It is rubbish because it ignores the point being made that a fee for an ID card could discourage the poorer sections of our community from voting.

Instead you tried to make some "clever" comment about all money being our money, but you totally missed the point being made (and are still missing it).

It's always what happens with all the corrupt behaviour of the elite:

Laws are introduced that only ever make things difficult for the honest majority while doing zero to deal with the shenanigans of the elite.
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Look at tax evasion. How about laws that severely punish such behaviour?
Make those people think twice won't it?

What do we actually get?, Laws that treat the majority as if they are guilty of something.
But nothing that the tax cheat need worry about.


It's the same with electoral fraud. How about severe punishments for those found guilty of it?
5 years in prison, 10 years in prison. That sort of thing.

Instead we get laws that will treat the majority as if they are guilty of something....

And this goes beyond merely looking like they are doing something about "a problem"

In the guise of dealing with electoral shenanigans the Conservatives are committing electoral shenanigans..

Which is entirely irrelevant to what I said, as I made no comment on that, being a point that you wedged in afterwards.
Unless the argument is that everything which has a visible fee automatically instigates a rich-vs-poor debate without needing any particular reason?

Not everything, but if you don't see that imposing a charge to vote is deeply damaging to a democracy you are beyond hope.

I do see that but that wasn't the point you replied to!

I think we are arguing different points and there's not much to be gained from continuing this one so in the interest of what little sanity we have left, I'll exit here