It's amazing how brainwashed some people have become into believing that their vote gives them meaningful influence over the next five years of politics. If they stopped to think about it, they'd realise what a farce it was - How can writing a cross in a box on a piece of paper carry any significant meaning at all?
Similarly, people don't realise how arbitrary our voting system is. There are people - many people, most of them the same group as above - who will condemn someone who doesn't wish to vote for any of the four parties on the ballot. Yet if the Electoral Commission added a 'Protest' box to the ballot, those same people would be fine with people checking it. But whether it is present on the ballot or not is just the whim of a few people in power. It's ridiculous this notion that a protest vote when there is no official option for one is morally wrong, but that a protest vote if it was officially recognised would be completely OK. The fallacy is immediately apparent.
I am, at least, mildly relieved that people are beginning to realise the gaping flaws in First Past the Post, anyway. It's a start.
God, I hate elections.
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It is odd how the british and Irish prime ministers seem to mirror one another. Both our current heads are bumbling oafs prone to gaffes and cowardice. Both our previous pms were cute hoors who relied on spin and personality
It's really frustrating the way Brown acts sometimes. I swear he is leaking votes to the Tories. Much as I don't endorse Labour, the Tories are the absolute worst nightmare, so I'd rather those voters didn't get leaked over.
This is rather exciting. It's the first time in my living memory that Britain has stood on the brink like this. I can only hope whatever happens they can force through proportional representation. The old reign must end.
But the question remains to be answered, who will rule?
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