| The price of democracy 15:42 - Apr 28 with 3801 views | WeWereZombies |
Whenever anyone does not bother to cast their vote in this country you can of course remind them of other places where queuing to vote involves the chance of being beaten up or worse. But I do not think I have ever seen an election that has resulted in these type of losses and not as a result of voter intimidation either:
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| The price of democracy on 16:03 - Apr 28 with 3328 views | britbiker |
That's just bizarre . |  | | |
| The price of democracy on 16:11 - Apr 28 with 3325 views | factual_blue |
In many parts of West Suffolk, voters are denied the opportunity to vote in the upcoming council elections. |  |
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| The price of democracy on 16:38 - Apr 28 with 3298 views | pickles110564 |
| The price of democracy on 16:11 - Apr 28 by factual_blue |
In many parts of West Suffolk, voters are denied the opportunity to vote in the upcoming council elections. |
That is correct as there are no Brexit party candidates at the moment |  | | |
| The price of democracy on 16:42 - Apr 28 with 3291 views | Clapham_Junction |
| The price of democracy on 16:38 - Apr 28 by pickles110564 |
That is correct as there are no Brexit party candidates at the moment |
The fact that there aren't any candidates of your preferred party isn't preventing you from voting.
Either vote for the least offensive candidate, or spoil your ballot paper in a way that makes your feelings clear. Rejected votes get shown to the candidates when a decision is being made about their validity. |  | | |
| The price of democracy on 17:15 - Apr 28 with 3255 views | pickles110564 |
| The price of democracy on 16:42 - Apr 28 by Clapham_Junction |
The fact that there aren't any candidates of your preferred party isn't preventing you from voting.
Either vote for the least offensive candidate, or spoil your ballot paper in a way that makes your feelings clear. Rejected votes get shown to the candidates when a decision is being made about their validity. |
Well i can't vote for Tories, Labour, Libs or change who else? | | | |
| The price of democracy on 17:28 - Apr 28 with 3237 views | jaykay |
| The price of democracy on 17:15 - Apr 28 by pickles110564 |
Well i can't vote for Tories, Labour, Libs or change who else? |
then what part of spoil your ballot paper didn't you understand ? |  |
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| The price of democracy on 17:39 - Apr 28 with 3228 views | ballycastle |
| The price of democracy on 17:28 - Apr 28 by jaykay |
then what part of spoil your ballot paper didn't you understand ? |
A vote for any of the three supposedly main parties mentioned, is the very definition of spoilt. |  | | |
| The price of democracy on 17:49 - Apr 28 with 3218 views | BlueBadger |
| The price of democracy on 16:38 - Apr 28 by pickles110564 |
That is correct as there are no Brexit party candidates at the moment |
Don't worry, there'll be plenty of elderly racists at local Tory level. |  |
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| The price of democracy on 17:49 - Apr 28 with 3215 views | SpruceMoose |
| The price of democracy on 16:38 - Apr 28 by pickles110564 |
That is correct as there are no Brexit party candidates at the moment |
Tragic |  |
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"Imagine being a heterosexual white male in Britain at this moment. How bad is that. Everything you say is racist, everything you say is homophobic. The Woke community have really f****d this country." | | Poll: | Selectamod |
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| The price of democracy on 18:05 - Apr 28 with 3191 views | J2BLUE |
Whenever anyone does not bother to cast their vote in this country you can of course remind them of other places where queuing to vote involves the chance of being beaten up or worse.
Whenever I make the choice to 'not bother' voting it will be because I have decided that is the best course of action. Being reminded of other places like that as some sort of reprimand won't work. I consider spoiling the ballot paper utterly pointless and would rather just skip the entire election if I don't wish to vote for anyone. |  |
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| The price of democracy on 18:20 - Apr 28 with 3170 views | ballycastle |
| The price of democracy on 17:49 - Apr 28 by SpruceMoose |
Tragic |
Tragedy is those who wish to remain in the EU voting labour, the party led by a life long leaver and his anti EU henchmen.
They will though, the indoctrinated silly folk will endorse a critical matter they are against.
Useful idiots indeed. | | | |
| The price of democracy on 18:25 - Apr 28 with 3154 views | WeWereZombies |
| The price of democracy on 18:05 - Apr 28 by J2BLUE |
Whenever anyone does not bother to cast their vote in this country you can of course remind them of other places where queuing to vote involves the chance of being beaten up or worse.
Whenever I make the choice to 'not bother' voting it will be because I have decided that is the best course of action. Being reminded of other places like that as some sort of reprimand won't work. I consider spoiling the ballot paper utterly pointless and would rather just skip the entire election if I don't wish to vote for anyone. |
Well, I suppose at least you will not contribute to the deaths of people counting votes under overheated conditions in an ever warming World.
Give yourself a pat on the back... | |
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| The price of democracy on 18:35 - Apr 28 with 3133 views | J2BLUE |
| The price of democracy on 18:25 - Apr 28 by WeWereZombies |
Well, I suppose at least you will not contribute to the deaths of people counting votes under overheated conditions in an ever warming World.
Give yourself a pat on the back... |
No idea what you are talking about. | |
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| The price of democracy on 18:57 - Apr 28 with 3112 views | Guthrum |
| The price of democracy on 16:38 - Apr 28 by pickles110564 |
That is correct as there are no Brexit party candidates at the moment |
Why not stand yourself? If you want to vote for them, believe in their policies and think others do too, be that person. [Post edited 28 Apr 2019 18:59]
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| The price of democracy on 19:01 - Apr 28 with 3102 views | SpruceMoose |
| The price of democracy on 18:20 - Apr 28 by ballycastle |
Tragedy is those who wish to remain in the EU voting labour, the party led by a life long leaver and his anti EU henchmen.
They will though, the indoctrinated silly folk will endorse a critical matter they are against.
Useful idiots indeed. |
I agree. | |
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"Imagine being a heterosexual white male in Britain at this moment. How bad is that. Everything you say is racist, everything you say is homophobic. The Woke community have really f****d this country." | | Poll: | Selectamod |
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| The price of democracy on 19:02 - Apr 28 with 3100 views | SpruceMoose |
| The price of democracy on 18:57 - Apr 28 by Guthrum |
Why not stand yourself? If you want to vote for them, believe in their policies and think others do too, be that person. [Post edited 28 Apr 2019 18:59]
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Be the nightmare change you want to see in the world. [Post edited 28 Apr 2019 19:02]
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"Imagine being a heterosexual white male in Britain at this moment. How bad is that. Everything you say is racist, everything you say is homophobic. The Woke community have really f****d this country." | | Poll: | Selectamod |
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| The price of democracy on 19:59 - Apr 28 with 3047 views | Clapham_Junction |
| The price of democracy on 17:15 - Apr 28 by pickles110564 |
Well i can't vote for Tories, Labour, Libs or change who else? |
This is a local election and Brexit is irrelevant anyway. The Brexit Party don't have a manifesto and presumably don't have any policies relevant to what councils do.
Vote for the party that is most likely to run your council in the way you want it to be run. One of the biggest issues at council level is whether you think councils should run services directly themselves (in which case you should probably vote Labour or Green) or continue privatising and outsourcing (in which case vote for the Tories or UKIP). | | | |
| The price of democracy on 20:26 - Apr 28 with 3012 views | m14_blue |
| The price of democracy on 18:57 - Apr 28 by Guthrum |
Why not stand yourself? If you want to vote for them, believe in their policies and think others do too, be that person. [Post edited 28 Apr 2019 18:59]
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They don't have any policies. Literally, they haven't announced a single one.
Anyone who wants to vote for the Brexit Party in local elections either doesn't understand what the elections for or is a complete idiot.
European elections are a different matter of course. | | | |
| The price of democracy on 20:32 - Apr 28 with 2999 views | baxterbasics |
Too many idiots here don't realise what voting actually means, or what a remarkable thing it is that we have a mechanism for the peaceful, calm transfer of power from one regime to another. They are just too lazy to do proper scrutiny.
The irony is, the more people say things like 'I won't vote, they are all the same / useless / corrupt ' and so on, the worse government can get away with being. We may think that crap government leads to apathy, when actually apathy leads to crap government. |  |
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| The price of democracy on 20:45 - Apr 28 with 2984 views | J2BLUE |
| The price of democracy on 20:32 - Apr 28 by baxterbasics |
Too many idiots here don't realise what voting actually means, or what a remarkable thing it is that we have a mechanism for the peaceful, calm transfer of power from one regime to another. They are just too lazy to do proper scrutiny.
The irony is, the more people say things like 'I won't vote, they are all the same / useless / corrupt ' and so on, the worse government can get away with being. We may think that crap government leads to apathy, when actually apathy leads to crap government. |
Are you saying the occasional abstention is wrong? | |
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| The price of democracy on 21:26 - Apr 28 with 2959 views | WeWereZombies |
| The price of democracy on 18:35 - Apr 28 by J2BLUE |
No idea what you are talking about. |
Because you have not clicked on the link in the opening post and have no idea what this thread was about? | |
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| The price of democracy on 21:30 - Apr 28 with 2949 views | J2BLUE |
| The price of democracy on 21:26 - Apr 28 by WeWereZombies |
Because you have not clicked on the link in the opening post and have no idea what this thread was about? |
I did click the link. I chose to respond to your sentence which sounded as if you believe it is wrong not to vote. Did I misinterpret that line? | |
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| The price of democracy on 21:34 - Apr 28 with 2944 views | WeWereZombies |
| The price of democracy on 21:30 - Apr 28 by J2BLUE |
I did click the link. I chose to respond to your sentence which sounded as if you believe it is wrong not to vote. Did I misinterpret that line? |
In other words you do not understand sarcasm, which some would see as a virtuous position. | |
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| The price of democracy on 21:36 - Apr 28 with 2940 views | J2BLUE |
| The price of democracy on 21:34 - Apr 28 by WeWereZombies |
In other words you do not understand sarcasm, which some would see as a virtuous position. |
Ok, whatever, i'm out. | |
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| The price of democracy on 22:15 - Apr 28 with 2902 views | baxterbasics |
| The price of democracy on 20:45 - Apr 28 by J2BLUE |
Are you saying the occasional abstention is wrong? |
Yes, although wilful abstention is not quite as bad as total ignorance, the young'uns at my office often don't even realise an election is happening.
If you really can't find a candidate you are prepared to vote for, at least turn up and spoil the ballot. 5,000 phallus-marked ballots sends a better message than 5000 not bothering. | |
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