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Originally Posted by Julian
I live in an area where historically on the face of it my vote will make little difference to the eventual outcome.
Having said that, if I do not vote then I do not feel I will have the moral right to comment on the party in power.
All I would say is that everyone who is entitled to vote, should vote.
Remember that the present government achieved its 62.5% of seats on the basis of support from 24.2% of the electorate. So over 75% of the electorate didn't vote for them.
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Exactly, one has to remember that only a couple of generations ago a lot of ppl gave their lives to be able to maintain the freedom of the right to vote.
Unfortunately these days, the party system and the manifestos offered are so complex, that a choice of the voting option is frequently not about which party has the best policy, but which will, on balance, do the least damage to you the individual.
For example, you might agree with the concept of spending more on schools and NHS, and so vote labour or Lib dem, but you also want better law and order and clamp downs on asylum seekers traditionally an area where the conservatives have better ideas. So you end up voting Monster Raving Loony
