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Despite the recommendation of the independent electoral review...
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in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)
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When political parties limit the ability to vote, they do it because they fear the choices of that demographic.
And so this lot jolly well should.
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Traditionally prison time is viewed as 'time out', you don't get to participate in the society you have wronged for a while. Though it is probably more to do with it being too much hassle for the prison system to organise.
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Considering the inequities built into our prison system, I think this is just one more...
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