They're not voting because...
- I'm not voting because the village I...
I'm not voting because the village I live in, despite being equidistant to larger urban centres such as Walsall, Aldridge, Lichfield, and Sutton Coldfield, is tagged into the constituency of Tamworth - a town miles down the A5 which I rarely have need to visit. I doubt our current MP has ever been to my village, and is unlikely to listen the voices of people here if they ever countered those of the people of Tamworth. I would be willing to vote for an MP for a town with which I have an affinity, but not one we have been lumped with by the failed geography student who marked out the current constituency boundaries.
written 18th Apr 2005