Prepare to be angry
From Hansard:
Mr. Andrew Robathan (Blaby) (Con): What new measures to reduce electoral fraud the Electoral Commission expects to be in place by the next General Election.
Mr. Andrew Robathan (Blaby) (Con): What new measures to reduce electoral fraud the Electoral Commission expects to be in place by the next General Election.
Sir Peter Viggers: The Electoral Commission informs me that it does not expect new measures to be in place by the last possible date for the next general election.
When I consider the variously foolish and wicked things that this administration has managed since even 2005, I am appalled that the integrity of the voting system has not been considered sufficiently important to merit an examination, given the horrors of the last few years.
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There is not a problem with the electoral system as long as it delivers the right result. Get with the post-democratic programme C!
The question is - would anyone's share of the vote benefit/be diminished by the changes that are being suggested?
L - A fair, if even by my standards, staggeringly cynical comment.
There is a school of thought around (I have read it in a number of places) that Labour is dependent on electoral fraud in order to avoid a virtual wipe-out at future elections.
What happened in Birmingham not so long ago, and other "irregularities" (particularly with postal votes) tends to suggest there is a degree of substance in that.
Therefore, it is of no surprise that nothing is to be done about it.
Quite agree with john ward 12.41
There are few things that fill me with quite such a degree of rage as electoral fraud, and it is appalling that there is A - so much of it, and B - that the penalties are so mild.
Electoral fraud undermines the very fabric of our democracy. Any government should take it seriously, but it does not surprise me Labour chooses to turn a blind eye. This government sinks new depths at every conceivable twist and turn of its pathetic existence.
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