With millions of voters heading to the polls today, how many will forget to bring along suitable photo ID? One of the more noteworthy, it seems, is, er, Boris Johnson who was reportedly turned away from a polling station earlier today after failing to bring acceptable identification. According to Sky News, which broke the story:
Polling station staff were forced to turn the former prime minister away after he initially failed to comply with legislation he introduced while he was in Downing Street. Mr Johnson, who introduced the Elections Act requiring photo ID in 2022, was attempting to cast his ballot in South Oxfordshire, where a police and crime commissioner for the Thames Valley is being selected.
A spokesman for the ex-PM did not deny that he had failed to bring ID, saying only: ‘Mr Johnson voted Conservative’. Good thing he got there in the end. It comes just hours after Johnson had fired off a tweet, saying ‘The polls are now open.
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