On Wednesday 09 June 2004 00:35, BenEBoy psychoferret@ukonline.co.uk wrote:
But UKIP is a single issue group. If you don't agree with that single issue then you shouldn't vote for them. In the grand scheme of things, the UK withdrawing from Europe is more important than software patents (*dons flame proof trousers*). People shouldn't vote for UKIP just because they agree with *one* of their policies.
Offered a choice between one Candidate I agree with 90% but not the last 10% on an issue on which I am campaigning, and another with whom I don't agree at all, except on that one point, where neither candidate is going to form, with others, a big enough grouping to have much effect, then I'll vote for the latter!
I'm sorry, but unless they election was *very* close, he's not going to care at all. How many people would vote against him because of patents? <100? <50? It's an important issue, but a minor one to most voters.
From what I've seen, heard and read, it might indeed be that close, if Andrew Duff loses by ONE vote, and then 200 voters tell him its because they worked to send a message on software patents and voting records, then both he, and the rest of his party who did get elected, are going to pay attention.