I'd go for the Lib Dems again; Danny Alexander's statement makes huge sense and rings absolutely true. Only another coalition can control both the Tory and Labour loonies.

JK2006 wrote:
I'd go for the Lib Dems again; Danny Alexander's statement makes huge sense and rings absolutely true. Only another coalition can control both the Tory and Labour loonies.


Well, the last coalition doesn't seem to have done much "controlling" at all.

so many will be following JK's advice and not voting for the Lib Dems.

hedda wrote:
so many will be following JK's advice and not voting for the Lib Dems.

Reality Party look good for the local area.

www.eastkentrealityparty.co.uk/local-manifesto

If you don't use your vote then you lose the right to complain about who's in charge in my opinion. I shall vote, if only to maintain the right to vote in future. People have made great sacrifices in the past so it is possible for me to have a vote. Democracy is by no means perfect - but it's preferable to anything else. The public often get it wrong, but at least in the UK we have that privilege to get it wrong every 5 years or so. I shall be voting, then I'll maintain a reason to be critical of the idiots I've put in place to run our country.

"You lose the right to complain" is one of those generally accepted rubbish truisms like "you can't have your cake and eat it". Why not? My NON vote is as much a statement as voting and will have just as little effect on government. With the Internet my voice has far more impact than my vote.

OK, Point taken, It's not so much you "lose the right to complain", but I believe the validity of your complaint is perceived as less. You non-vote will have less effect than my vote, albeit by a miniscule amount. I agree, the internet gives you, (and everyone else), more impact, but voting isn't to achieve impact, it's to give a bunch of people a mandate to govern us. I can't think of a better way, and until someone convinces me there is a better way, I'll vote, and I'll hope enough other people do as well to make it worthwhile.

My dad, and JK, I believe your father too, fought a war to ensure we retained the freedom to vote. For that reason alone, I'll use my vote.

Indeed my Dad did fight (and win an OBE) but not to help create a society where innocent people can be accused and convicted of crimes that never took place!

I would side with dixie on this. A decision not to vote displays clear apathy to one's country - and a disinterest in its affairs. Paradoxically, those who don't bother to vote often have a lot more to say about politicians and political parties.

One wonders - apart from repeating 'democracy doesn't work' - do you refuse to make your views known via the ballot box, full stop. For example, do vote in local elections to ensure that services are kept to a high standard, by the right people.

Or do you let others do that also, as well as choosing the government of your country? Obviously, I don't mind whether you vote or not; its just that the majority do - at least, from time to time.

And very few seem proud of abstaining...

JK2006 wrote:
a society where innocent people can be accused and convicted of crimes that never took place!


If that is your perception of our society - is it, then, the reason why you don't vote?

Disaffection - rather than the failings of the democratic system.

That is my perception of a part of society and one of many reasons why I shall never vote again. My vote would make no difference at all. Democratic government is voted in by superficial morons who judge on surface simplicity and media images. It disgusts me.

JK2006 wrote:
Democratic government is voted in by superficial morons who judge on surface simplicity and media images.

It disgusts me.


Well, your opinion on millions of your 'moronic' countrymen won't impress many of us either...

Indeed. Which will prove my point.