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[minionofmidas]

3. Galloway has had a run in with Salem Pax (the Baghdad Blogger) and acted in his usual way...

Filed a libel suit?

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Which probably means Labour has more ressources and thence more to gain if both sides cheat. Which you can beat your ass both sides are doing. Postal voting in Britain seems to be a real mess.

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If it's legal (and, yes, apparently it is) it bloody well shouldn't be.
The point is not so much the *sending out* to voters, it's the sending back to Labour rather than the election authority (whatever it's called). In other words, it's the party getting its hand on the things. Really difficult to check if *all* these ballots are genuine...

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If it's legal (and, yes, apparently it is) it bloody well shouldn't be.

IMO it's not actually as bad as some of the tricks party activists do on polling day (ie: knock on doors of likely voters, offer them a lift to the polling station while asking them who they're going to vote for...) which can turn into intimidation very quicky, has been going on for years and there's never been any attempts to crack down on it.

While that is bad enough (and doesn't exist here...though I'm not sure if it's technically illegal) that does NOT violate the secrecy of the ballot.

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Blaenau Gwent is just about the only traditional Labour stronghold where turnout held up in 2001 IIRC. What's with this Law guy exactly? Can you give a non-brief summary?

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From the BBC...
 

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What exactly is an all-women shortlist? How exactly does the selection process work these days?

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So who draws up the shortlist? And who decides what seats have to use an all-women shortlist? And who draws up an open list?

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And who decides what seats have to use an all-women shortlist?

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They're cancelling the election for that? Why not just hold a by-election if he wins?

My condolences btw.

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As in, murder? Or what?
I hate it when they block you from posting through that strange 30 seconds rule. It often does not help to wait 30 seconds when you get that message.