Adam wrote:
I would prefer it if we had a better voting system, e.g. one where you can vote more than once, i.e. once for each party you support. So the presence of a vote for party A and party B on my ballot paper and a lack of a vote for party C in effect means that I don't care if A or B win, but I certainly don't want to support C.
In preparation for the next general election I don't know if I can bring myself to vote for any of the parties because they all suck, just some more than others. If in effect I could vote for all the parties who were crap instead of the ones that were totally crap then it wouldn't be a total disaster.
This has the nice side effect that I could vote for single issue parties, and when they get lots of votes people think that maybe the issues they are raising are a good idea and the mainstream will take them up.
Adam try sending the above, exactly as it is to the Party's of your choice. I would recommend including 10 Downing Street. I spend most of the day at home in the winter, listening to Radio 4. Analysts seem to be of the opinion that the one fact that is worrying all party's is exactly the point of view you exhibit above. It would be interesting to see what kind of response you get, especially as the EU has decided that democracy is inimical to Microsoft's interests. I might even have a go at a similar exercise myself.