You're not going to bother voting?
You stupid cunt.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 15:14, 2 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

"I Like This"
I'm not going to vote, but then I will happily sit and complain about all that is wrong with BROKUN BRITTUN.
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 15:18, Reply)

I hate that Gordon "Clown"
but rather than actually move my fucking lazy arse to the polling station and undertake the slightest bit of effort for the democracy I live in I'm going to do nothing and whine like a pathetic bitch about politicians.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 15:20, Reply)

I can't go to my polling station because of all of the Hoodies who hang around on my street, who were put there by The Labour Party.
Is this what my grandad fought for in WWII?
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 15:22, Reply)

I remember in a sociology lesson we were taught that if it was raining or Coronation street was on, most of the working class would not turn out to vote
This was due to their inability to hold an umbrella in their clawlike hand, gnarled from years of inbreeding and a desire to see some rumpled tart from up north shatter ear drums with her fishwife voice.
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 15:24, Reply)

I'm not voting Labour,
My constituency has been Labour for ever. I hate Labour. I hate the fact that they blatently gave us a PM that everyone hated. I hate the fact that they completely ruined the economy.

However, I also hate the Tories and wouldn't vote for them in a million years.

The Lib Dems, in my constituency, are lucky if they get 10% of the vote. UKIP, even less. BNP etc don't even bother standing here. My area is one where if Labour wanted to make sure that the leader of their party got his seat, they put him here.

So, based on history from the last 30 years (this place was Labour when Thatcher was in power), why bother?

EDIT: And I don't moan about the way the country is run. I don't have a right to, because I choose not to vote in this election.
(TheUnthinkingMinority needs some new music to listen to., Fri 9 Apr 2010, 15:23, Reply)

The fact that you came up with that argument against bothering to vote
means I really can't be bothered to explain what a fucking tool you are, since you're clearly too much of a tool to understand.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 15:25, Reply)

Yes, why bother?
Why bother exercising your right to vote? I mean, let's just be totally apathetic and let the country run itself. I'm alright Jack.

This is the reason nothing changes. Too many people think why bother, when all it would take would be a little knowledge of policy, and 20 minutes out of your day to go down to the polling station. We're very lucky that we even get a choice.
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 15:26, Reply)

Because if everybody who had the same view as you
got off their arse and went to tick the box next to something other than Labour or Tory, it might at the very least send a message to the two main parties that it's not such a safe seat after all. You never know, one day you might even oust the bastards.
(LongJohnBaldry, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 15:27, Reply)

which is precisely why I'm using my 0.138th of a vote

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 15:30, Reply)

You consider BNP and UKIP a valid alternative?
that's interesting
(PsychoChomp, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 15:34, Reply)

Hell no.
Definitely not BNP, racist scum.

UKIP might be a choice, solely because they are the only people left. I would normally vote Lib Dem personally, but I am against the Euro and being a member of that.
(TheUnthinkingMinority needs some new music to listen to., Fri 9 Apr 2010, 15:38, Reply)

We aren't in the Euro
and the Lib Dems aren't going to suggest we join it either.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 15:40, Reply)

given the financial trouble some of the euro countries are in at the moment
I can't imagine any of the parties are suggesting it. I haven't seen anything along those lines.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 15:43, Reply)

My apologies, I've misworded that slightly
I meant the EU rather than the currency itself.
(TheUnthinkingMinority needs some new music to listen to., Fri 9 Apr 2010, 15:43, Reply)

What's your reasoning then?

(Bazongaloid, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 15:44, Reply)

Laws: I am a strong believer in the UK Legal System. I am against the fact that anybody who is not happy with the ruling in the top UK courts can apply to the "European Court of Human Rights". The UK Supreme Court should be the final word. I am also against all the petty law changes that have happened over the last few years because they have had to fall into line with what the EU wants.

Subs: We pay the EU a very large sum of money to be a member. Should we leave, that money goes straight back into our economy.

The UKIP has the policy I would support the most on Europe. However, I disagree with a lot of their other policies, for example Immigration, where I would prefer (as I vomit) the Conservative policy.
(TheUnthinkingMinority needs some new music to listen to., Fri 9 Apr 2010, 16:02, Reply)

You silly sausage.

(PsychoChomp, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 15:45, Reply)

I think we established this from the start

(Bazongaloid, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 15:47, Reply)

But seriously
rather than "I HATE LABOUR and I HATE THE TORIES" can you try, just try and come up with things that you actually want out of the government and then look and see which parties are offering those things and then make a compromise on the things that party is saying which you disagree with and work out which part overall is closest to your viewpoint.

Just try, don't reply here saying "They're all cunts and crooks" just go off and read the manifesto's, listen to the election coverage on the telly and the radio and then actually do some research on your own, don't wait to be spoon fed the information, that's why we are in the situation we are currently in.

Edit - You don't just have no right to complain, I'm leaning more toward the opinion that you shouldn't have the right to utilise services set up by the government, whoever they are, if you are so fucking lazy that you can't be bothered to go and vote.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 15:35, Reply)

Or meet the candidates and see which one you like the best.

(PsychoChomp, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 15:36, Reply)

Also a good idea.

(Bazongaloid, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 15:41, Reply)

That's ludicrous
If the fellow pays his taxes he's welcome to use the services he's paid for, whether he exercises the right to vote or not.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 15:57, Reply)

I'm not arguing for it
I know it's not really defensible, but I think voting is extremely important and everyone should do it. I think engaging people more rather than using some form of punishment would be better, I was just coming up with something quickly.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 15:59, Reply)

Fair enough.
I must confess that aged 37 I have never deigned to vote in my life.

EDIT however I concede that I am so stupid that I don't even know how old I am. I am 36.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 16:05, Reply)

Oh Monty
*shakes head sadly*
(Bazongaloid, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 16:13, Reply)

Post of the day, right there.

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Fri 9 Apr 2010, 16:24, Reply)