It is becoming clearer by the day that Labour's changes to election law have been ill thought through, and may materially alter the result in this election.

Is this election being stolen by stealth?

We are all becoming aware of just how open to fraud the postal voting system is. But is also becoming painfully obvious just how inadequate the checks on who should, or should not be voting are.

You need only fill in a voters registration card to claim a vote. There are no checks and little opportunity for any official objections to be made. Just about anyone can claim a vote, even your pet Budgerigar, should you choose to register it and claim a postal vote on its behalf.

Dr Liam Fox made a speech on 30th April highlighting these problems and many others.

Perhaps most shameful of Labour's changes is the effective disenfranchisement of British Forces serving overseas. They now have to register annually for a vote, which has meant a sharp drop in registration, particualrly aongst troops stationed abroad.

As Colonel Tim Collins (above) pointed out at the beginning of the campaign, the forms that forces use to register to vote did not get to the troops in Iraq on time for them to claim a vote. It is disgusting and shameful that the men and women in our Armed Forces serving abroad will not have a say in an election where the use of force has been a significant issue.

In many marginal constituencies there are often only a handful of votes separating the parties. In many instances the changes made by Labour will most certainly make a difference.

There was a great deal of sneering and ridicule of the Americans for what happened in 2000 when the Presidential election went into dispute, mostly from the left of politics with its moral superiority complex. This time however, it is we who should be embarassed, our system of electing a government has most definitely been tainted by Labour politicians.