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For this reason I wouldn't vote for them in a General Election

But I always vote for them in council elections

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tipassoi, Fri 5 May 2006, 10:31, archived)

Because saving the World

is only important enough on a local but not national level?

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Afinkawan Yes I can hear you Clem Fandango, Fri 5 May 2006, 10:40, archived)

It's probably

the best place to start.

World peace starts in the kitchen etc

(asciifaceofbob bob bob bob bob bob bob bob, Fri 5 May 2006, 10:46, archived)

Because saving the world matters to me,

but so do stuff like schools, health, the economy, foreign policy, etc. Which the greens have no real policy on. However, on a council level, I would like a council who cares about the environment, who introduces recycling schemes and works to improve public transport, and conserve areas of greenland, etc.

Plus - the greens have a chance of getting in on the council level in some places (where I used to live there were several green seats). But on a national level it's a wasted vote.

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tipassoi, Fri 5 May 2006, 10:47, archived)

I know what you mean.

But I have to argue with the 'wasted vote' comment.

there is no such thing as a wasted vote unless you just don't bother to use it.

The vote is there to register your support for someone, not as a 'guess the winner' ticket.

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Afinkawan Yes I can hear you Clem Fandango, Fri 5 May 2006, 10:51, archived)

I care more about keeping the tories out

than I do about getting any of the others in. I wish this wasn't the case, and that there was a party I could really believe in, but there isn't.

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tipassoi, Fri 5 May 2006, 10:57, archived)

Another reaonsable point

Even if there's nobody you want to vote for there should be someone you want to vote against.

Voting for who you believe in is still not a wasted vote though.

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Afinkawan Yes I can hear you Clem Fandango, Fri 5 May 2006, 11:05, archived)