Summary
JOHN PRESCOTT, the Deputy Prime Minister, announces today in an interview that, after his recent embarrassments: "I just want to get on and show I can do a job and make a contribution." This is not a commitment we should find particularly cheering. One of the legacies of Mr Prescott's time in office was the liberalisation of the system of postal voting. Some of the results were evident in local elections in Tower Hamlets last week.
A Tory candidate whose vote was appropriated by fraudsters has now demanded a fresh poll. Pennie Clarke says that "hundreds, if not thousands of people" were effectively disenfranchised. This paper's own investigation revealed that the residents of entire streets and tower blocks appear to have had their votes stolen and redirected to a network of front addresses - suggesting abuse of a provision in the electoral rules that postal votes do not have to be sent to a voter's registered address.See the full content of this document
Extract
Mr Prescott's Flawed Legacy
All of this would be scandalous in any circumstances.
But the fiasco took place just over two months after the Government's introduction of no fewer than 14 new m...See the full content of this document
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