A plea

[Cecil]

I voted Green last GE, voted Green in the by election, will be voting Green again.

That Your Party seems a shambles and dead in the water.

 

[COYBL25]

71 and yet still full of life

What is your secret to youthfulness..

Having a surrogate son, who plays for Everton and Preston North End ?

 

[Blue 1]

 

[Thomasc]

The grifter in all of his glory.

 

[msb]

Or perhaps - people died for freedom, your second line would contradict that.

One might argue that there is no such thing as freedom as we have to comply with laws, often ones we don’t agree with.

Just an opinion from me about compulsory voting, people died for the right for me to express my opinion and you yours.

 

[msb]

If people can't be arsed to vote a couple times a decade they obviously don't care to have a voice.

And how do you plan to enforce this compulsory voting?
Fines? Imprisonment? Criminal record?

Sometimes freedom is being able to not do something as well as doing something.

Many countries have compulsory systems:

https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/sites/default/files/electoral_commission_pdf_file/ECcompvotingsummaryfinal_22226-16485__E__N__S__W__.pdf

Quite different ways of handling it.

 

[Zezti]

Can't fathom how people would want to vote for the party of ex-Tories who represented the conversatives at their most dysfunctional.

It will be Greens or Lib Dems for me.

 

[Moomin]

Green party for me

 

[coollino]

It is completely fine not to vote and that choice forms part of a democratic society. If you take a away the right to abstain, you are going against the right to protest

 

[Ming the Merciful]

Many countries have compulsory systems:

https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/sites/default/files/electoral_commission_pdf_file/ECcompvotingsummaryfinal_22226-16485__E__N__S__W__.pdf

Quite different ways of handling it.

Interesting read.

Don't see the point of it really.

If people don't make the effort to vote they probably wouldn't make a considered decision.

People already have the opportunity to vote, that is enough.

 

[Yarrgh]

It's a wild time

Can't fathom how people would want to vote for the party of ex-Tories who represented the conversatives at their most dysfunctional.

It will be Greens or Lib Dems for me.

I thought the same at the last election. I read their manifestos. They were pretty thin on any actual policy, and big on saying they they would do stuff without any of the how they'd do it. That's something both parties need to work on before the next election.

Even if I don't see eye to eye on all their policies, at least demonstrate that they are actually have an idea of what to do.

 

[EcclesEFC]

A bit of a controversial view but for some time I've been of the opinion that you should have a minimum level of intelligence before having the privilege to vote

Why? Because the ones we vote for don't!

 

[Mr. White]

Can't fathom how people would want to vote for the party of ex-Tories who represented the conversatives at their most dysfunctional.

It will be Greens or Lib Dems for me.

Because not all Tories, or former Tories, are the same. It isn’t a random group of ex-Tories who have moved to Reform. It’s a relatively small number, and they all seem to have quite a lot in common — more traditionally conservative, more right-wing, with strong views on law and order, immigration, and more populist etc.

They clearly feel that the modern Conservative Party no longer aligns with their views, and that Reform and its policies are now a better home for them. And because they are small in number, they no longer have any real influence over Conservative Party policy.

It’s the same for many voters, or former Tory voters. If they no longer believe the modern Conservative Party represents their views, they will support a party that does.

 

[Mr. White]

Why? Because the ones we vote for don't!

Excellent point. Dianne Abbott says hello!

 

[summerisle]