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Since the National Lottery was devised by the last Conservative government and has been plundered by the Labour government perhaps one of the ways that we might protest is by witholding our vote.

Greg Pope is currently defending a majority of just over eight thousand, he stands to have this majority cut at the very least. Sending Pope, Greene and Mawdsley a polite email to inform them of your intention to place your vote for one of their opponents, because of the way that their parties have allowed the National Lottery to be misused might be a start.

The imprtant thing is to tell them this is what you are going to do, otherwise your redirected vote will have no effect.

Here is a complete list of the candidates standing in the General Election,

Bill Greene Liberal Democrat
Chris Jackson British National Party
James Mawdsley Conservative
Greg Pope Labour
John Whittaker UK Independence Party

Of the five, the UK Independence Party seems to be the least likley to succeed at the polls and is perhaps the most socially acceptable choice for redirected votes, since the Liberal Democrats also voted with the government on the setting up and running of the National Lottery. A vote redirected to the BNP on this issue would seem to be defeating the object.

However whether you intend to vote or not, or for those of you who would rather not vote for UKIP, I would still advise sending a polite email to the candidate of your choice informing him of your irrevocable decision - How are they to know whether you actually carry out your threat or not?

The point is to let them know that you are not happy with the system.