Changing my mind on politics

[FOOTSKI]

Midlife crisis ?

THIS lol

 

[Acker79]

I suspect "I want to vote for the other guys, but thry never gets enough votes so it's a waste of my time, I'll vote for one of the big parties instead" is a self-fulfilling prophecy. I think there are probably enough people in this position that if they all voted for the person they wanted to, they would not be 'the little guys' for very long.

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

A football analogy,of a sort,if you like : you follow the same old team and they win nothing,year in,year out.Do you change to another team ?

I don't think the analogy works particularly well, at least not for most supporters.

Supporting a political party is part of means to the end of creating a well-governed country.
Supporting a football club is more like an end in itself.

 

[guster]

As the popular saying goes "It doesn't matter who you vote for, the government still gets in"

 

[Woodchip]

I always vote for an independent. The mainstreams are all so alike now it's pointless voting for any of them.

 

[00snook]

Until Proportional Representation comes in there is really no point in voting.

Each party only concentrates on getting re-elected, rather than the best thing for the country.

PR forces parties to work together, and ensures that every vote counts even if
it is a protest vote.

Sadly neither Labour or Conservative will ever bring PR in, so we are stuck will the current outdated and broken system.

 

[Don't get me started]

Pirate Party UK

Now got 2 MEPs and growing rapidly.

 

[RexCathedra]

Count your blessings. We here in the States have a variety of parties --well, actually two -- to choose from, both conservative.

 

[Tricky Dicky]

Don't trust any of them, their only interest is themselves. To borrow a quote from a film "this president wants what every first term president wants ..... a second term". To get power and keep it is their only aim.

 

[Questions]

I,ve also changed my mind - on politicians that is.
When I was young I thought that most of them were cnuts.
Now I think they are ALL cnuts.