Election 2003

[brawburd]

no questions yet? e.g. did you go out in the rain? e.g. how many of the candidates on their stages where drunk or sober or just so tired they couldnae stand straight?

[comloulou]

I voted! Im proud of that as apparently 70% odd of my fellow english couldnt be ars.d

[xyzzy@bok]

What party was NOC who seemed to be winning?

[woodpam]

For the first time since I've been old enough, I didn't vote. I feel bad about it because I believe its a precious right and am aware of how in times gone by, women died so that I could make my opinion known. Trouble was, none of the candidates stood for policies I could vote for and I live in a place where if they put a blue rosette on a donkey, you'd have a conservative ass representing you.

[simon_says]

"A precious right"??? Yes it would be if we were voting for people who were standing for election on a principled basis, but good god, these individuals that stand have nothing but self interest and preservation at heart!! Policies?! They only follow party lines, so why should we vote for them? AND MSP's earn well over �40,000

[brawburd]

I agree with simon_says about the real nature of party politics. However, more important is that we don't forget about what woodpam describes as a "precious right". Use your vote to complain about the party political system or career politicians, if you don't vote you join the apathetic millions with no voice; if you vote you join the apathetic millions trying to say something!!

[mikewall01]

If you don't vote then don't complain. If nobody voted where would we be? Use your vote and use your elected representatives whether you agree with their policies or not. Give them stick and let them know what you believe in. They are there to represent and serve YOU.

[maitre d']

I reckon there's too many MP's anyway. We ought to have one per county, and we ought to see them having to justify their pampered, subsidised existence like the rest of us have to. Let's see them on a productivity pay getting six weeks or less holiday a year, and on the minimum wage per hour. It bet it'd rise above the fiver an hour [or whatever it is] if that happened