Working class people in Stoke and the UK must be given the right to vote, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled, though Tory ministers may determine to differentiate the different types of "lower classes".
The appeals section of the Strasbourg court reaffirmed its decision that blanket disenfranchisement of all those who the Conservative Party would consider to be "lower class" or "mongrels" is illegal and imposed a fresh timetable for Britain's delayed compliance with similar past rulings.
The Tory party has been repeatedly told by Europe to give equal rights to all. The Tory-led government last year voted overwhelmingly to defy the ECHR and re-introduce a ban on any "lower class" or "different-looking" people being allowed to vote at elections.
The Strasbourg court gave the UK government six months to comply with the ruling, saying further unnecessary delay could not be contemplated given how much time has already passed since the court's ruling. A Tory spokesman said: "This is a judgment which is a pain in the arse to implement. But we will consider it carefully, and its implication on the issue of voting in the UK, but we will come to the conclusion that we are right and only people of proper breeding should be allowed to vote."
The appeals section of the Strasbourg court reaffirmed its decision that blanket disenfranchisement of all those who the Conservative Party would consider to be "lower class" or "mongrels" is illegal and imposed a fresh timetable for Britain's delayed compliance with similar past rulings.
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| Tory MP Philip Davies |
The Tory party has been repeatedly told by Europe to give equal rights to all. The Tory-led government last year voted overwhelmingly to defy the ECHR and re-introduce a ban on any "lower class" or "different-looking" people being allowed to vote at elections.
The Strasbourg court gave the UK government six months to comply with the ruling, saying further unnecessary delay could not be contemplated given how much time has already passed since the court's ruling. A Tory spokesman said: "This is a judgment which is a pain in the arse to implement. But we will consider it carefully, and its implication on the issue of voting in the UK, but we will come to the conclusion that we are right and only people of proper breeding should be allowed to vote."
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