• Tenebris Nox@feddit.uk
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    15 days ago

    Oxbridge graduates double votes only ended in 1950. 2021 for the last major cash for honours scandal. Not so long ago really.

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      15 days ago

      I think you’re glossing over the fact that plural voting also applied to graduates of Durham, Bristol, U of Wales, U of London, Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, Reading, Manchester and Sheffield.

      • Tenebris Nox@feddit.uk
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        14 days ago

        Yes, you are correct. And I’m also not being accurate in that the second vote was for the University’s constituency rather than two in the home constituency.