Posted on 10/11/2026 5:59:14 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Andy Burnham is facing questions over plans to speed up sweeping changes to Britain’s electoral system amid speculation that some of his closest advisers are pressing for an early general election.
Ministers reportedly want to at least halve the time available for peers to scrutinise legislation that would make it possible to vote without photographic identification, lower the voting age to 16 and tighten restrictions on political donations.
According to the Sunday Telegraph, the government is seeking to reduce scrutiny of the representation of the people bill in the House of Lords from an anticipated 10 days to fewer than five, despite plans for further substantial amendments.
The new voting legislation, first introduced under the former prime minister Keir Starmer, would allow voters to use bank cards without photographs as proof of identity at polling stations, easing restrictions introduced by the Tories in 2022. The reports come days after Labour’s victory over the Green party leader, Zack Polanski, in the Holborn and St Pancras byelection, as well as Burnham’s own recent win in Makerfield, which have fuelled discussion within the party about whether Burnham should call a general election in pursuit of a fresh mandate. The prime minister does not need to call an election before 2029 and has repeatedly ruled out an early poll.
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Why not 12?
Why even worry about 16 year olds voting.
In the USA we let non-existent people, dead people, and foreign people to vote without photo ID.
Lower it to ten years and give out free cans of cider and cigarettes...guaranteed Labour win.
Why be so age-ist?
Just make it minus 9 months, and we got a Deal!
Pure evil.
Why not mail out ballots to everyone in the world and let them vote ?
This is about Restore.
Where do the British find a**h**es like this?
That’s the final step for the lefties: online voting with instant registration from anywhere in the world, included pre-relocated aspirational immigrants. Big Brother will win every election with 99.9 percent of the vote. The Central Committee will decide who gets to play Big Brother in each round. They will say, “this is what democracy looks like,” TikTok brained lefties will buy it and rat out family, friends and neighbors, and wrongthinkers will hide.
This is Labour welding the door shut just like the rats Ca. England is at the shoot their way out of the axiom. Tough to do after the people disarmed.
bttt
What a disaster!
HOW ABOUT 8???????
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