What A Shame.. Tories Fail Yet Again!

[Roobaba]

Local elections 2023: Voter ID backfired on Tories - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-65599380

Did we laugh.. hahaha haha hehehe just soooooo totally hilarious!

To quote Blackadder..
"I thank God I wore my corset, because I think my sides have split"

[naomi24]

untitled, //they were intended to make it harder for their political opponents to vote//

Why would needing identity make it harder for Labour voters to vote?

[ToraToraTora]

"because they did not allow young people to use travel cards as photo ID but did allow for elderly people to use bus passes. " - The YPTC does not require proof address, that's why it's not accepted. There are plenty of alternatives.

[naomi24]

//because they did not allow young people to use travel cards as photo ID but did allow for elderly people to use bus passes//

But that applies to whoever is voting.

[ToraToraTora]

surely non tories could have got one of these:
https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/i-am-a/voter/voter-id/accepted-forms-photo-id

[theshedman]

Untitled, but anyone young or old could get a voter ID card free just by applying. Not all older people have a bus pass.

[THECORBYLOON]

TORATORATORA, "The YPTC does not require proof address, that's why it's not accepted."

PASS cards are acceptable but they do not need to show an address.