Why was my grandson stopped from using his ID to vote – and I wasn’t?

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My grandson called me around lunchtime on 4 May, this is unusual, he calls Christmas and birthdays.

He told me he was turned away from the polling station, he had his photo ID But it was on his student card and this is apparently not an acceptable form of identity.

The introduction of photo ID feels to me to be an obvious ploy to stop people voting, mainly the poor and the younger generation who are the ones most likely to not have the required ID.