UK Local Elections

First time photo ID required, after a trial run in certain areas. Reading up on the trial run, 3,000 were turned away, 1000 of whom never returned to cast their vote. The trial was deemed a "success" (😀) No need for this, only one person convicted of election fraud over the past few years. One can't help thinking that this is a Tory strategy to discourage voting, especially as the older voter can use their Bus Pass as ID but younger people are unable to use either Oyster Cards or Student Cards. Obviously, the older voters are more likely to vote Tory. All rather sad.

The UK is descending into a bit of a Banana Republic. Locally, our buses are totally unreliable, pot holes everywhere, our mail now often just delivered every few days, recycling/rubbish often overflowing before collection, often not possible to see a GP in person, many not able to access a dentist. 3,000,000 food parcels distributed last year compared to about 300,000 just a few years ago. Nurses, teachers, doctors, train drivers all striking on and off for more pay having seen the worth of their wages fall again and again under the Tories - whose hearts are simply not in public services no matter their protestations.

These being local elections, I can understand anyone who votes for a local Tory who they know has provided strong and loyal service to the community during their term in office, but I simply cannot understand the mentality of anyone else still prepared to put a X against a Tory name. They have a become a self-serving shambles unfit for office.