• Tenebris Nox@feddit.uk
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      1 day 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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        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.

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          18 hours 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.