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@Buffalo_Bill
Sorry, but 55% of the electorate didn't vote at all. So how is staying at home on polling day challenging the conventional wisdom?
What idea is it that I am supposed to embrace by not voting? 'Everything is fucked, let's go down the pub'? Or something else, which you haven't yet deigned to share with us?
I believe that democracy as practiced in the UK and the US leads to undemocratic results. But it is still worth voting, when there are people who are worth voting for. I think Sian Berry was worth voting for, and so were Jenny Jones and Darren Johnson. Those three people have clearly made a difference to lives of Londoners in a very real and meaningful way. It would be rude not to vote for them.
Whereas you haven't articulated a single coherent argument. In fact, I would go so far as to say that you have just trolled this thread. More fool me for feeding you.
So I'll think I'll stick to voting as opposed to not voting, and writing letters and all the rest of the other things. It's called critical engagement.