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Tories breaking law at polling stations – photograph, report, do not be fooled #GE17

Posted on by Paul Smyth
Tories breaking law at polling stations – photograph, report, do not be fooled #GE17

The SKWAWKBOX Worrying reports are reaching the SKWAWKBOX of apparent illegal behaviour by Tory candidates or their representatives at some polling stations. The Tories appear to be affixing election posters to the walls of polling stations or of the grounds of the polling station, in clear breach of electoral law regarding campaigning within 250m of a polling station or attaching election materials to polling stations: Tory poster put up at polling station in Copeland –…

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Queues at polling stations. The UK is hungry for change #GE17 #GOTV

Posted on by Paul Smyth
Queues at polling stations. The UK is hungry for change #GE17 #GOTV

The SKWAWKBOX The SKWAWKBOX said years ago that if you give British people an actual alternative worth voting for, they would. They certainly have one now in Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. There’s a consensus that turnout is key in this election – and that a high turnout will favour Labour (at least in England and Wales). The SKWAWKBOX is receiving reports of queues at polling stations all around the country. One polling station attendant, who…

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