Jules Jones

[begin rant]

... and yes, it *is* a duty as well as a privilege. I spent some of my formative years in a country where the franchise was not universal, and others in a country where the franchise was compulsory. I'll take the latter over the former any day, thanks, and if you're eligible to vote in the current UK election, you have two and a half hours to get thee to thy local polling station.

It is not true that I don't care who you vote for, because if you vote for the BNP I'll not be very impressed. It is true that I don't care who you vote for amongst the parties that aren't neo-Nazis, as long as you actually go out there and vote. Democracy is ultimately a use it or lose it deal, and every vote *does* count, even if it's to write "none of the above" across your ballot paper.

And for the love of god or the flying spaghetti monster, vote for the people/party with the policies you want, not the party your family has always voted for or the party your favourite celeb has told you to vote for.

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