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Probably not the place to have this discussion, and I’m not saying that this is your view, but I find the “no party is exactly what I want so I just won’t vote”

Probably not the place to have this discussion, and I’m not saying that this is your view, but I find the “no party is exactly what I want so I just won’t vote” approach incredibly annoying. No political party will ever be exactly what you want, but surely you can see enough of what you want with one of them to vote for them? By not voting you make it easier for the parties to not change, it means they can play to the most populist views of the moment for their side of the fence and know that the disgruntled middle can be ignored therefore making the system worse over all.

denton-scratch 3y ago
> surely you can see enough of what you want with one of them to vote for them? I can't - not with the major parties, anyway. I can't support the present shower of incompetents and thieves. I would normally vote Labour; but (a) the party is currently infested with agents of a foreign power; and (b) Starmer won the leadership on a set of pledges that he repudiated as soon as he won, and is still trying to destroy and bury his predecessor. I can cast a vote for a candidate that doesn't have a snowflake's, such as Green or one of the socialist parties. My vote might suffice to save their deposit, I suppose. But I'm reluctant to cast a vote for someone I know nothing about.