I have not seen any evidence that checks are made to ensure this does not happen. It is not illegal to register at your uni and your home address it is of course illegal to vote twice.

If the will was there it should be relatively easy to check the electoral rolls post election as every voter is ticked off. So a simple comparison would tell you who voted once and who voted twice. after that a stiff prison sentence for the offenders and the issue would be solved.

Don't hold your breath.

One more point

Who's watching tonight?

So Boris and Jeremy are going head to head tonight but I won't be watching. To be honest whilst my mind is already made up it wouldn't make any difference if Corbyn wipes the floor with Johnson.

I don't judge politicians on their ability to debate but on their policies and their actions. Corbyn meeting terrorists weeks after they tried to murder the government speaks volumes of a the man and more importantly I don't like his policies.

The first major televised debate was Nixon Kennedy in 1960. Those who saw it said Kennedy won because he looked young and vigorous whilst Nixon looked old and unshaven. Apparently those that listened on the radio said Nixon won.

Anyway the die was cast but today they politicians are too well rehearsed and media savvy to say anything that we haven't heard already.

Boris will be a mess and bumble his way through not answering the questions but coming up with the occasional good line.

Corbyn will look good attacking the Tories (years of training as a protestor) but will look weak when he has to defend his own policies e.g. Brexit and Immigration.

And the public will probably wonder what is on the other side.

Now if Diane Abbott was to done one I would get the popcorn on and buckle up my seatbelt for car crash TV.

So are you watching?

Edited by Badger11 (19 Nov 2019 3.58pm)

One more point

Pointless exercise - I doubt there’s anyone in the electorate split between Tory/Labour so there’s little point letting them have it out one on one. Everyone watching will have their mind made up on at least one of Boris and Corbyn, such is the polarising nature of their personalities, so who is the debate actually for?

Substance will be entirely irrelevant to the discussion, as you’d expect in a country where Boris Johnson will soon be elected PM.

In a strange way, Corbyn has everything to gain from this debate. The problem is he is going to have to be clear on immigration. Anything that resembles open boarders, the I believe Labour will lose by a pretty big margin.

IMHO and with regards to winning this election, the only things Labour can offer are;

1) A 2nd referendum with No Deal and Labour's deal, which will be remain light.
2) Offer some kind of promise on controlling immigration.
3) The Hail Mary. Which for me would be to promise an increase in pensions by 10%.

Let's face it though, 1 and 2 are extremely unlikely, but 3 would set the cat amongst the pigeons, because, the vast majority of Leavers are over 50ish, who are also the biggest turnout at elections.

Excellent point and on reflection I agree. In this election if you are undecided I suspect you are agonising over Labour/Lib Dems/Greens and SNP if in Scotland. Your vote may end up being an anti Tory one rather than pro any one party.

On the other side apart from the odd constituency if you want Brexit the choice is simple vote Tory.

So yes I agree it would have been better if Corbyn took on Swinson and someone from the Greens.

One more point

If Corbyn gets in he's going to open up immigration like never before. These are the statistics on immigration to the UK.

Minorities always vote majority left and in higher numbers the more culturally diverse...for example of the BAME migrants who could vote, only 19 percent voted Tory in 2017....The Tories need to wake up and stop listening to the 'ism' mob.

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