[Closed] Register to vote or stop compaining

Agreed.

" it's a safe seat my vote won't make any difference" is not a valid excuse.

You've got to be in it to win it!

Also funding is partly calculated on vote share so smaller parties with more votes will do a bit better.

If the people who couldn't be arsed to vote during the referendum actually voted, we wouldn't be in the situation we are today (remember - only 37% of the electorate actually voted to leave).

Is there a minimum turnout threshold, below which the election is invalidated?

Nope just who turns up. Hence get out there.

[quoteIf the people who couldn't be arsed to vote during the referendum actually voted, we wouldn't be in the situation we are today (remember - only 37% of the electorate actually voted to leave).
You have the figures to show how the non voters would have voted ?

Voting should be a legal requirement , with postal votes there shouldn't be an excuse.

If the people who couldn't be arsed to vote during the referendum actually voted, we wouldn't be in the situation we are today (remember - only 37% of the electorate actually voted to leave).

I can't understand it: I have never once *not* voted even for local council or PCC elections.
I have friends with university degrees who still don't bother ffs "doesn't matter, the government always gets in." 🙁

I think I'll do both, cheers.

^+1 I to have voted at every opportunity. A colleague of mine, voted for the first time in the independence referendum, then acted like he should have gotten a medal 🙂
Whilst I have always voted, I do not feel strongly that others should (other than my children, who as we always have gone to vote as a family, naturally do). The people I know who do not vote, perhaps shouldn't.

what's compaining??

andylaightscat - Member
what's compaining??

I've not always voted because there were lots of times that I couldn't get to a polling booth due to working away. Postal vote has sorted that 🙂

Nonsense - voting is just another form of government spying, have you never seen how they write down your ballot number every time you vote?

Power to the people!

I am in a Labour stronghold with 55% majority.

Am I allowed to phantom vote 15,000 times? 😈

ninfan I respect your need to vote. You should use it Brand is a prick not voting means you are not represented.
chewkw do you have a vote?

mikewsmith - Member
chewkw do you have a vote?

Yes. 😀

[url= http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/faq/voting-and-registration/who-is-eligible-to-vote-at-a-uk-general-election ]Info here[/url] just in case many of you don't understand the meaning of commonwealth.

The following cannot vote in a UK Parliament election:

members of the House of Lords
EU citizens (other than UK, Republic of Ireland, Cyprus and Malta) resident in the UK
anyone other than British, Irish and qualifying Commonwealth citizens
convicted persons detained in pursuance of their sentences, excluding contempt of court (though remand prisoners, unconvicted prisoners and civil prisoners can vote if they are on the electoral register)
anyone found guilty within the previous five years of corrupt or illegal practices in connection with an election

zippy (and anyone else) yes living in a safe seat makes voting a complete waste of time. If I had anything better to do I probably wouldn't c bother, but it is only a couple of mins walk from my house so I will.

well there you go, I suggest a little more LSD before you try and write with the banana

mikewsmith - Member
well there you go, I suggest a little more LSD before you try and write with the banana

thecaptain - Member
zippy (and anyone else) yes living in a safe seat makes voting a complete waste of time.

Unlike Ninfan types, Brand does have the capacity to admit he was wrong, and change his opinion

Despite 2015 being the highest turnout since 97 it still meant 33.9% of people did not express an opinion

And they're the ones that grumble the most.

I used to have a choice of votes. The constituency boundary ran through my dining room. I could only vote once but could decide in which constituency to vote, Jeremy Hunts, or another tory stronghold.

ah, and there was I thinking it's the result of a poor educashion 🙂

Listen to Brand here ...

Are you lot spiritual now? 😛

edit: he contradicts himself in almost everything he says in the clip ... 😆

Unlike Ninfan types, Brand does have the capacity to admit he was wrong, and change his opinion

Interesting concept - so if Labour do badly in this election, would you advocate them accepting they were wrong to turn left and returning to Blairite policies?

Ninfan don't be a dick.

To coin a phrase...

[i]"Sorry I forgot you don't like things that disagree with your opinions..."[/i]

Eh Mike? 😉

No your just being a dick. This is about encouraging people to register for the democratic process. If you want to divert from this start a thread on how it's all so unfair.

As a Green, I wouldn't give a shite about labour if they lose, i'm concerned with the winning - the Corbynites espouse some of my parties goals. I don't care how it's brought about but I'm realist enough to realise that uk politics and some of its electorate are still too immature to accept Green policy. So Corbyn as a trojan horse and backdoor to more "Green" policy is fine by me.
But if Labour do lose, I would welcome any move to encourage Corbyn /Mcdonnel / Rayner /Abrahams to defect to us.

ulysse - Member
As a Green, I wouldn't give a shite about labour if they loose, i'm concerned with the winning - the Corbyn it's espouse some of my parties goals.

Caroline Lucas wipes the floor with Tim, shouty shouty, Farron in a debate.

Farron could not even response to Lucas answers.

I would vote for Lucas over Farron any day ... (if it's a two horse race between them)

I'd normally vote lib dem, but I'm going to take a deep breath and vote labour, as they could win our local seat.

We can't allow the Conservatives. They are pure evil.

Is it ok to not vote and not complain about it?

Bartley made me cringe at times on Question Time, Chewkw, but did hammer home a few truths when given the chance

Vote.

Be very wary of anyone encouraging you not to vote… they probably are themselves.

Part of the problem is most people don't actually take the time to read manifestos, they just rely on what's in the tabloids and on Facebook, which all is very bias.

Then they vote.

mattyfez - Member
We can't allow the Conservatives. They are pure evil.

I am voting for the Conservatives as I support PM May. 😈

I'd normally vote lib dem, but I'm going to take a deep breath and vote labour, as they could win our local seat.

We can't allow the Conservatives. They are pure evil.

Pretty much where I'm at too.

Pretty much where I'm at too.

Pretty much where I'm at too.

Me too - I can't imagine ever being selfish and uncaring enough to vote Tory.

I can imagine it - I did so when the Labour manifesto included unilateral nuclear disarmament, something that I thought was incredible dangerous.