how can i vote in the next election

Whatever else happens, this particular Tory administration MUST go.
None of the others could possibly be anywhere near so utterly dreadful.

I live in an area where the sitting Tory MP has a 20,000 majority so my vote for someone else would be worthless should I favour someone different. At least he is a Brexiteer though so I usually stick with him if there is no UKIP candidate or a good independent. I will always go to vote even if it is only to spoil my ballot sheet. I have been to an election count and every spoilt sheet has to be scrutinised and counted so, if there are enough of them which say, 'none of the above', they will be taken notice of.

I have two friends and one family member none of whom know each other and are all staunch remainers. Each has said if there is a second vote they will reverse to leave on 'principle'. So glad to read much of this is I am another who votes religiously and now I cannot think of a single party/person who is even remotely worthy of my vote. Very interested to discover that all candidates are shown spoiled papers but haven't enough faith to believe that they absorb comments thereon or that they would make any difference. Gosh, how jaundiced have I become?! So sad about all of the current shenanigans. I've just heard the vote result. Despair..........

Please can I urge people to vote. The difference between Leave and Remain in the referendum was 3.8% or 1.3 million, but 12.9 million eligible people did not register a vote. If they had voted the result could have been very different. In fact only 37% of eligible voters in the country chose Brexit. Does this represent 'the will of the people'?
I know a lot of the discussion on this post is actually about general elections, but I still believe its vital to take part in the democratic process and register a view. We have lived in a safe Tory seat for 33 years but have never failed to turn out and vote. At the very least it means we have to find out about all the issues and can legitimately claim 'moaning rights' when we dont like what is going on. I write fairly regularly to my MP as well. How can they stay in touch with reality if we dont tell them what we think.

Well said SunnySusie!
I too live in a Tory stronghold, but always turn out to vote Labour.
I have to say that my local MP is pretty decent despite not sharing my political philosophies, and I correspond with her regularly.
We must exercise our right to vote, otherwise, as you say, we cannot complain about the state of the nation!

Well we presently have a Conservative MP who just toes the party line. Doesn't bother to turn up for a local Scout Awards ceremony when he says he will and takes all the credit for anything done in our area
He's a waste of space..but the Lib Dem candidate in the last GE was so negative didn't want to vote for her...so, although I've always voted it will be tactically

What I'm finding annoying at the moment as I keep being told that my vote for Labour in the last election meant that I wanted them to uphold the Brexit vote, whereas I only voted for them as a LibDem vote would have been a wasted one and I didn't want the government to have a huge majority [just imagine where we would be now if that had happened].

Thankyou SueDonim at 14.33. You have said all that needed to be said about the SNP and their “achievements”! I will definitely vote. We got rid of the SNP in our constituency at the last GE and I will vote, tactically if necessary, to keep them out.

I will always vote. It is my action to make sure my voice is heard somewhere along the line. There is no perfect political party so you have to go with the one you agree with most even if their leader isn't to your liking. Leaders come and go - it is the natural order of things. My MP is pretty good so will get my vote regardless of the baggage surrounding her. Personally, I believe a sound percentage of MPs are honest and want to do their best for the country and their constituents. It is the media that makes us think otherwise. So vote in the next election for the party you most agree with regardless of who is leader. There are safeguards in this country on their power.

It does feel as if our MPs have let us down, allowed the media and political lies, not kept themselves adequately informed. At least the third parties (SNP, Plaid, Green, LibDem) are in unity in trying to get the country together but whether they will win enough seats in a future election to form a coalition is another matter.

I never knew there was such a group as the ERG until this last year yet it has been a toxic presence on the Tory back bench since the early 1990s. The easy answer to our problems would be to vote out these MPs, they are breaking MP code of conduct by putting personal ambitions and party before the country.

In fact they abuse the trust people have put in them and we see the result in this absolute chaos now. Jacob Rees Mogg is chair of this group and he doesn't seem to be letting up in trying to break Britain away from the EU. I have no idea why anyone would vote for him or any of the group.

I couldn't vote for the party I have supported all my life, I'm ashamed of them, couldn't vote for the other lot as we would be even worse off with the shambolic leadership , so if there is not another party that I trust I will just spoil my paper and keep taking the tablets.