The Guardian view on the parliamentary session: a low, dishonest year | Editorial

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : These include the elections bill, which introduces ID checks on voters and gives the government more authority to control the previously independent Electoral Commission, a move described this week by a former lord chief justice as repugnant; then there were the police, crime, sentencing and courts bill, an authoritarian attempt to impose needless extra conditions on rights of assembly and protest, and the judicial review and courts bill, designed to curb scrutiny of the lawfulness of government actions.

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