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This government has me puzzled

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Cabowich Mon 22-Dec-25 12:43:43

On the one hand we have headlines such as 'Government rolls back nature protection to boost housing' next to the wonderful headlines on banning trail hunting, banning electric shock collars, chicken cages, banning shooting of hares during breeding season, etc, etc.

If Labour's plans for the extra animal welfare measures actually come to fruition that would be so, so good. But I fear they'll have a battle on their hands from sick people who either put profits first, or who love to kill for sport.

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Oreo Mon 29-Dec-25 09:36:35

I see both points of view as regards compulsory voting but in the end freedom and democracy win out.

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Galaxy Mon 29-Dec-25 09:38:19

I wonder what the comparison is in terms of spoiled ballots. Do those countries with compulsory voting have a much higher rate of spoil ballots for example.

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DaisyAnneReturns Mon 29-Dec-25 10:19:07

David49

Voter turnout is over 90% in Australia, for better or worse its a great deal better than UK.

Factually it's bigger. What do you think makes it better? It would be more useful to know if there was an increase in unspoiled votes.

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Casdon Mon 29-Dec-25 10:43:06

Here is the answer regarding informal votes cast in the 2016 Australian election as an example. On average 5.9% of votes cast were invalid, not all because they had been deliberately spoiled, but because the voter had incorrectly completed the ballot paper.
www.aec.gov.au/about_aec/research/analysis-informal-voting-2016-election.htm

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