Russell Brand and another WTF OP/ED

[Ben Davis]

If he is for more choices, then how does he think ending voting would accomplish that? It wont, it will do just the opposite. If he wants more choices then he needs to form his own party and compete.

He doesn't want to end voting, he's all for democracy. He just wants all politicians to be 'independent'. By removing party politics and forcing elections to be based on policies rather than personalities, he believes that there would be a greater range of people to vote for with a greater range of policies thus more likely to include the 'non-mainstream' views which never get a look in from party politics. He's said before that 2 of the major side effects would be reducing corporate meddling in political affairs (it's far more expensive to buy up lots of 'independents' than it is to buy a Party) and he thinks that voters would become more informed about who & what they're voting for.

The upshot would be that politics would be more inclusive therefore combating voter apathy and making democracy more effective & representative.

*Edit: he's been asked about starting his own political party before. His response? He's a comedian not a politician.