[ianch99]

Originally Posted by Paul M

I'm sure this works fine in la la land, but here in the real world we have to vote for someone to run the country.
Voting for X or Y does not in any way mean you support all of their policies, it means you think they will do a better job than the rest.

Abstaining is completly pointless, you are simply supporting whoever wins.

Try reading the post first before replying? I said:

You can't vote for a party and then be unhappy over major policy decisions that were in their manifesto.

If you disagree with this then it is you who is not living in the real world