General Discussion
If we participate in the EU elections later this month support for the Brexit Party will demolish the Lib Dems, they may as well savour the "victories" today because they will be short-lived.
Just seen Vince Cable on the BBC saying the result shows that people have changed their minds and now want to remain in the EU.
I have never voted in any general election. I can sit back and say "I told you so". But there will always be arguements by whatever others do. One interest thing I have noticed this time around. Many people are complaining about the drinking outside of seabreeze, where all ages can be seen taking part. How did that come about? Well the owner of seabreeze lives quite near the chairman of the ...
" And what if there is no party standing that represents your views?" you vote for the party that best aligns. Some parties are closer to your views than others so you vote them.
@1263 agreed with all of that up until " after the death of free speech, newspaper gagging and PC /blame culture."
CO2 is good for the environment anyway. That's why we add it to greenhouses all over the country. https://fifthseasongardening.com/regulating-carbon-dioxide
And what if there is no party standing that represents your views? Voting for the best of the worst is a cop out. I would rather spoil my ballot paper.
Whoever gets in doesn't give a toss about how many ballot papers are spolit. If people genuinely want to protest they should vote possibly for the best of the worst . By not voting it allows other parties the chance to get back in . I would make it mandatory to vote as like in Oz. Its one of the last democratic ways we have to remove politicans after the death of free speech, newspaper gagging and ...
Gone but never forgotten. Can't the people in Chris Graylings constituency do the same -this man is a walking disaster 30-50 million pounds of tax payers money down the drain with the brexit ferry issue.....!!!! these guys would be shown the door in the real world.
It will also be interesting to see how many spoilt ballot papers were recorded, here and nationally. Yesterday social media was awash with pictures that people had posted of their spoilt voting slip.