Don't say I did not warn you

I have been warning for ages that elements within the Labour party are planning to steal this general election and their favourite tool, as trialled before is postal voting. This is London reports the unsurprising news that (my emphasis):

'POLICE are examining a series of claims of serious electoral fraud across London.

They are "assessing" 28 allegations, while an Evening Standard investigation has uncovered several examples of apparent irregularities in voting records in Tower Hamlets, where campaigners claim electoral fraud is taking place on an "alarming and widespread" scale.

Scotland Yard confirmed it is examining a number of complaints from residents and political groups in the borough. On a wider scale, police are looking at claims of electoral fraud in 12 boroughs but have yet to launch any criminal inquiries.

The Standard found some homes where up to 10 so-called "ghost voters" have been registered on the electoral roll without the knowledge or consent of the people who live there.

Politicians also claim activists working for local parties have been visiting homes and offering to post ballots on behalf of vulnerable residents. In other cases, it is alleged, candidates and activists have "assisted" residents in filling in their postal ballot papers.

Both practices - which can lead to vote tampering - are forbidden by the Electoral Commission code of conduct, signed up to by all the main parties.

The victims of the alleged fraud are usually Bangladeshi residents who speak little English. The Standard found two homes in Bethnal Green where, respectively, eight and 10 apparent ghost voters with Muslim names are registered for postal votes. In fact only five people live at the two properties and they know nothing of the 18 other people listed there.

At a house in Bow, 18 postal ballots were delivered yesterday but only 10 of the voters named live there. They say a Bengali-speaking man came to the door two weeks ago and told them they had to sign forms. Campaigners have raised suspicions about a further eight homes where 77 voters have been registered in recent months.

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A spokesman for the Electoral Commission said anyone suspecting postal vote irregularities must inform police, or the political parties whose members they suspect. A Tower Hamlets spokesman said: "We have done everything within our power to ensure the safety and security of postal votes.

"If there is an allegation of electoral fraud it has to be investigated by the police - the Returning Officer has no powers to investigate until after the election."'

Be under no illusions what the Standard has uncovered in parts of London is the very small tip of the iceberg. There will be postal voting fraud on a huge scale and almost all to the benefit of the Labour party. This election could very well be stolen by Labour and then there it will be too late for prosecutions, not that the police would investigate their re-elected Labour masters. However if the Conservatives do manage, against all the odds, to win the election then I suggest a full investigation of all voting fraud and special electoral courts to deal with the offenders. A suspension of voting rights for 20 years would seem to be a fitting punishment, although hanging until dead would be my personal suggestion.