WHY VOTE? AND WHO TO VOTE FOR?
- farmersfriendlincs
- 4 hours ago
- 2 min read
Please vote - whatever the election whether for an MP, a mayor, a councillor or a commissioner it is so important. The simple fact is that Britain has fallen into a state that the absence of a vote has become the deciding factor. Indeed the absence of votes brought Kier Starmer’s Labour to power in 2024 making it an effective victory but without the substance of public support.
Now I appreciate that often the person that you may consider best for a job is not even a candidate. If you feel you do not wish to vote because you want nothing to do with crooked and corrupt politics then you are much mistaken, as by not voting you are part of the problem.
Votes are the building blocks of our democracy. The working classes, and women of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries did not fight for the right to vote so that their descendants could exercise their right not to vote. The simple fact is that a failure to vote leaves decisions in the hands of noisy and vociferous minorities that gain a power disproportionate to the will and wishes of the oh so very quiet, nay even silent, majority.
Who to vote for? First of all think before voting. Think not about the candidates, but rather about what you want for yourself. What do want for your family, for your children, for your region or your country’s future? Then look at the candidate that is closest to your vision and vote for that.
Do not vote unthinkingly for a person or a party because you have always voted that way.
“I always voted at my party’s call, and I never thought of thinking for myself at all.” W.S.Gilbert
Too many politicians use fear rather than hope to gain votes. Do not vote against something, vote for something. Vote for a future, not for a past.
Above all else vote.