has quite a few. Perhaps if they hadn’t spaffed their majority up the wall they might have passed whatever form of Brexit they want to force upon you.

Or, just perhaps, instead of going for a hard Brexit, they might have tried getting a few of those “moderate Remainers” onside by implementing the Brexit that the Leave side campaigned for and won on, instead of the version that they have now.

[BrilloPad]

That's representative democracy for you.

And a reason why referendums should not be called unless parliament has already voted for something.

[scooterscot]

Parliament has very few leavers.

That's representative democracy for you.

[BrilloPad]

So never? Leavers - bunch of bedwetters.

Parliament has very few leavers.

[scooterscot]

EU says we can leave whenever the sovereign Parliament of the U.K. says that it is ready to leave.

So never? Leavers - bunch of bedwetters.

[DealorNoDeal]

In 2017 there was a GE.
In that election, May's vision of Brexit was rejected.

May tried to make the 2017 GE all about Brexit but, for many voters, Brexit was supposed to be a done deal. It was a year since the referendum and she'd already triggered A50.

If we haven't left by the time of the next election then Brexit will figure much more heavily this time.

I wouldn't like to predict the outcome though. In theory, BP and Libdems should do quite well but who knows.

[Zigenare]

But at that point there was no deal agreed with EU yet. If an election happens now, it will be interesting which way the votes go. The most extreme leavers will vote the BP, moderate leavers will vote for BJ, remainers might not turn up for the elections.

They probably won't accept the result in any event...

[darmstadt]

To be fair, May's 'vision' of pretty much everything was rejected. Dementia tax, anyone?

Although it's pretty much the same as Boris'es agreement apart from that the backstop is now the fullstop.