No mention of what party he is standing for?

I mentioned on another thread that I was a Poll Clerk in Bromley for the local elections and we would be trialing the Voter ID scheme.

I have just finished my 16 hour shift and I am happy to report that despite the scare stories that may appear in tomoorow's papers all went well. The public were well informed and not the least bit concerned they had to produce id. In fact many said it was about time.

Some groups have claimed that this discriminates but I do not see how. The vast majority of people have a drivers license or passport (can also be EU or Commonwealth) or a Freedom Pass. If you don't have them how about a bank card and a utility bill. Now if you have no photo id or any form of address identification I would question why are you on the Electoral Role? If you cannot prove who you are I don't see how the council can check that you are eligible to vote or how you can claim benefits, pay tax etc.

To be honest the media are just hyping this up. I dealt with lots of folk today from many different cultures they were not bothered.

There is an argument that voter fraud at the polling station is rare and therefore this is an expensive solution but other than that I see no issues.

Anyway I am tired so going to bed I am happy to answer any questions.

Edited by Badger11 (03 May 2018 11.04pm)

I mentioned on another thread that I was a Poll Clerk in Bromley for the local elections and we would be trialing the Voter ID scheme.

I have just finished my 16 hour shift and I am happy to report that despite the scare stories that may appear in tomoorow's papers all went well. The public were well informed and not the least bit concerned they had to produce id. In fact many said it was about time.

Some groups have claimed that this discriminates but I do not see how. The vast majority of people have a drivers license or passport (can also be EU or Commonwealth) or a Freedom Pass. If you don't have them how about a bank card and a utility bill. Now if you have no photo id or any form of address identification I would question why are you on the Electoral Role? If you cannot prove who you are I don't see how the council can check that you are eligible to vote or how you can claim benefits, pay tax etc.

To be honest the media are just hyping this up. I dealt with lots of folk today from many different cultures they were not bothered.

There is an argument that voter fraud at the polling station is rare and therefore this is an expensive solution but other than that I see no issues.

Anyway I am tired so going to bed I am happy to answer any questions.

Edited by Badger11 (03 May 2018 11.04pm)

I mentioned on another thread that I was a Poll Clerk in Bromley for the local elections and we would be trialing the Voter ID scheme.

I have just finished my 16 hour shift and I am happy to report that despite the scare stories that may appear in tomoorow's papers all went well. The public were well informed and not the least bit concerned they had to produce id. In fact many said it was about time.

Some groups have claimed that this discriminates but I do not see how. The vast majority of people have a drivers license or passport (can also be EU or Commonwealth) or a Freedom Pass. If you don't have them how about a bank card and a utility bill. Now if you have no photo id or any form of address identification I would question why are you on the Electoral Role? If you cannot prove who you are I don't see how the council can check that you are eligible to vote or how you can claim benefits, pay tax etc.

To be honest the media are just hyping this up. I dealt with lots of folk today from many different cultures they were not bothered.

There is an argument that voter fraud at the polling station is rare and therefore this is an expensive solution but other than that I see no issues.

Anyway I am tired so going to bed I am happy to answer any questions.

Edited by Badger11 (03 May 2018 11.04pm)

I agree that Labour hierarchy will be disappointed with results so far, despite winning most seats. I think they got a bit ahead of themselves with their expectations.

I think Brexit is clearly still having an impact on how people vote and with there being such polarity on this issue but little change since a year ago, it's not surprising that not much changed in the electoral maths. UKIP vote has largely gone to Tories for this reason.

Things will probably evolve more once Brexit actually happens and if/when a recession rolls around.

Without Brexit I'm sure the Tories would have done a lot lot worse given austerity, Windrush, general incompetence etc.

Currently on 1,467 with Tories on 884. Labour up 37 Tories down 2...

1,467 is more than any other party, commonly referred to as "the most".

I'm not sure they did expect the kind of rout you're talking about, but they will be disappointed with having not done better given some polls showing they could win councils not held for a long time/ever. They've done poorly in places like Walsall and Derby where UKIP vote has moved to the Tories. This looks to be a Brexit effect. In Richmond the Tories had a poor result for similar reasons.