[Margaret Pilkington]

Well Jaysay, then it isn't real democracy if you don't take into consideration the views of the electorate....and the way to keep out the BNP is to make your own party politics more inviting/relevant, and tackle issues that are the concerns of the voting public, better than they do.
I'm sure that a lot of political apathy boils down to the fact that people feel that their vote won't change anything......and maybe a bit of competition from different parties would open up the race a bit.
We have three main parties at present and two of them could be virtually one party....though i don't suppose you would agree with that.
Like I say, come the election, I will head for the polling station with a blindfold and a pin.