Russell Brand champion of the people?

[Margaret Pilkington]

Thanks Dotti....the process is much like here then.

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

Yes they do check your name off the roll, but they are not supposed to know what you have done on your ballot paper, though someone once told me that if they really wanted to know how you voted they could find out....though I don't know how they would go about this.

Somebody would have to go to a lot of trouble to find out how you vote and it would be illegal Margaret, they only cross your name of on the register to make sure you don't vote twice, after the count the ballot papers are bungled and then stored, for a period of time, maybe one of our councilors can shed more light on this, its a long time since I was involved, but that's how I remember it.

[Guinness]

Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris

Many Accywebbers seem to be searching for something that doesn't exist - politicians with left wing socialist views on the NHS, renationalising the public utilities, bringing the bankers to heel etc and right wing Tory/UKIP views on immigration, law and order, the EU etc. There's no such political animal and I doubt there ever will be.

Only argument I have with this is..it's not just Accywebbers, it's the whole damn world thats looking for this kind of politician.

We all want socialism that looks after the unfortunates, we all want the capitalism that rewards diligence and hard work, we all want to be protected from fire and crime. We all want a health service that sorts us out when we are ill and not a single one of us minds paying for it through taxation as long as the people that run it are careful and shrewd enough to do their job. We want to be able to switch on our fires, lights and taps without worrying about being overcharged.

There are politicians who think like this. Most are consigned to the back benches and not taken seriously under our crappy system of jobs for the boys, in ALL parties.

But ultimately when you think about it, its gotta be us who are at fault..we all remember Ken Hargreaves with fondness as a man of the people, who stood up to Thatcher, we remember because he was our MP..but how many remember the name of the tory MP who resigned because the EU referendum vote failed last year? (The one where our MP stood with a horsewhip forcing other MP's to vote the way the boss wanted, which was against us), I don't remember his name..even though I watched the whole debacle on Parliament TV, I even watched his impassioned speech and his resignation threat..but I don't remember his name.

I don't remember the name of the guy who voted the way I wanted, but I know the name of the guy who opposed what I wanted....and I bet most of you are the same...why is that?

[Margaret Pilkington]

Maybe it is so that we don't make the mistake of voting for him again.