Plaid Cymru faces questions regarding "canvassing safeguards."
Covid-19 forced us to shop online and go digital since March 2020's first lockdown. Many of us have grown accustomed to online deliveries, the prospect of receiving a delivery or a knock on the door has been a welcome human interaction following the Covid restrictions.
The Holyhead mail article reveals the shocking experience of one woman in Holyhead who opened her door to a Plaid Cymru canvasser.
https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/plaid-cymru-canvasser-sex-assault-20436516
Cadno Mon questions the "old model" of door-to-door canvassing (in a digital world) and if such mode remains relevant "in today's society." Should Plaid Cymru have safeguarded by only employing canvassers with an enhanced DBS? A DBS is a "disclosure and barring service" certificate provided by HM Gov and selected private companies as below:
https://www.gov.uk/dbs-update-service
https://www.disclosureservices.com/product/enhanced-dbs-checks/
The worry is that without safeguards the public will refuse to fully engage with the "electoral process" leading to a newsprint media and digital-only campaign that excludes the human element and healthy discourse.
Background checks by way of an enhanced DBS for all canvassers should provide the public with some reassurance and the first party that introduces such measures would get my vote!
Keep checking....Cadno M么n returns soon!馃
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