Jolyon has lost again. After government lawyers skewered the Good Law Project for their “misinformation” campaign against Voter ID law, Jolyon tried to challenge the law through judicial review. His attempt has been firmly rebuked by the High Court…
Justice Beverley Lang has sided with government lawyers in stating that Jolyon’s claim, for which he collected £60,000 from his hapless fans, is “unarguable“:
“The new voter ID requirements were introduced by the Elections Act 2022. There are 22 accepted forms of voter ID. They include voter authority certificates (“VAC”) which are a free form of photo ID intended primarily for electors who do not have access to other types of voter ID.“
Jolyon’s claimant, a “trans woman with disabilities, who has no photographic identification”, is not “personally or directly affected” by the government’s refusal to expand the list of acceptable ID because she can get a free VAC. The Good Law Project now has to pay the government another £6,296.35. On top of the £539,766 that Jolyon’s outfit has already supplied the government since 2017, this is salt in the wound…
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