I support everyone’s right to vote as seems best to them.
Having said that if you have the choice of a moderate Left government (vs a fascist Right) & you choose not to vote for them because you’re so angry with them for not being further to the Left… I reserve my right to find that reasoning silly
I am British and excited about our upcoming moderate Left government. There are things I disagree with them on! That’s OK, I can give my all to influencing them and they might actually pay attention, unlike a right wing government which definitely won’t.
Have a friend who was in Bercow’s constituency. I had no idea nobody puts up a candidate against the speaker, whilst the speaker doesn’t really represent constituents or even their own party. A whole electoral ward whose votes don’t actually count at all.
Well look at it another way : I live in what has been up to now a staunchly Conservative voting area, I've not had a vote be counted in 7 general elections. Everyone's fine with TPTP* as a form of representative government. I've never had an MP.
*They're not (inc. me), just making the point.
While the representation bit is obviously problematic I do like the fairness of that (I was aware it was a thing). Much like paired (not) voting in the Commons.
