(June 27, 2016 at 4:00 pm)Mathilda Wrote: To be honest I really did take it very seriously and I really did want to consider voting Labour. But all I knew was what my parents told me about old Labour in the 70's. Not that it would have made any difference either way because it was a safe seat. But I could have voted the Monster Raving Loony Party. They even came round to the 6th form college and campaigned once even though no one there was eligible to vote.
To be honest, I fully appreciate that decisions are harder in a majority system like the UK. I tend to vote green, with some deviations to social democrats for tactical reasons. I can at least be sure that my vote is represented in parliament, even though I don't expect a win.
Green is where my heart is, since they aren't in any way exclusive and always strive to better the conditions for the common folks. I always considered myself to belong to this group, although, before 2008, I was doing pretty well. But I never forgot where I came from. Son of a small business owner and always aware that things could go downhill at some point in time.