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Originally Posted by Xaccers
I tend to agree, but what about people who feel there are no parties worth voting for?
Personally I would spoil my ballot paper (if only that could be worked into the democratic system as "non of the above")
But what do you think that people in that situation should do? Spoil paper or not bother to vote?
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I know what you're saying, but I do not believe there is
never anyone to vote for. We've all said, "they're all as bad as each other" at some point - and to some degree we're right, but there has to be a lesser of all evils in every area. What the particular circumstances were in that area at that time would sway my decision as to whom it was I voted for (if I felt indifferent, which I don't).
I do think it's about time though that we had a "none of the above" box to select. If nothing else it should be used as statistical data for how cheesed off with the selection we are in that area.
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Originally Posted by Russ D
Well keep out of the thread then
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How rude.
As I said, we can all discuss politics without stating who we're voting for.
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Originally Posted by Russ D
Erm...only it's not baseless as I've given my reasons.
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But your reasons are baseless. You might say that Tony Blair panders to the people of Sedgefield, but I doubt that he does. I think the days when we say that it's democracy based on accents are long gone.
And where would you draw the line? Born in Wales but lived in England since the age of two? As I said in my post, I doubt Kennedy spends much more time in Inverness than Blair does in Sedgefield......or comes to think about than Howard does in Folkstone or Kilroy-Silk does in the real world!
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Originally Posted by Russ D
It's for similar reasons that I believe Labour were never going to be more than also-rans with Kinnock in control.
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I think that's probably less to do with Kinnock being Welsh and more to do with Kinnock being an idiot
...something most Labourites would possibly agree with too.
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Originally Posted by Damien
I actually like the 99p coin idea!
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I think that's genius!