Not voting- 1 of many reasons

I agree, I always vote I think of the women who fought to get us a vote - I think its better to spoil a ballot paper than not to vote. I also agree they are all as bad as each other.

I also think if you don't vote then you can't complain about politics or politicians.

I think that women faught for our choice to vote so I dont think it is wrong to conscientously chose not to. Which is distinct from just not bothering to look into it.

I agree with notanan2.

I've tried prioritizing my priorities but they conflict. I voted to leave and so should vote for Boris, but my conscience will not let me vote for a party that advocates shooting animals for fun. Jeremy Corbyn has brilliant wildlife and animal policies, but I can't forgive Labour, LibDems, Green, etc for stopping Brexit over the summer!!

So I'm democratically choosing not to vote.

Doesn’t everyone on here remember how dreadful things were under Labour in the early 70s ?

Surely you must all remember all the strikes as trade unions ruled the roost? It was a disaster.

Things improved massively once Margaret Thatcher got in and successfully stood up to the unions.

Things would be even worse with Corbyn’s extreme Left policies.

I can just about understand young people falling for their‘everything free’ policy because they are too young to remember how dreadful Labour was but am dismayed that my own age group seem to have forgotten.

I’m having difficulty deciding who to vote for but I would NEVER give up my right to vote. People lost their lives to give me this privilege.

ah it did

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On another thread today we read of a lady whose husband is extremely weak and ill in a care home where he is well looked after and she is facing selling their home to fund it with the threat from the local authority of him being moved to a cheaper home if she can’t find a huge top up payment to keep him in this home. And people here say they are not going to vote, or they don’t know who to vote for, or every politician is the same and all are as bad as one another. No. There are radically different options to vote for. Vote for continuing and worsening austerity such as we have experienced for years now from the current government. Or vote for change, small increases in tax for people on the highest income levels and a properly funded welfare state.

More didn't vote last time than the total of all the votes for allparties. Many new voters have registered. although still many have not, but if we allvote for who we think might be best, not tactically, maybe a decent alternative will get in.

But it's going to be a case of the best of a bad bunch.

This time I cant identify the "lesser evil".

All are taking their own routes to hell in a hand basket!

Pankhurst etc would facepalm at our current quisling parliament. It's more like having to choose between a bowl of sick and a plate of excrement. At least a spoilt ballot paper will be counted, whilst not adding any creedence to the utter bhitsags currently enjoying allowances and expenses.

Would always vote

Its like choosing whether to bludgeoned or strangled to death.

Women suffered and died to get you the vote! I would never not vote.

I can understand people who dont want to vote. I consider myself pretty savvy and well informed re current politics. But I despair at the main political parties and currently dont know how i am going to vote. I find my trust in politicians has gone and I take everything they say with a pinch of salt. I will vote, because i think it is important to do so. But it's going to be a case of the best of a bad bunch.

I am concerned, after listening to radio 4 prog. That younger voters all appear to be voting tactically. What a disgraceful trend. How can you vote to put in someone who’s politics you disagree with just to stop someone else winning. This is a strange kind of democracy.

Theyre not old enough to remember the times when tactical voting has back fired!

If you don't vote then you have no rights to complain if things are not liked by you.

Thats just not the way it works.

Your MP is accountable to the whole constituency equally. Whether they voted for him/her, someone else, or none of the above.

The only problem there is with this December vote is who not to vote for.... Remember it’s better with the devil you know than the devil you don’t even if you wanted God so who is the best of a bad bunch but not To Vote. means you don’t really get to have an opinion

If you don't vote then you have no rights to complain if things are not liked by you. Even if your party is not elected you will have done your best. I don't know how anyone would decide not to vote.

Go & vote but spoil your ballot paper...that's what I did in the local council elections...I didnt want to do it but it was the only way for me

I find that this election has caused a lot of anguish of who to vote for and it is tempting not to vote at all and let these politicians get on with it. This voting system of first past the post is not democratic unlike the EU elections of proportional representation where every vote matters. I always vote mainly because the suffragettes (including my grandmother) gave me that privilege, but their battle not only gave us women the right to choose who to vote for but also not to vote of we so wish. So if you don't vote that is also your choice.
The whole point of this election, as my daughter pointed out, is to make your vote count. So if you want Brexit or not then you know what to do but if you believe there are more important issues at stake like the environment, the young , NHS etc, you also know what to do. The most important thing when voting is to consider all the facts and how the polices will effect you, your family, community, country and planet in the long term. Do not even consider the leading personalities involved, because they are just people who can be replaced at anytime as we saw with DC and TM. The important thing to remember is that their policies will last longer and whether you vote or not will still have an effect everyone's future as we saw in EU Referendum. So in conclusion it is probably better to have a stake in that future by voting for the party that will at least try and make it happen rather then opting out.

I repeat what I said on a previous post.

My grandmother was a suffragette, so not to vote would be dishonourable to her name,

I think we ought to try and change the course of present politics, and that can only be done by voting.

Sorry - I've just realised that it should be Corbyn - not as spelled in the above post.

I'll be voting Labour - nothing to do with how my parents voted. Although retired, on a moderate income, I feel that taxes need to rise if we want a fairer society for all.
I think Jerrmy Corbin has demonstated, over his political career, that he has a social consience, more than be said for his chief opponent. I read the papers online, and am shocked at the levels the right wing press will stoop to discredit JC.

I am concerned, after listening to radio 4 prog. That younger voters all appear to be voting tactically. What a disgraceful trend. How can you vote to put in someone who’s politics you disagree with just to stop someone else winning. This is a strange kind of democracy.

What BlueBelle said!

I'm voting for the least worst in my constituency. But (to coin a phrase) I would rather be dead in a ditch than ever vote Conservative.

Please, you have a vote - please use it. There are many in other countries who are denied the vote. Remember when the vote was extended in South Africa to include ALL South Africans? I cried when I saw the news reports of people walking many miles and queuing up in order to be able to cast their vote - many of these people were elderly and had never been enfranchised before. Please don't take your vote for granted and fail to use it.