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If you don't vote, then you can't really complain when promises are inevitably broken.
If you don't vote you can't swear whenever they come on the TV or radio.
If you don't vote you're saying they can do what the heck they like.
Whilst it may seem entirely futile, if you don't vote you haven't even tried to do anything about it.
This morning I figured that the Government is a little like Top Cat. They'll place a shiny coin in your hand, and tell you how great they are, but just before your fingers close around it they'll snatch it away with that little bit of string attached to it that you never noticed.
Mind you, when the choice is between a smug, lying, patronising sycophant, a man that looks like a particularly greasy sexual pervert, and a ginger, alcoholic gnone (and face facts, ginger is an issue, that's why Labour never got in under Kinnock), then I can see why you'd be tempted not to...
If you don't vote, then you can't really complain when promises are inevitably broken.
If you don't vote you can't swear whenever they come on the TV or radio.
If you don't vote you're saying they can do what the heck they like.
Whilst it may seem entirely futile, if you don't vote you haven't even tried to do anything about it.
This morning I figured that the Government is a little like Top Cat. They'll place a shiny coin in your hand, and tell you how great they are, but just before your fingers close around it they'll snatch it away with that little bit of string attached to it that you never noticed.
Mind you, when the choice is between a smug, lying, patronising sycophant, a man that looks like a particularly greasy sexual pervert, and a ginger, alcoholic gnone (and face facts, ginger is an issue, that's why Labour never got in under Kinnock), then I can see why you'd be tempted not to...
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Didn't vote then?
"If you don't vote, you can't have a say"
Rubbish - just because you don't vote means you can't make a fuss about the hypocrites that run your country and create the laws that govern your life? I'm sorry, I don't buy it.
Rubbish - just because you don't vote means you can't make a fuss about the hypocrites that run your country and create the laws that govern your life? I'm sorry, I don't buy it.
If I didn't think there were a chance Labour wouldn't win, I wouldn't have bothered voting. I certainly don't expect them to win in my area.
I laugh hilariously at anyone stupid enough to dislike the current government and not vote against them in some form.
I laugh hilariously at anyone stupid enough to dislike the current government and not vote against them in some form.
You're acting like there's a vague chance they might not.
All that hope ... wasted to the deniable inevitable.
All that hope ... wasted to the deniable inevitable.
I voted today in the loose hope of watching Goatboy implode as he is made to endure another 4/5 years of Labour government.
It's almost worth hanging around for daily updates on his deteriorating mental health should Labour win.
It's almost worth hanging around for daily updates on his deteriorating mental health should Labour win.
Mumbai you do what you can. That's all you can do. Everyone needs to do what they can - look at my example of the war. Not voting means you are part of the problem and not the solution - and that's on your conscience.
And anyway - if you really want to make a difference, go out and canvas voters, talk to people, convince them to vote for what you believe - then you're making a difference. If you REALLY want to make a difference, run for local government. You complain about not making a difference but you're not even trying. Are you? How can you complain that you won't make a difference when you haven't even tried to make a difference?
And anyway - if you really want to make a difference, go out and canvas voters, talk to people, convince them to vote for what you believe - then you're making a difference. If you REALLY want to make a difference, run for local government. You complain about not making a difference but you're not even trying. Are you? How can you complain that you won't make a difference when you haven't even tried to make a difference?
The way I look at things in a kind of gay way...
The last number of any amount is affected by you. If you didn't turn up it could be 25,711 instead of 25,712... I know that is a kind of stupid way but I like to imagine it.
Plus, what all the others said.
You have half an hour... if you don't you can't talk about politics for the next 4/5 years on here.
The last number of any amount is affected by you. If you didn't turn up it could be 25,711 instead of 25,712... I know that is a kind of stupid way but I like to imagine it.
Plus, what all the others said.
You have half an hour... if you don't you can't talk about politics for the next 4/5 years on here.
If one of your parents is a fool (thankfully neither of mine are) and they vote for a daft party, your vote can cancel theirs out.
Very worth it for some people.
Very worth it for some people.
I just voted.
Power to the people!
Power to the people!
Voting doesn't make a difference? Um, yeah it does. It makes a difference of 1, and that's a start. And it also means you have every right to complain at things gone wrong, protest against things you don't agree with, make a stand, get angry and do everything an upstanding citizen should do if they feel outraged at their government. Which, as I understand from many of your posts, is something you do quite often.
So if the UK teams up with bestest buddy America and decides to bomb another brown country into oblivion, what are you going to say? "I didn't vote." Exactly how many people do you think are of the same mindset as you? If every person who thought their vote didn't make a difference actually voted, it could change this country for the better. It's a typical crappy British defeatist attitude. Your vote might not change the election result, but your attitude is why voting turnout is at a 90 year low.
You officially now have no right to complain at anything the future, probably Labour, government do over the next five years. Because you thought it didn't matter. Nice one.
So if the UK teams up with bestest buddy America and decides to bomb another brown country into oblivion, what are you going to say? "I didn't vote." Exactly how many people do you think are of the same mindset as you? If every person who thought their vote didn't make a difference actually voted, it could change this country for the better. It's a typical crappy British defeatist attitude. Your vote might not change the election result, but your attitude is why voting turnout is at a 90 year low.
You officially now have no right to complain at anything the future, probably Labour, government do over the next five years. Because you thought it didn't matter. Nice one.
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