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| EU referendum: Ministers to use emergency legislation to extend voter registration deadline | |
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| Matthew Hancock has also issued this statement. | |
| Following discussions with the Electoral Commission and strong cross party support expressed in the House of Commons, we will introduce secondary legislation to extend the deadline for voter registration until midnight tomorrow. Having taken the decision today, we think it is right to extend to midnight tomorrow (9 June) to allow people who have not yet registered time to get the message that registration is still open and get themselves registered. | |
| 3.22pm BST | |
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| Voter registration deadline extended until midnight tomorrow | |
| Matthew Hancock, the Cabinet Office, has announced that the voter registration deadline will be extended until midnight tomorrow. | |
| Delighted at huge voter registration levels. Due to technical problems with the website yesterday we'll extend deadline to midnight tomorrow | |
| 3.05pm BST | |
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| Jeremy Corbyn is going to do a TV event with Sky on the EU referendum, it has been announced. | |
| Labour leader @jeremycorbyn will do a live TV event on @skynews with young voters... Chaired by me Jun 20th | |
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| Government to introduce emergency legislation to extend voter registration deadline | |
| The government is going to introduce emergency legislation to ensure people registering to vote today can have their applications accepted, Sky News has reported. | The government is going to introduce emergency legislation to ensure people registering to vote today can have their applications accepted, Sky News has reported. |
| This is from Sky’s Kay Burley. | This is from Sky’s Kay Burley. |
| Breaking: Govt to rush through legislation to extend deadline for registering to vote #EUref | Breaking: Govt to rush through legislation to extend deadline for registering to vote #EUref |
| This is from Chris Byrant, the shadow leader of the Commons. | This is from Chris Byrant, the shadow leader of the Commons. |
| Statement at 7pm https://t.co/aZ7BZoe4cz | Statement at 7pm https://t.co/aZ7BZoe4cz |
| And this is from Sky’s Beth Rigby. | And this is from Sky’s Beth Rigby. |
| On .@joncraig newsbreak on extension for voter registration: statement tonight (just after 7pm). Emergency legislation tomorrow | On .@joncraig newsbreak on extension for voter registration: statement tonight (just after 7pm). Emergency legislation tomorrow |
| Updated | |
| at 2.52pm BST | |
| 1.57pm BST | 1.57pm BST |
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| Blair criticises Gove, Boris Johnson, Twitter and Trump - but praises Cameron | Blair criticises Gove, Boris Johnson, Twitter and Trump - but praises Cameron |
| And here are some more lines from Tony Blair’s interview with Bloomberg. Bloomberg has written it up here and here. | And here are some more lines from Tony Blair’s interview with Bloomberg. Bloomberg has written it up here and here. |
| The wall of noise around [Cameron] as he makes decisions is larger and louder than anything before. Twitter and all these things, if you’re not careful, they create the era of the loudmouth. You read this stuff on Twitter -- 140 characters and you’re trying to sum up foreign policy. | The wall of noise around [Cameron] as he makes decisions is larger and louder than anything before. Twitter and all these things, if you’re not careful, they create the era of the loudmouth. You read this stuff on Twitter -- 140 characters and you’re trying to sum up foreign policy. |
| It’s not clear to me what his policies really are. If they are some of the things that have been talked about, obviously you couldn’t agree with them. An actual trade war with China would be devastating for both sides so I can’t believe that’s what he’d actually want to do. If you literally say that no Muslims are going to come into America, that’s not a policy we can go along with. I’ve no idea what a Trump presidency would look like. It’s not clear to me what the common ground would be. | It’s not clear to me what his policies really are. If they are some of the things that have been talked about, obviously you couldn’t agree with them. An actual trade war with China would be devastating for both sides so I can’t believe that’s what he’d actually want to do. If you literally say that no Muslims are going to come into America, that’s not a policy we can go along with. I’ve no idea what a Trump presidency would look like. It’s not clear to me what the common ground would be. |
| One of the things I find strange is when people say: ‘Look, I had to agonize over this decision.’ This is not one of those decisions. This is a decision where you should only be for ‘Leave’ if you’re absolutely clear. If you’re not clear, don’t do it ... | One of the things I find strange is when people say: ‘Look, I had to agonize over this decision.’ This is not one of those decisions. This is a decision where you should only be for ‘Leave’ if you’re absolutely clear. If you’re not clear, don’t do it ... |
| If you’ve been in government and been mayor of London, you know how big this decision is with those consequences,” he said. “If Britain leaves, you’re going to get the beginnings of what will be an economic shock for the country. How can you not think you’re at least going to suffer several years of economic insecurity? | If you’ve been in government and been mayor of London, you know how big this decision is with those consequences,” he said. “If Britain leaves, you’re going to get the beginnings of what will be an economic shock for the country. How can you not think you’re at least going to suffer several years of economic insecurity? |
| We’ve now got to the somewhat absurd situation where if someone’s an ‘expert,’ that’s the worst insult you can level. Occasionally, rational evidence is a good thing to work on. | We’ve now got to the somewhat absurd situation where if someone’s an ‘expert,’ that’s the worst insult you can level. Occasionally, rational evidence is a good thing to work on. |
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| Blair accuses Corbyn of just being interested in 'the politics of protest' | Blair accuses Corbyn of just being interested in 'the politics of protest' |
| In his Bloomberg interview Tony Blair also accused Jeremy Corbyn of being only interested in “the politics of protest”. Blair said: | In his Bloomberg interview Tony Blair also accused Jeremy Corbyn of being only interested in “the politics of protest”. Blair said: |
| There’s a guy whose face is on the placard. That’s me: Hate that guy. You’re the person in power taking difficult decisions. Jeremy is the guy with the placard, he’s the guy holding it. One’s the politics of power and the other’s the politics of protest. | There’s a guy whose face is on the placard. That’s me: Hate that guy. You’re the person in power taking difficult decisions. Jeremy is the guy with the placard, he’s the guy holding it. One’s the politics of power and the other’s the politics of protest. |
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| Blair attacks Corbyn for doing nothing to stop Syria being barrel-bombed | Blair attacks Corbyn for doing nothing to stop Syria being barrel-bombed |
| Tony Blair has given an interview to Bloomberg which includes his strongest attack yet on Jeremy Corbyn. As Patrick Wintour wrote in his Guardian splash this morning, Blair objects to being accused of being a potential war criminal by someone who refused to back military action against the Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, who is generally viewed as an undisputed war criminal. | Tony Blair has given an interview to Bloomberg which includes his strongest attack yet on Jeremy Corbyn. As Patrick Wintour wrote in his Guardian splash this morning, Blair objects to being accused of being a potential war criminal by someone who refused to back military action against the Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, who is generally viewed as an undisputed war criminal. |
| Now Blair is saying this on the record. He told Bloomberg. | Now Blair is saying this on the record. He told Bloomberg. |
| I’m accused of being a war criminal for removing Saddam Hussein -- who by the way was a war criminal -- and yet Jeremy is seen as a progressive icon as we stand by and watch the people of Syria barrel-bombed, beaten and starved into submission and do nothing. | I’m accused of being a war criminal for removing Saddam Hussein -- who by the way was a war criminal -- and yet Jeremy is seen as a progressive icon as we stand by and watch the people of Syria barrel-bombed, beaten and starved into submission and do nothing. |
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| Labour’s Wes Streeting asks why the boundary review is going ahead on false figures. | Labour’s Wes Streeting asks why the boundary review is going ahead on false figures. |
| Hancock says the boundary review has to operate on electoral roll figures from an agreed period. The electoral roll figures used to 10 years out of date. Now, as a result of the government’s changes, the information is only five years out of date. | Hancock says the boundary review has to operate on electoral roll figures from an agreed period. The electoral roll figures used to 10 years out of date. Now, as a result of the government’s changes, the information is only five years out of date. |
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| Almost 60,000 people have signed a 38 Degrees online petition saying the voter registration deadline should be extended for 24 hours. | Almost 60,000 people have signed a 38 Degrees online petition saying the voter registration deadline should be extended for 24 hours. |
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| Hancock says there are no plans to change the deadline for applying for postal votes. | Hancock says there are no plans to change the deadline for applying for postal votes. |
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| Hancock says he cannot say how many people were unable to register last night. Some of those who tried to register and failed will have tried again and succeeded on their second attempt. | Hancock says he cannot say how many people were unable to register last night. Some of those who tried to register and failed will have tried again and succeeded on their second attempt. |
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| No10 reveals 214,000 people tried register for #euref btwn 9-10pm last night. Compared to 74k before similar deadline for GE2015 | No10 reveals 214,000 people tried register for #euref btwn 9-10pm last night. Compared to 74k before similar deadline for GE2015 |
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| David Cameron on voter registration | David Cameron on voter registration |
| This is what David Cameron said about the government ensuring people who register today will be able to vote. | This is what David Cameron said about the government ensuring people who register today will be able to vote. |
| It’s extremely welcome that so many people want to take part in this massive democratic exercise. Last night there was record demand on the Gov.uk website ... This caused an overload on the system. I’m very clear that people should continue to register today. The Electoral Commission made a statement today urging the government to consider options including extending the deadline ... We’re working urgently with them to do just that and to make sure those who registered today and who registered last night will be able to vote in the EU referendum. | It’s extremely welcome that so many people want to take part in this massive democratic exercise. Last night there was record demand on the Gov.uk website ... This caused an overload on the system. I’m very clear that people should continue to register today. The Electoral Commission made a statement today urging the government to consider options including extending the deadline ... We’re working urgently with them to do just that and to make sure those who registered today and who registered last night will be able to vote in the EU referendum. |