There is much talk of the forthcoming EU elections, and how well UKIP might do as a result of protest votes against not only the government (wholly corrupt) but also its immediate opponents (likewise).
Having no recollection whatsoever of having been asked to vote for or against Britain’s membership of this absurd organisation I have no intention of voting for ‘representatives’ in it.
If the EU ballot paper is separate, I shall doubtless spoil it (such papers have to be counted). If not, I shall merely omit to vote.
However, I do intend to vote in the local council elections, which are held at the same time.
I will not, unfortunately, have the chance to vote for an LPUK candidate, because there isn’t one here.
Instead I shall try to vote for an independent, on the supposition that such a person might be more inclined to take account of the views of constituents rather than those of a party, and perhaps too new to be corrupted instantly. Later, perhaps.
What rather surprises me is that people seem prepared to accept that MPs are all fraudsters, but will still support ‘local worthies’ despite all of the evidence. There is no reason to suppose that the major parties in local government are any less reprehensible than they are in Parliament; indeed, the ability of councillors to evade public scrutiny and to maintain their cosy mafiocracies for decade after decade rather suggests that if anything they could be expected to be rather worse.
Ignore the EU. We weren’t allowed to vote on whether we wanted to be in it, and are not allowed to vote on any of its outrageous impositions; why should we vote in its mock-elections? But do go out and vote in the local elections for someone, anyone, other than the freeloaders, Freemasons and friends-and-relations, please.
Ignore the EU at your peril.
If you do not vote against it you accept the votes of those for it.
Vote for those who stand against the EU even in that mock-parliament.
And you do have a choice at the local level: in Surrey the party that cannot be named is fielding 62 candidates out of 80 possible seats. You may have such a candidate in your local election too, but I would always vote for the person not the party in any election (except the Euro election of course, where, other than independent parties of one, you can only vote for a party),
Tell your friends, relatives and neighbours to get out and vote in the Euro elections – MAKE it your referendum on the EU.
If you don’t you might as well roll over and die.
David Payne
What is the difference between government and organised crime?
One is illegal.
In my ward the ballots are indeed separate and colour coded, according to the back of the polling card that dropped through the door. While only the final ballot slip that you post in the box will be counted some fun could be had by spoiling more than one paper.
I doubt that I will feel inclined to vote for any of the local candidates. So far, with two weeks remaining, I have no idea how many candidates or which parties are standing in either election apart from one Tory who has dropped some literature through the door. No visits, no information. Nothing.
DP: I’m sure you’re right. Perhaps on reflection I might vote for UKIP.
captainff: thanks for the link; your blog added to list. We have had bumf from the Tories, UKIP and the BNP. The Cheese & Wine Party have yet to show their hand. Some people did come and knock the door yesterday; I thought they were the Tories, but they turned out to be the Jehovah’s Witnesses.
LUC: I’m indebted to you for the addition of the link.
I speak frequently to a Tory party activist (I know, I try to point out the error of his thinking, but he’s resolute in his support for them :D) and the feeling on the doorstep towards politicians is barely disguised anger and incredulity. The look in his eyes when he said that if his candidate (a well known descendant of a famous PM) has been caught up in this expenses scandal then the local party would be incandescent with rage is one that I won’t forget.
Interesting times ahead .. .. .. .. ..
We haven’t had any on the doorstep down here. Too far along the road, and they’re afraid of the sheep (well, afraid of what the sheep might tell the newspapers, shall we say).