| Hi John,
Tonight, Liberal Democrat peers are taking the nuclear option to stop the Conservatives’ shameful plans for Voter ID. We are using the strongest opposition possible in the Lords - a rarely-used Parliamentary procedure to table a fatal motion that would stop these Voter ID laws in their tracks.
These regulations would mean that photo identification would be required in order to vote - something that millions of people in the UK do not have. These changes are supposed to stop voter fraud, but in 2019 there was just one conviction for in-person voter fraud in the entire country.
We cannot allow the Government to undermine the fundamental principles we stand for as Liberal Democrats. They are nothing more than the Conservatives’ thinly veiled attempt to suppress the votes of people across the UK.
To beat the Conservatives in tonight’s vote, we need Labour to back our motion. If they support us then we will defeat the Government - but, worryingly, they're yet to confirm that they're going to come on side. Whatever the case, they can’t stop us from standing up for what is right.
Tonight, we will oppose these harmful laws, and ensure these Trumpian measures have no place in British democracy. |
