If you don't vote, don't let me catch you whining. Or leave.
Growing up in Wigan (it was the early post-war years and rationing was still in force but you could leave your front door open without fear as long as you weren't a gay or homosexual) they used to say that Labour could put up a monkey for election and it would still win. Now I live in Hackney and the same could be said; except my MP is Dianne Abbot and the monkey joke might easily be misinterpreted so we will say a sack of potatoes. A vote for any other party is wasted if the aim of the vote is to elect an MP. A spoiled ballot - as Horatio says - *might be more to the point if there are enough of them and they are counted. But no one fought any war so that you had* to vote; they fought, in part at least, so you had the right to vote or not to vote.
Growing up in Wigan (it was the early post-war years and rationing was still in force but you could leave your front door open without fear as long as you weren't a gay or homosexual) they used to say that Labour could put up a monkey for election and it would still win. Now I live in Hackney and the same could be said; except my MP is Dianne Abbot and the monkey joke might easily be misinterpreted so we will say a sack of potatoes. A vote for any other party is wasted if the aim of the vote is to elect an MP. A spoiled ballot - as Horatio says - *might be more to the point if there are enough of them and they are counted. But no one fought any war so that you had* to vote; they fought, in part at least, so you had the right to vote or not to vote.