I read over the weekend that one way to tackle the growing apathy towards poilitics is to fine anyone who does not vote at the General Election. This was put forward by a member of the Cabinet.
What a fantastic way to promote democracy. If you don't go out and vote for one of our career polititians (who is bound to be more concerned with retaining their seat, and lucrative expenses account which you pay for, than with YOUR concerns regarding anything) we'll prosecute you, and as we control the courts (again, democracy in action) we're going to win.
Why don't they just introduce a voting tax and be done with it? It would save time, unless a voting tax credit was introduced where you could claim back the cost of not voting if you did actually manage to drag yourself away from Trisha and get yourself down to the polling station.
Obviously it would be YOUR responsibility to ensure you applied for this credit, and the government could not held to account if you did vote and still had to pay the tax. Unless you voted the way they wanted... and weren't white, middle class, married, employed, a home owner or British, in which case you'd probably have to pay more.
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Comulsory voting is the way forward, but only if there is a "None of the above", or "You are all a load of t@ssers" option. In this year's election for Mayor in Stoke, the winner was the bloke who said he'd abolish the role as soon as he could, and 20,000 people deliberately spoilt their papers. That's democracy in action... the voice that says "none of you is worth my vote"
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