I wrote a piece on tactical voting and Greens for UKC Voice – read it here
“I need to vote Labour to stop the Tories.”
“We need to vote tactically to keep Nick Clegg in his seat.”
“If you vote for the SNP, you’re anti-Union.”
“We need to vote Tory to keep out UKIP.”
Frankly, I’m fed up of it.
Not just because I’m trying to win an election in Canterbury and tactical voting is becoming my biggest barrier to success, but because it’s causing people to vote for the lesser of two evils and not for what they truly believe in – because what’s the point of voting for the party you want to win when we are told we live in a pseudo-democracy that gives them little chance of success? This isn’t an election anymore, but a tick on a sterile betting slip to predict a winner.
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