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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington
I can't see how you can vote for something that you feel is wrong.....is that not mindless following?
How do you change things when you don't agree with what the party as a whole stands for?
And as for democracy, the only way that could be achieved is if there was a system that truly represented the wishes of the electorate...or at least the majority of the electorate......and you will never get true representation until there is proportional representation.....that really would be democracy.
And I do realise that not all politicians are involved in sleaze, but the one who are give the rest a bad name. Most politicians are involved in 'spin', which to me is just another euphemism for lies.
As soon as a politician opens their mouth I am thinking to myself 'how much of this is true?'
I am not apathetic about voting.....I am just disillusioned and disappointed by people saying what they are going to do and it doesn't happen.
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I can see your point of view Margaret and can't say that I don't agree with you to a point, but when you are totally involved in party politics as I was for many years, it is just a little different, although I don't agree with P. R. that way you are opening the door to the likes of the BNP and nobody wants that I'm sure