Political Opinion: Lee Anderson's Weekly Column
Our democracy is under threat from our own Prime Minister as millions of people have now been denied the right to vote.
It was only the other week that I asked Keir Starmer at PMQs if all elections due next year would go ahead. I didn't get an answer of course, but then a week later we learnt that the Government is planning to cancel four Mayoral elections in the South and the East of England that were due to be held next year.
Noticeably, this is happening at the same time that jury trials are being abolished for most court cases, facial recognition security cameras are planned to be implemented in every town and village in the country, online speech is being censored, people are being arrested for social media posts, and digital ID is being forced upon the nation.
None of these policies were included in Labour's manifesto at last years' General Election. Nobody voted for this. Nonetheless, the Labour Government is slowly eroding the foundations and the values that Britain is built on; democracy, freedom, liberty, the rule of law, and the right to a jury trial.
News of scandals in the Labour Party were sweeping the nation last week, as the former anti-corruption Minister was sentenced to two years in prison for corruption. You really couldn't make this stuff up. So now we have had tax-dodging, budget leaks, lies about the blackhole in public finances, and now corruption, all from Labour Ministers past and present.
It is a dark time for our country, but we at Reform UK have set up a petition to enable the British public to stand up to Starmer and this authoritarian Labour Government. You can sign our now petition at www.LetThePeopleVote.com.
Reform UK are getting ready for the next General Election. This month we broke the record for the biggest single donation received by a political party from an individual. We are still flying ahead above all other parties in the opinion polls as well. Just last week Reform UK won a local by-election in Long Eaton. The turquoise tsunami is already happening.
Perhaps this is why Keir Starmer and his Labour cronies are so scared to hold any elections and is frantically cancelling them. They are scared that Reform UK will beat them. Well, we will not give in, we are more determined than ever. Britain needs Reform, Britain wants Reform, and when the time comes, Britain will get Reform.