Comments | wight1984: European Elections

wight1984

European Elections

Jun 04, 2009 19:22

Note: I just voted, hope everyone else did too. There's an bewildering amount of anti-EU parties on the ballot but important thing would seem to be to make sure that someone other than the BNP gets the seats :o) Here is a list of all the parties running: linky (including the 'Roman, Ave!' party, which is apparently a taxi driver who lives in

topic: politics, event: elections

Comments 10

Certainly did! foxxina June 4 2009, 18:38:11 UTC

Ooh don't. I just got accused of being undemocratic for encouraging people to get out and vote, "even if it's just to vote for anyone but the BNP".

Some people seem to think the party is akin to a small, frail duck trying to cross a road. Poor BNP :(

Re: Certainly did! wight1984 June 4 2009, 18:43:57 UTC

Suggesting that it's undemocratic to encourage people to vote is quite a brave argument! :oP People are odd sometimes :o)

Re: Certainly did! foxxina June 4 2009, 18:51:41 UTC

I think they had a problem, also, with the other parties' taking the opportunity to say "vote for us to stop them". Seems like I fell into that niche.

But even so, I can only vaguely see their point. I actually agree. It's my opinion that people should vote for anyone but them!

Re: Certainly did! wight1984 June 4 2009, 18:53:05 UTC

Was my main motivation for being sure to vote :o)

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kruk June 5 2009, 12:02:04 UTC

They're on Sunday here.
And I'm going, of course. :P

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wight1984 June 5 2009, 17:22:13 UTC

Meh :oP