[Politics] General Election 2024 - 4th July

[dolphins]

We’re special, a handwritten letter just for us from Caroline and Siân .

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Not that special (although you are to us! ) - we had this badly printed missive, in a fairly large envelope, hand delivered as well. I do wonder why it is hand-written (in a hurry?) and was it supposed to be typed up by an intern or something? Not sure how they've managed to make it look so bad. Maybe the trick is that people will talk about it and share it around?

 

[A1X]

 

[Audax]

3 new polls in over the last day that are solidifying the direction of travel. Across the three of them, the story is:

- Labour support "stable" (1x no change, 1x -1, 1x +1)
- Tory support continuing to trend down (1x no change, 1x -1, 1x -2)
- Reform support continuing to trend up (+1, +3, +4)

The actual numbers are all over the place, though ... eg Labour 40%, 43%, and 46%. Once these get pulled into the poll trackers, I think we'll see Labour's position flattening back out around 40-42%. Tory continuing to trend downwards towards busting through that 20% figure, and Reform doing the opposite and continuing to trend up towards 20%. Of course, the next YouGov poll will be interesting - will they show further erosion in Labour support, or will their new methodology settle down in that 37-40% range it dipped into last week?

 

[Washie]

When do we get our polling cards?

They are still being sent out. The deadline to register to vote is today, pointless sending all poll cards out at once before the deadline. You only need photographic ID with yo. Accepted ID can be found at https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/voting-and-elections/voter-id/accepted-forms-photo-id

 

[Giraffe]

Yup, but not ALL ID is accepted. Seems to favour the sort of ID held by older members of the population...

What?

 

[The Clamp]

What?

Young persons travel cards are not acceptable but pensioners’ are.

That sort of thing.

 

[Washie]

Young persons travel cards are not acceptable but pensioners’ are.

That sort of thing.

Most younger people have a provisional driving licence. Most ID accepted for alcohol is accepted to vote

 

[The Clamp]

Most younger people have a provisional driving licence. Most ID accepted for alcohol is accepted to vote

I’m not saying they don’t.

Just odd that some ID for older folks is acceptable and the young persons equivalent is not.

I read that as the Tory’s being rather desperate and mean.

 

[The Clamp]

 

[Westdene Seagull]

Young persons travel cards are not acceptable but pensioners’ are.

That sort of thing.

While you are quite correct ( and it's a ridiculous situation ), pensioners are the most likely to have given up their driving licences and passports. The whole thing is just daft given electoral fraud was close to zero before ID requirements were brought in.

 

[drew]

Most younger people have a provisional driving licence. Most ID accepted for alcohol is accepted to vote

I would suggest there's a lot of youngsters in metropolitan areas like London that don't have a licence because public transport there is far more convenient.

 

[Weststander]

Not that special (although you are to us! ) - we had this badly printed missive, in a fairly large envelope, hand delivered as well. I do wonder why it is hand-written (in a hurry?) and was it supposed to be typed up by an intern or something? Not sure how they've managed to make it look so bad. Maybe the trick is that people will talk about it and share it around?

The 'personal touch'. Our pile of leaflets grows ever bigger, making being in a marginal more interesting imho.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Not sure if anyone has posted this (I've seen the second installment but not this, the first). All you need to know really, if even just 0.01 % of your brain-stem's credulous neurons are still instinctively drawn towards voting Conservative.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

We’re special, a handwritten letter just for us from Caroline and Siân .

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I hope that's recycled paper

 

[Diablo]

Sadly I have heard very little that I can believe from any of the Parties. Billions more for everything but no increase in taxes !!!

 

[Me Atome]

Sadly I have heard very little that I can believe from any of the Parties. Billions more for everything but no increase in taxes !!!

Oh you cynic!

 

[A1X]

 

[The Clamp]

Sadly I have heard very little that I can believe from any of the Parties. Billions more for everything but no increase in taxes !!!

I think some people will be surprised how much money is freed up once the Tory’s leave office.
They are an expensive party.

 

[Me Atome]

What concerns me more, not just now but generally, is postal voting. Like a lot of things, it has been allowed to grow out of all sensible proportions. And with this there is no security whatsoever, and no control of who is doing the voting.

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

I think some people will be surprised how much money is freed up once the Tory’s leave office.
They are an expensive party.

Especially during Partygate