Quick note to anyone thinking of not voting

If you are legally able to vote, for goodness sake go and vote! If you don't, you can't have your say about anything much because politics truly does control almost everything. Women especially should exercise their right to vote because women before them fought long and hard for gthis equality, some died. Not to vote is a slur on their memory and laughing in b the face of their fight.

Even if you don't know who to vote for, go for the smaller parties who ahven't giot a hope in hell of getting in. Think of it as one less vote for Labour or the Conservatives.

Sorry to sound like some government advert but seriously,m everyone over-18 has a vote, make sure you go and use it!

 

Green for both of us

 

I voted, woohoo for me.
Green, obviously
Only 4 parties on the ballot, Greens, Lib Dems, Labour & Conservatives, so we've got a good chance

 

I don't think we're having local elections in Brighton.

However, come the next general election we have a real chance of electing Britain's first Green MP. Last time round the Green candidate Keith Taylor got 10,000 (!) votes in Brighton Pavilion, and the prospective candidate is now Caroline Lucas who is already MEP for the South-East and probably the most electable Green politician in the country.

 

Talk about dancin' around the obvious. We all know about how women fought for the right to vote. Also that the Zimbabwe vote scandal makes most feel lucky not to be subject to abuse, both physical and verbal, emotional and psychological even, just because we vote for a certain party/government or in this case Next London Mayor.

 

I don't buy the argument that women, or indeed anyone, should vote just because they fought for the right to a century ago. Everyone fought for their democratic rights at some point. Men might have been able to vote for longer, but absolute monarchies didn't just lie down and die of their own accord, at least not in the majority of cases. I do think there are many, many good reasons to vote. I know Lithium will disagree, but I personally believe a vote for the Greens or for a radical Leftist party is a better protest vote than abstaining from the system entirely. Also, although I would never vote Labour in a General Election, the prospect of seeing Boris as the next London mayor is so abhorrent that I would vote Ken if I lived in London. Moreover, a high turnout always works against the extremists in the BNP and a nutty section of society who will always vote and always vote racist....

 

I can't vote but i can pretend to if it'll help - in fact i could make my parents do an election in the home. I'll run for PM. (currently my mums Prime Minister, My dads the king, I'm Nobility and my brothers the boring peasent citizen) Ooh i cant wait.. we can have proper little ballets as well...

 

no elections in my half of town i'm afraid. but the choice is only ever labour or conservative, or a few independents. and always a ridiculously large proportion of the candidates are conservative, and there is *proven* corruption and back hand stuff happening between them. i mean come on, in somerset? how pathetic.

 

The tories sent round three leaflets today, one said "good morning, don't forget to vote Micheal Weeks", the second said "Don't forget to vote Micheal Weeks at the polling station" and the third said "Good evening, time's running out! Vote for Micheal Weeks. Oh yes vote blue, go green....

 

Thank you!

If you don't like any of the candidates, make your vote count in another way; give the third parties the support they deserve.
Bring down the two party system.

 

I voted for Ken and for the Green

 

I think we only had two party candidates in our town: Plaid Cymru and Labour.

I decided not to vote, because the two Plaid Cymru candidates I know personally and one is annoying as hell, and the other is a drunk. I also refuse to blindly vote for parties who I know none of their policies.

I wouldn't agree with Sal about voting for a radical leftist party being a 'good protest vote', especially in regards to Communist parties. Communism is merely international Fascism.

 

However, I must agree that voting is extremely important. Democracy only works if it's practiced.

 

I think it would depend entirely on the party. I'm not certainly not advocating voting Stalinists as a protest....

 

well what happened then, bleedin tories everywhere once more, dear god help us

 

Well North Hertfordshire is a very stubborn shade of blue, Stevenage got Labour.

The tories won 32 seats, Lib dems 9 and Labour 8, what is this country coming to? (says the girl who vowed never to say that...)

 

In fairness Labour pissed it all away, they've no one to blame but themselves....

 

I think the abolition of the ten pence tax rate, was the straw that broke the camel's back. I agree with Boris. Labour should quietly remove Gordon Brown whilst they are still ahead. It seems like even Tony Blair thinks Gordon Brown isn't upto the job. This is a bad day for the Labour party. Sorry I didn't vote Labour But I think Conservative or not, Boris certainly has some good ideas. That is where creativity starts: With an idea. Only time will tell. There are many who cannot vote now, but soon will be old enough to vote. It is worth voting. I think this time, my vote made a difference.

 

Im not fluent in politics but I'm guessing the Tories are bad. And Blue.

My brothers french tutor's husband is in politics. Smalltime.

 

Yes the Tories are the bad guys....