Cameron

[scooterscot]

It's our job to vote for who we think will make the best choices.

I think that must be why I don't vote. I don't believe any of them can make good choices. Well that's the whole democracy debate monster thing I'm just not wanting to get in to.

[Churchill]

I think that must be why I don't vote. I don't believe any of them can make good choices. Well that's the whole democracy debate monster thing I'm just not wanting to get in to.

You have a right to vote. Why do you abuse that right by not voting?

[d000hg]

Does this include merrrder of civilians on the London underground

That's just a cock-up. I'm not defending Labour (I'm equally cynical about both parties), I just think that's how it's supposed to work.
But in this X-factor generation, the public think they should be able to vote out MPs/governments just because they don't like something. We'd have a new PM every 4 weeks if it went on what the public want.

[TheBigYinJames]

You have a right to vote. Why do you abuse that right by not voting?

This one gets on my nips. The right to vote INCLUDES the right to abstain, and long may it continue.

[Churchill]

This one gets on my nips. The right to vote INCLUDES the right to abstain, and long may it continue.

That's why we end up in a pickle.

Eligible voters should be forced to vote!

(Your opinion may differ.)

[AlfredJPruffock]

Not sure how you can speak for the whole country though!

I would venture it is not so much Governments that wage war but commercial lobbying groups which effectively steer and manipualte Government down that path - thats why Blair could safely ignore the 90 per cent of the UK population whom were against the War and still win the next election.

[d000hg]

I would venture it is not so much Governments that wage war but commercial lobbying groups which effectively steer and manipualte Government down that path - thats why Blair could safely ignore the 90 per cent of the UK population whom were against the War and still win the next election.

Quick, they might be reading your brain-waves, get your tin-foil hat.

[moorfield]

I wonder...the death of IR35 perhaps?

At best IR35 will be left quietly on the back burner. No government will ever repeal revenue raising powers, however badly implemented they are. Pitt the Younger in 1798 said that income tax would only be a temporary measure!

[The Lone Gunman]

This one gets on my nips. The right to vote INCLUDES the right to abstain, and long may it continue.

I agree with that, as long as it is a considered decision.
What gets on my tits is the people who just can not be arsed. Gaining the right to vote has been (and still is for some) a long hard road. A struggle that should not be thrown away lightly.

[TheBigYinJames]

That's why we end up in a pickle.
Eligible voters should be forced to vote!
(Your opinion may differ.)

Which it does. if you force people to vote, we end up with spoiled ballot papers, stupid novelty parties splitting the proper vote, and a police state where ordinary people are forced to take part in a political process which is recorded and can be used against them.

I prefer the few freedoms we have left.