semiphonic
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There are three things that I will not discuss with people 'in real life', politics is one of them. I have fallen out with people over the years because I am not voting the way they do. My political views are irrelevant to this thread/discussion just as they are 'in real life', what makes me me, is, me! Like me or don't, that's your choice.
Now.
I need to remind everyone reading this thread a couple of things -
1. This is a general election year, so all of our political leaders are spending all of their time discrediting their main rivals. This, naturally, makes us side with our chosen political party and we (the electorate!), in turn, discredit anyone who supports a 'rival' political party. Sad, but true.
2. Have you seen the behaviour of politicians in the House of Commons? It's disgusting. Do you really think they care what you think of them? They're in it for themselves.
3. People have, indeed, fought and died for our right to vote. The thing is, it's a right, not an obligation.
4. In this country (the UK) we don't elect a leader to run our country, we are expected to vote locally and by proportional representation whoever has won the most local elections, runs the country.
The town I live in is dying, walk through town and you will see more closed-down shops than open shops, we have a ridiculous amount of 99p shops, coffee shops and independent mobile phone shops. The reason so many shops are closing down is the extortionate business rates that our local council is charging. Listening to the manifestos of the political parties locally, not one of them is going to address this issue, of the three 'main' parties, two want to tackle parking differently (not an issue), and the other wants to tackle prostitution, again not an issue. Bigger issues are the business rates and the drug abuse and drug deals that you see happening on most street corners. But no, the political parties are going for the low hanging fruit, the easy fixes, the things they think we care about. Nationally the politicians are using the NHS as a political football, most of us on this forum would agree that the NHS is in disarray, have any politicians mentioned test strips? Or BG meters? No, it's not important. Like most things they view the NHS as a business.
Going back to my town, please someone tell me which party to vote for, it will continue to die no matter which party is in power because it isn't important to any of them. Now tell me, if I truly believe that none of them are fit to run my town, is my vote wasted if I don't vote? Because if they're not fit to run my town, how can I believe that someone I haven't necessarily voted for, can run my country?
Now.
I need to remind everyone reading this thread a couple of things -
1. This is a general election year, so all of our political leaders are spending all of their time discrediting their main rivals. This, naturally, makes us side with our chosen political party and we (the electorate!), in turn, discredit anyone who supports a 'rival' political party. Sad, but true.
2. Have you seen the behaviour of politicians in the House of Commons? It's disgusting. Do you really think they care what you think of them? They're in it for themselves.
3. People have, indeed, fought and died for our right to vote. The thing is, it's a right, not an obligation.
4. In this country (the UK) we don't elect a leader to run our country, we are expected to vote locally and by proportional representation whoever has won the most local elections, runs the country.
The town I live in is dying, walk through town and you will see more closed-down shops than open shops, we have a ridiculous amount of 99p shops, coffee shops and independent mobile phone shops. The reason so many shops are closing down is the extortionate business rates that our local council is charging. Listening to the manifestos of the political parties locally, not one of them is going to address this issue, of the three 'main' parties, two want to tackle parking differently (not an issue), and the other wants to tackle prostitution, again not an issue. Bigger issues are the business rates and the drug abuse and drug deals that you see happening on most street corners. But no, the political parties are going for the low hanging fruit, the easy fixes, the things they think we care about. Nationally the politicians are using the NHS as a political football, most of us on this forum would agree that the NHS is in disarray, have any politicians mentioned test strips? Or BG meters? No, it's not important. Like most things they view the NHS as a business.
Going back to my town, please someone tell me which party to vote for, it will continue to die no matter which party is in power because it isn't important to any of them. Now tell me, if I truly believe that none of them are fit to run my town, is my vote wasted if I don't vote? Because if they're not fit to run my town, how can I believe that someone I haven't necessarily voted for, can run my country?
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