Why is the Government making it harder for you to vote?
The News Agents
Global
4.1 • 5.4K Ratings
🗓️ 13 December 2022
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
At the next election we will all be expected to show voter ID. Which is fine if you have a passport or a driving licence - but much much harder if you don't.
The Conservative party believes the change is important to counter voter fraud -and say it's really not a big ask to get people to ID themselves at the polls when they do for so much else.
Opposition parties say they are trying to find a solution to a problem that doesnt exist. And worse, that the people they will disenfranchise will be the poorer, more marginalised voters who are dont have the paperwork ready (and dont naturally vote conservative). So what is behind the reform? And what effect will it have?
Also - Sam Bankman-Fried - one of the few men in the world who knows what it's like to lose 40 billion dollars - has just been arrested in the Bahamas and charged over money laundering and fraud. We revisit the Cryptocurrency con.
Social Media: Georgia Foxwell
Video: Will Gibson-Smith
Production: Gabriel Radus
Deputy Editor: Tom Hughes
Executive Producer: Dino Sofos
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| 0:00.0 | The Newsagents podcast is brought to you by HSBC UK, opening up a world of opportunity. |
| 0:08.1 | This is a global player original podcast. |
| 0:11.1 | It is not often, not to say unique, that I should have power over Emily Maitluss. But today I do. |
| 0:36.4 | And if you know that music, you know we are talking White Lotus. |
| 0:39.3 | Because last night the final episode aired. |
| 0:43.8 | I have seen it and she hasn't and I'm threatening her. |
| 0:45.2 | Tell her what happens. He keeps following me into a room. |
| 0:46.5 | I wish I'd worn a crash helmet. |
| 0:48.1 | I have my fingers in my ears the whole time because he keeps sending little texts with flames and go, |
| 0:53.9 | oh, you'll never guess |
| 0:55.0 | well, oh, it's amazing. And every time I go anywhere, he comes in threatening to be my real |
| 1:00.7 | live spoiler. So I'm going to have to keep my hand over his mouth for most of this episode. |
| 1:05.1 | But whilst I do that, Lewis will be talking us through voter ID and why something which seems to make so much sense, |
| 1:13.8 | i.e. just bringing a passport or a driving licence or a bit of ID with you to a polling booth |
| 1:18.8 | is so controversial. Welcome to the newsagents. |
| 1:25.4 | The newsagents. It's John. It's Emily. And it's Lewis. And we are in newsagents It's John |
| 1:28.0 | It's Emily |
| 1:28.7 | And it's Lewis |
| 1:29.4 | And we are in Newsagents HQ |
| 1:32.3 | With a cake |
| 1:33.1 | With a cake which says |
| 1:34.5 | Newsagents |
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