[Doug]

Originally Posted by garinda

In reply to Doug, who urged me to vote for anybody rather than spoiling my paper.

Rather than not vote through apathy, my action shows l do care about my right to vote. Rather than vote for somebody that l don't agree with, ie: a 'looney' party or one issue candidate, as a spoilt paper my action will still be recorded without aligning myself to any one party just for the sake of voting. As for prolonging the count by spoiling my paper tough, that's democracy.

I come from a long line of Labour party members, and this is the first time in my life l won't be voting, partly as l sadly see very little difference between the two main parties.

If we all spoiled our papers rather than vote through apathy, we would be well and truly ******. And quite rightly so. However, in a society where we hold our freedoms to enjoy the right of choice and our opinions so dear to us, I respect your rights and withdraw any criticism that my comments may have implied.