They're not voting because...
- If you want to sit on the sofa watching...
If you want to sit on the sofa watching soaps and reality TV on the 5th May, then more fool you for not realising that elections aren't just about voting people in but also about voting people OUT.
The best way for Britain to be more democratic right now would be a hung parliament, and if you were to use your vote tactically you could help bring this closer.
Withdrawing from the electoral process isn't going to change anything. And anyone who celebrates the fact that they are withdrawing from the process is really nothing more than a childish sulk. And in the long term dangerous - if we don't use the vote, we'll lose the vote.
written 16th Apr 2005
