Three Brexit supporters, three pieces of nasty behaviour
A sick ‘joke’ about a murder victim, physically attacking a Remain leafleter and outrageous comments about rape. … Read the full post »
Read about what the regulator for elections and political finance in the UK, the Electoral Commission, has got up to. It was created in 2000 by the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act (PPERA).
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A sick ‘joke’ about a murder victim, physically attacking a Remain leafleter and outrageous comments about rape. … Read the full post »
Liberal Democrat Newswire #81 looks at the latest switch arounds in the Liberal Democrat message, an inside account of getting on the Lib Dem approved candidates list, the background to the election expenses scandal and more. … Read the full post »
What tellers can and cannot do is often a cause of friction on polling day. So here in full is the Electoral Commission’s guidance. … Read the full post »
Counting in the European referendum will be done by local council area, with the results declared in each area as they are completed. Rather as with general elections where the first few results can point to the final result well before the last seat has finished counting, this means… … Read the full post »
A Freedom of Information request has revealed just how many general election candidates failed to include key information about their election expenses on the legally mandated expense returns. … Read the full post »
I have been digging a bit further into the data behind the story I ran previously about how key election expenses paperwork is set to be deleted early in 1 in 5 constituencies. … Read the full post »
Another story about Lib Dem election expenses from right wing blogger Guido Fawkes has fallen apart following a police statement. … Read the full post »
Former Liberal Democrat MP Adrian Sanders has been told by the police that they are dropping an investigation into his election expenses. … Read the full post »
Figures from the Electoral Commission show that Returning Officers failed to pass on copies of election expense returns for 1 in 5 constituencies. This means the paperwork won’t be preserved for 7 years (and potentially even longer) by the Electoral Commission but instead will get destroyed far sooner. … Read the full post »
The Conservative Party twice failed to comply with legal notices from the Electoral Commission to reveal information about election expenses returns, and then twice more failed to comply with further requests. … Read the full post »