[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by parmnion

Why do people think this?

For me it's the opposite if what people are saying..

Take the fact that the cons have been in power for ages now and wiped the floor with all the other parties during the last election, why on earth would they change the rules for voting when they are winning things so easily atm.

It's a poor excuse to say they are trying to block the youth vote..and very condescending to believe that those youths would have voted labour.


It's all whataboutary.

It only makes you look bad if you try to use a phrase you don't understand and you then use it wrong. Nothing about pointing out voter suppression is whataboutery, you simply do not understand the conversation.

You also don't understand voter suppression if you don't think that disallowing people the chance to vote if they don't have photo ID IS NOT suppression. The most common form of photo ID is a driving licence and the simple fact is that there's more tory voters who are drivers than there are of their nearest rivals, Labour who have significantly less voters who can drive.

Preventing people from voting if they don't have photo ID is simply a way of limiting the young, the poor and people who simply do not drive and may not have access to photo ID from engaging in their right to vote and have a say. It's suppression, and that's that.