Exit Polls

[cashman]

I just hope those who actually voted twice are prosecuted, will be poetic justice for believing a pack of lies.

[Margaret Pilkington]

I think it is highly unlikely that they will be..But we can live in hope.

[Margaret Pilkington]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

Lord knows what damage he would have done to the finances of the country with his promises.
Personally I think he knew that it was not feasible, but was keen to gather the votes those who have not had enough experience of life

My iPad writes what it wants...I should have proof read what it had written before posting.(I was being hurried by himself...and posted without checking)
Above are the corrections to my post.

[Neil]

Originally Posted by cashman

I just hope those who actually voted twice are prosecuted, will be poetic justice for believing a pack of lies.

It should be impossible to vote twice, we have the technology to prevent it but our voting system is stuck in the past. It's the 21st century and you can cast your vote without having to ID yourself

[Margaret Pilkington]

I take my voting card along with me to the polling station...that should be enough.
These students who voted twice would have had a voting card for their home address and one for their student location...but they should only be able to use one of these.
That said...Nick Clegg thinks that youngsters votes should be weighted to be worth more that the votes of older people...that's democratic(NOT)

[hilleluk]

I have to admit, I have never taken a voting card to a polling station

[hilleluk]

I would say the past few times that I have voted, there has been a strange look when I only given my name and address. You don't think that I look so old that they have not challenged me. no no that cannot be the reason why.

[DaveinGermany]

Originally Posted by Neil

It should be impossible to vote twice, we have the technology to prevent it but our voting system is stuck in the past. It's the 21st century and you can cast your vote without having to ID yourself

Yes, I quite agree, but the only way to prevent double voting & various other fraudulent activities is .... registration & personal ID, be that finger print scan, retinal scan or ID issued from a central office with your unique number & all linked to a central records office.

Fakes & forgeries would be picked up straight away when scanned as they wouldn't be on the database! But, as soon as you mention any of the above as a way of securing our society & its running you are immediately stonewalled & confronted with the frothing civil liberties & human rights acolytes bleating ad nausea!

And if not the usual suspects, there are also those among the populace who really don't want these measures for whatever their reasons are. But if absolute security is what you're wanting ..... well sooner or later folk will have to accept the above choices or we'll still be in the same rut x years down the line complaining about the same issues!

[Less]

I've no real objection to some form of I.D. so long as if, when the Government introduces it then I shouldn't have to send in money to obtain that I.D. that is just another form of tax.

[Margaret Pilkington]

OH NO...NOT the ID thing again!

I am not entering into this debate.
I have said my piece about ID....nothing has changed that makes me re-evaluate my position.

[DaveinGermany]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

OH NO...NOT the ID thing again!

Sic vita est!

[Margaret Pilkington]

Yes Son...such is life.
And I am NOT changing!
Accyweb where you can get lessons in Latin(although the rules DO forbid the use of foreign language posts)

[DaveinGermany]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

Accyweb where you can get lessons in Latin(although the rules DO forbid the use of foreign language posts)

Quite, but you'll find Latin is prevalent throughout the English language, especially legaleese ergo lays within the parameters of our native tongue ad hoc its usage. Hence this A.M, (Anti Meridiem), I've chosen to highlight certain phrases to show their inextricable link with our modern English i.e. (Id est) our use of certain terms.

Did not our very own "Lizzie Windsor" not so long ago use the term "Annus horribilis". In an address to us her loyal British subjects?

[Margaret Pilkington]

Yes...and having been in the medical profession I have been exposed to, aware of and been guilty of using the said language.
I actually like to see it written and hear it. It has a regality(not sure if I made that word up) to it.
I used to go to Church with my Ma and sit through Sunday Mass...in Latin, with my missal open showing the Latin responses in red.

Anyone who was taught Latin at school should consider themselves very lucky as it is the basis of understanding words and their meanings.

That said, I think I was once taken to task for using it on the forum because of the foreign lingo rules. I did not make them, but I DO try(and sometimes fail)to abide by them.

[monkey hanger]

And if not the usual suspects, there are also those among the populace who really don't want these measures for whatever their reasons are. But if absolute security is what you're wanting ..... well sooner or later folk will have to accept the above choices or we'll still be in the same rut x years down the line complaining about the same issues!

agree with this I.D. issue. only those who have something to hide or the lefties seem really down on the idea. the only downside would be if it was against the law not to carry it all the time. for someone like me who carries nothing around with me except the cash i need it could be more than a problem. i,d probebly forget it as many times as a set off without my stanley season ticket.
as for latin you can keep it.