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j4 ([personal profile] j4) wrote2010-05-02 10:18 pm
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Rocking the vote

Not for any ulterior motives, but because I am interested to know:

[Poll #1559379]

That's it. Just scratching an informational itch.

If you want to see some more interesting and contentful political tickyboxery (and I know how much LiveJournallers love the tickyboxen, even if they don't love the politics!), have a look at how your local candidates answered the TheyWorkForYou survey - here's examples for the constituencies with (probably) the biggest representation in my readership (though they've probably all seen them already):

* Cambridge
* Oxford East

Or find your constituency by postcode [link edited to go somewhere more useful]. They're also linked from YourNextMP.

That's it. In other news, I aten't dead. We now return you to your scheduled tumbleweed.

[identity profile] htfb.livejournal.com 2010-05-03 08:41 pm (UTC)(link)
The Victorians (at least, those in the Palliser novels) had the maxim for these situations, "Men not measures". Meaning that you should vote for the person you want as your MP, not their party or manifesto.

If you elect a reasonable person as an MP he or (now we're not quite so Victorian, thank goodness) she may well change their mind towards more reasonable policies. But if you elect a knob you're stuck with a knob.