When even a major political party is encouraging us to vote tactically, you know the system is cracking. Good.
It's not about Britain's economic difficulties: disaster is pretty much assured whoever gets in. But we've been poor before; so what? Liberty is harder to recover than wealth.
First we have to get the power back from Europe, then we have to get it back from our venal and treacherous domestic politicians.
There is no system that will make people good and happy; that revolution is in the heart. The bureaucratic reification of good intentions becomes the slave of its own power and protocols.
We need some freedom to act. I shall do my tiny, practically insignificant bit to clear a little space so that those who have good will can practise it.
A vote for UKIP, this "contemptible little army", may encourage those elsewhere with a better chance - perhaps in the South West - to keep pushing back, to resist the Black Hole.
UPDATE
Some discussion of the deficiencies of Proportional Representation on Hatfeld Girl's site. I've submitted the following comment:
PR no, Alternative Vote (what I used to know as the Single Transferable Vote) yes. The latter is basically the same as First Past The Post but with AV the post stands at 50% of votes cast.
I don't see how this would necessarily lead to hung Parliaments, coalitions and weirdo fringe MPs, indeed I think it would help avoid them. You'd get more of a fight for the centre ground, but you'd get an MP that was more likely to have reflected some level of your choice so you wouldn't feel disenfranchised. And I think you'd get more examination of policies to determine 2nd and 3rd choices.
Turnout this time in the national elections was reportedly 65%, less than at any time in the 75 years from 1922-1997. And that's after market panic, credit crunch, the near destruction of the banking system, general hoo-ha, fedupness with Brown (how much of the vote depends on emotional spasm?) and Sam Cam's bump.
The present system is effectively useless and corrupt, which is why it will continue. I expect David Cameron to offer a Royal Commission and then do nothing, since the current arrangement suits Tweedledum and Tweedledee.
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Disciplined armies of voters are what the parties want. They produce all this propaganda - their crafted narratives to make us vote their way and against our own values and concerns and interests, or at best, not vote at all.
You're their worst kind of voter. We should all be like you.
Sadly .........
HG, I shall strive to be worthy of your opinion.
James, the battle is only just joined.
欣穎啟佐: but what would you like to say?
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