A furious voter has blamed Royal Mail for “depriving” him of his voice in Thursday’s general election after his postal ballot failed to arrive before he went on holiday. Despite applying weeks in advance as he knew he would be away for polling day, Stephen Barnes, from Eastling near Faversham, did not receive it in time. Mr Barnes had a family holiday to Torquay long-planned to celebrate his father’s 90th birthday. However, when the election was called to take place on July 4, and he realised he was away on the date, he applied for a postal vote from Swale Borough Council (SBC) “very early in …
