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khenry
Whenever they are, just vote for the person you’d least like to punch. Works 99% of the time for me.
I’ve never voted. It’s either one idiot who won’t do what anyone wants him to do or the other idiot who won’t do what anyone wants him too.
Although if anyone mentions lower fuel prices then I’m voting.
Fair enough Adam but you’re 21 so you’ve only missed the one - and there is something on which you’d change your mind and vote. Lots of people agree with your view but it’s a self-fulfilling prophecy to not vote and then no-one listens when you want to have your say (eg student fees).
The very last election ward result from 2005 was decided on seven votes after three recounts - so if 3-4 more people had got out of bed, they might have made a difference to the controlling party in that area. 1997 certainly made a difference and it wasn’t like Labour made many great promises because the country was fed up with 18 years of the Tories.
10 years down the line we can see that every Tory who lied or was sleazy lost all their money or went to prison. That level of punishment hasn’t happened with any serving Labour politician, they tend to get posted out of the country until people forget.
Labour’s strategy has been to blame the Tories for everything, they mentally remained in opposition rather than getting on and governing, Iraq needs no discussion or I’d be here all day and of course, taxes have gone up and up and up and job security’s even further eroded. The silver lining for me is, my MP’s standing down so a previously Labour area for the past 25 years, is up for grabs. The council level is hung between Labour and Liberal Democrat and they’ve done well. At Government level, I can handle the change. Time for someone else.
Well said that man.
people who do not vote have no right to say the dont like the government, nor the right to say they dislike the taxes they pay, nor the school their children go to, the price of fuel, alcohol, ciggarettes, or practically anthing else.
If you dont vote, or wont vote,
dont complain when the paty in power doesnt do what you didnt ask them to do.
if even 50% of the people who “dont” vote, actually went out and voted, thats another 20% of the population voting. enough to swing even the most landslide victory in UK history.
Thats right, in the 2005 general election, only 61% of people even bothered to vote. To put this into perspective, labour won with a ~35%, with conservative trailing beind by 3 or 4%. so if those 39% of people had all voted for say, their local Green Peace rep, there is a good chance they would have won.
So to the 39% of you that didnt, this may seem harsh, but, you forfeited your right your to complain when you didnt vote.