OK, smartypants:
Who the fuck can I vote for?
Before you try your "not voting is as bad as voting for *" you may want to consider that the whole fucking system is borked. I /know/ that even if my chosen party have a candidate in my area they won't win -- should I vote for NewFuckigNazi or SmugToryScum instead then?
Or, perhaps, I ought to vote for the party with a name most like the one I want in power, despite the fact I disagree with their copyright policy and think it will set back digital entertainment (as an example)?
(Me, I'm not... in any way intoxicated, Mon 12 Apr 2010, 18:53, 2 replies)

That's my dilemma
Can I justify voting Lib Dem (who most likely won't get in in my constituency) because I disagree with the DE Bill? This is the ballot paper I want:

Conservative
Labour
Labour (with no Mandelson)
Liberal Democrat
Team Rocket
( Pretender, Mon 12 Apr 2010, 19:27, closed)

i'd rather have Team Rocket in power

( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Mon 12 Apr 2010, 19:46, closed)

Their campaign pledges are actually quite reasonable:
1. To protect the world from devastation - sensible foreign policy
2. To unite all peoples within our nation - a considered response to multiculturalism
3. To denounce the evils of truth and love - good! The government has no place in the bedroom
4. To extend our reach to the stars above - nice to see some genuine ambition in politics.

So they'd have my vote.
( Pretender, Mon 12 Apr 2010, 19:55, closed)

not only that
but, should we decide we no longer want them in power, they can easily be defeated by a 10-year-old boy and his strangely eyeless friend with the spiky hair.
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Mon 12 Apr 2010, 20:25, closed)

Actually...
'Before you try your "not voting is as bad as voting for *"'

I wasn't going to make that argument. In fact, I completely disagree with it. In addition to hating being told I'm supporting X party if I don't vote Y I also hate people who say "if you don't vote you have no right to complain" because I disagree with that too. It's the closest you can get to "none of the above".

We live in a Democracy, not the fucking Weakest Link. Tactical voting shouldn't enter into it.

I don't know who you vote for but when I've been in that situation I've voted Green.
(Rilux might be pregnant and has bum-aids, Mon 12 Apr 2010, 19:59, closed)

I've voted Green before
and then been utterly flabbergasted when I read about their science policies. Having just googled: liberalconspiracy.org/2009/06/09/is-the-green-party-anti-science/

Never again. My vote for other parties is almost a vote against the fucking Green party.
(cypherspace is not a toaster, Mon 12 Apr 2010, 20:30, closed)

this ^
also, on telling Labour candidate I'm not going to vote for him/her/it, "Well, the Tories won't do any better"

Right. Because I'm instantly going to vote for the Tories if I'm not a Labour voter. Duh.
( Mighty Nibus who dares gins | @nibus, Mon 12 Apr 2010, 22:27, closed)