The Polls....

[Athena]

Did the trolls goto the polls?

Personally I forgot all about it.. Anyone else bother?

 

[Whipped]

Didn't get out of work will 9:00. Think the polling stations were open till 10, but a pint was needed much more than a say in who runs my local council.

<sarcasm>I'm sure someone nice won and I'll see sweeping changes in my town within the next 6 months</sarcasm>

 

[Ch3tan]

I voted. Then I went down the pub for a sun miguel in the sun

Whether it makes a difference or not, I still believe in using your vote. We live in a democracy, and if you dont vote for who you want running the country on whatever level then the idea of democracy is pointless.

 

[Tilda]

I voted

 

[Damini]

I voted. I like the way Labour are blaming all their losses on the Iraq war, and nothing at all to do with the fact that they are lying, duplicitous, propoganda churning, decietful mongrels that could quite happily watch fire rain from the skies and the four horse riders of the apocolypse outside their window sodomising the local orphanage, as long as they had a report written by someone they buy birthday presents for saying that there are no ACTUAL increases in horse riders of the apocolypse, in fact it is just the first time horse riders of the apocolypse have been included in crime statistics which is why these new figures appear, and also more people are just REPORTING horse riders of the apocolypse, and anyway, these people who are reporting it anyway are inherently RACIST for fearing people from different cultures, and to please stop crying hysterically that your mother is pinioned to the wall by the skeletal hand of death AND WAIT FOR THE OFFICIAL REPORT TO COME OUT BEFORE MAKING JUDGEMENTS.

 

[Whipped]

I voted. I like the way Labour are blaming all their losses on the Iraq war, and nothing at all to do with the fact that they are lying, duplicitous, propoganda churning, decietful mongrels that could quite happily watch fire rain from the skies and the four horse riders of the apocolypse outside their window sodomising the local orphanage, as long as they had a report written by someone they buy birthday presents for saying that there are no ACTUAL increases in horse riders of the apocolypse, in fact it is just the first time horse riders of the apocolypse have been included in crime statistics which is why these new figures appear, and also more people are just REPORTING horse riders of the apocolypse, and anyway, these people who are reporting it anyway are inherently RACIST for fearing people from different cultures, and to please stop crying hysterically that your mother is pinioned to the wall by the skeletal hand of death AND WAIT FOR THE OFFICIAL REPORT TO COME OUT BEFORE MAKING JUDGEMENTS.

So you voted Labour then

 

[Cyfr]

Damini have you ever thought of being an mp?

 

[Wazzerphuk]

I voted.

Found the awful way Labour performed hilarious this morning, put a big smile on my face. Now, if only all the old people would die instead of voting conservative, we might be able to move the country forward slightly..

 

[jaba]

You voted for kilroy then I presume?

 

[dysfunction]

I didnt go to the Polls. I voted by post...a lot less hassle.

 

[Catsby]

Catsby was one of the ones that didn't get his ballot papers in time, came this morning

 

[JBP|]

couldn't be arsed to vote this time really,

they are all as bad as each other around this way

they all seem to have obsessions with blowing £160,000 or more on a water feature or spending all the money on pot plants so someone can have a trophy behind his/her desk rather than doing anything slightly constructive

 

[Dillinja]

I voted. I like the way Labour are blaming all their losses on the Iraq war, and nothing at all to do with the fact that they are lying, duplicitous, propoganda churning, decietful mongrels that could quite happily watch fire rain from the skies and the four horse riders of the apocolypse outside their window sodomising the local orphanage, as long as they had a report written by someone they buy birthday presents for saying that there are no ACTUAL increases in horse riders of the apocolypse, in fact it is just the first time horse riders of the apocolypse have been included in crime statistics which is why these new figures appear, and also more people are just REPORTING horse riders of the apocolypse, and anyway, these people who are reporting it anyway are inherently RACIST for fearing people from different cultures, and to please stop crying hysterically that your mother is pinioned to the wall by the skeletal hand of death AND WAIT FOR THE OFFICIAL REPORT TO COME OUT BEFORE MAKING JUDGEMENTS.

Hehe, I like that.

 

[Mofo8]

In my opinion voting, whether it's for local, European, Westminster or Regional elections, should be compulsary, with fines for those who don't vote. The only way we can get government that accurately represents the majority of the people is for all eligible people to vote. It's a bit pathetic when only 30% or 40% or whatever of the electorate can be arsed spending 10 minutes or so to walk to their polling station.

The bit I love most is when non voters start whining about Council Tax, fuel prices, foreign policy, or indeed anything that the above mentioned levels of government deal with. Vote then moan.

 

[Dillinja]

Hehe. It's like the advert. 'Sorry, I don't do politics'. Not sure if you've seen it but the basic message is that if you don't have a say in the running of the country(eg. vote) then you have no right to complain about it.

 

[Gumbo]

I would like to wholeheartedly endorse the views of my Rt Hon friends the members for Scotland and East London above.

Also a recent survey i heard on the radio said a third of people were thinking of emigrating. Only about a third of people vote in this country. It makes me soooo mad.

Voting, or at the least returning a slip or checking a box that says 'I vote for none of the above', should be compulsory in my opinion. The only thing the last general election told us was that a third of people could be arsed to vote, it didn't tell us that the country wanted a labour government at all. OK the result may have been the same with compulsory voting, but gnnnnnngh!

 

[SilverHood]

I didn't vote! And I'm proud to not having voted!*

That said, the election seems to be a farce with regards to post voting - I mean, they must have known about this date for atleast a few months. Why couldn't they have sent out the ballot papers a lot earlier?








*Immigrants aren't allowed to vote

 

[dysfunction]

I didn't vote! And I'm proud to not having voted!*

That said, the election seems to be a farce with regards to post voting - I mean, they must have known about this date for atleast a few months. Why couldn't they have sent out the ballot papers a lot earlier?

Only because the press have told you so. Relatively speaking there were only a handful of people that didnt get their postal voting....but then they were given the option to go to a poll station...

I agree you should vote even if its a "spoilt" vote....

 

[~Yuckfou~]

Labours new campaign poster....

 

[Whipped]

Surely compulsory voting would negate democracy. The whole point is that you havea choice about what you do. So if I choose not to vote that is fine.

Rather than compulsory voting it should just be brought to the attention of people more. For instance, not once was I ever shown how, where or when to vote. Would a single lesson in school explaining the voting process really go amis.

btw, I know now how to vote and do so. Although I couldn't make it to the polling station for these local ones.

 

[SheepCow]

Surely compulsory voting would negate democracy. The whole point is that you havea choice about what you do. So if I choose not to vote that is fine.

Rather than compulsory voting it should just be brought to the attention of people more. For instance, not once was I ever shown how, where or when to vote. Would a single lesson in school explaining the voting process really go amis.

btw, I know now how to vote and do so. Although I couldn't make it to the polling station for these local ones.

Parents / Guardians could tell you about it, they'll probably be with you the first time you vote anyway ...

 

[Dillinja]

Surely compulsory voting would negate democracy. The whole point is that you havea choice about what you do. So if I choose not to vote that is fine.

Rather than compulsory voting it should just be brought to the attention of people more. For instance, not once was I ever shown how, where or when to vote. Would a single lesson in school explaining the voting process really go amis.

btw, I know now how to vote and do so. Although I couldn't make it to the polling station for these local ones.

I'm not sure I would want someone who has to be walked through how to vote voting for a party in my country tbh.

 

[Mofo8]

Surely compulsory voting would negate democracy. The whole point is that you havea choice about what you do. So if I choose not to vote that is fine.

Rather than compulsory voting it should just be brought to the attention of people more. For instance, not once was I ever shown how, where or when to vote. Would a single lesson in school explaining the voting process really go amis.

btw, I know now how to vote and do so. Although I couldn't make it to the polling station for these local ones.

Democracy has absolutely nothing with you being able to do what you want to do. Democracy means that you delegate power to your elected representatives to govern on your behalf. Not using your vote negates democracy because those elected may not have the backing of the majority of the population. Compulsary voting is a reality in many countries, with penalties ranging from fines, removal from voters roll through to imprisonment. My main worry is that in bringing in new methods of voting (to increase turnout), we may leave ourselves more open to election fraud.

 

[leggy]

I am 26 now. I have never voted. I probably never will in this country.

I am in the middle of a Canadian immigration application and can safely say that I won't miss it here.

 

[Danya]

I voted. Not for labour.

 

[Ch3tan]

I watch wrestling (I am getting t o a point, just wait for it ). For the last 4 years or so they have shown clips on WWE of their "smackdown your vote campaign". Its an attempt to use their celebrities to influence the fanbase to vote.

Now this is a very good idea, we need something similar here, if pop stars etc were encourging people to vote from a young age we may see more and more people vote as they become eligible too. Apart from the "i dont beleive in politics" advert I see no effort to raise the number of people that vote in this country.

 

[JBP|]

dont get me wrong if theres a general election ill vote


but voting for local authorities around here is a complete waste of my time tbh

 

[Wazzerphuk]

dont get me wrong if theres a general election ill vote


but voting for local authorities around here is a complete waste of my time tbh

Fantastically stupid! You do realise voting in your local elections would be FAR MORE constructive than voting in the generals?

 

[Whipped]

Now this is a very good idea, we need something similar here, if pop stars etc were encourging people to vote from a young age we may see more and more people vote as they become eligible too. Apart from the "i dont beleive in politics" advert I see no effort to raise the number of people that vote in this country.

That's basically what I was trying to get across. Ch3tan just explained it slightly better

 

[Jupitus]

I am in the middle of a Canadian immigration application and can safely say that I won't miss it here.

You'll miss me, though, won't you leggy?