by solazy wrote:Didn't watch the leaders' debate, but I imagine it was artificial and boring.
I'm sure they pretended to be friends even when they dislike each other.
What do I do? I'm not any political colour, like many, but I feel obliged to vote.
In the past I've voted for various parties, but what difference does my vote make anyway?
I voted Lib in 2010, Tory in 2015 and for Brexit in 2016. Now I'm being asked to vote again.
France votes in a new party. I'd consider that.
If I don't vote why should I not have a right to criticize the winning party?
Of course you have the right to criticise the winning party. What you can't really do is moan about them & expect any sympathy from anyone else. As for your vote, it makes all the difference. Votes get counted & together they are enormously powerful. Not voting weakens the case for whichever party/candidate you would otherwise have voted for.
As for how you vote, that's entirely up to you, but you should vote. The outcome might make precious little difference to you, which places you in a hugely privileged position. There are millions of people in the UK, for whom not bothering to vote is a privilege they do not have. Children living in poverty because of government policies. Disabled people having the money they need to live a half-decent, dignified existence. Frail, elderly people, missing out on proper domicilliary care to enable them to continue living in their own homes. Sick people lying on hospital trolleys, waiting hours before they're seen in A&E, or sick people being left on waiting lists, suffering in pain & discomfort because the hospital can only manage emergency surgeries. People with learning disability, isolated and lonely, because the government has shut down their day centres.
Of course, you might not give a toss about these people, in which case feel free to not vote, or vote for a party that will simply continue the pain & suffering. But you can be bloody sure that your vote matters; it either adds to the fight against such inequity, or it is happy to support these things.The choice is very much your own.
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