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Yep they are pretty general alright and certainly do not know or care about the forthcoming election

I think this is posted in the correct section as it is a joke but then again it is no joke

-http://uk.news.yahoo.com/elections/dont-panic-post/post/dont_panic/14/sh
 
Oh dear o dear. No wonder people in UK are being controlled. People need to wake up and realise politics = life. Everything in life is controlled by politics, tax, the price of petrol, pub opening hours, your GP, hospital, defence, police, what you can watch on your tv etc etc etc.

I still think voting should be compulsory as the biggest moaners about things that I have met don´t vote, they have a chance every 4/5 years to do something - but would rather not and just moan, but I think politics should be taught in schools, so there is an educated electorate (might need more than one teacher to ensure there is no bias).

Don´t forget only 22% of those eligible to vote, voted for this government (and looking at this video many probably did by mistake), its not good. I have been a Presiding Officer in Local elections. I remember one year near the end of the day, the turnout was so bad, I looked on the register and noted that if the eligible people who lived down the road where the Poll booth was and hadn´t voted, could be bothered to turn off their tellies and walk to the Poll booth to cast their vote, it would have DOUBLED, yes doubled my turnout (in the end I think turnout was 6%:eek:). I thought of those people in Iraq who risked their lives to vote, yet many people in uk (and in this case in this area the majority) couldn't be bothered. I find it very sad, I saw voting as a prviledge and used my vote wisely, sometimes agonising over my vote, like once where I had an excellent MP, but I disliked their party, others thought the same as after he was re elected, he said many people came up to him and said we voted for you, not your party. I will stop now as rambling.

I liked the girl who thought the war was being waged in Canada and the two girls who didn´t know who their mp was, but were still going to vote for him/her.:-ohcrap
 
Is the turn low out you witnessed down to apathy, stupidy or just the fact that politics can step on everyone through manifesto backtracking after an election win ?

Those in power believe indoctrination is the best way, and they know they can get away with it, especially after passing some truly draconion laws in the past decade. You can play silly buggers on the road with the right car insurance and a good lawyer, but you can no longer clip your kid round the ear when they play silly buggers with matches.

There is so much public distrust in government since the finances of the enthusiastic, the working and the retired have been eroded to almost zero, (add the difference in the two parties now that they are both right of centre) that I doubt there will be any change no matter which way one votes. As for Clegg, hats off for being the youngest on the podium but the LibDem substance has still to materialise unless Vince sends him off to bed early.

Add to that, the other 50% that are currently keeping a job down, paying a mortgage or raising a family on their own were probably somewhat too busy to have registered, just to vote for the same, a change, or just to see the name of another civil servant on the front page that has no intention of working for them.

Btw what exactly did the people in Iraq vote for ?
 
The problem is if people don´t vote things don´t change.

All the parties are chasing votes. They are not out to be popular with the general public. There is a difference. Look at the type of many acts that were passed in the early days of the labour government. They affected a very small percentage of the population - but that section of the population is very politically active! If everyone voted politicians would need to pander to the majority, not the minority.

Voting is the peaceful way to make change. If it is not working, and it seems that each election less and less people turn out to vote, so each general election the winning partys' mandate is smaller, what is the solution?
 
Bravo, like modern politicians, you have avoided the two direct questions asked within your response ;)
 
Well, now I've seen everything! What has Elvis got to do with politics and policies?

_http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/election_2010/8641360.stm

It's at times like this I'm glad I live in France!!
 
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