Compulsory voting is not democratic. Not unless there is "none of the above" on the paper - or a "yes" box and a "no" with "noes" getting deducted from "yesses".

I was much tempted by the greens this year (as you can guess by my "open letter" thread) but the fact they totally ignored my direct email to them suggests to me that their canvassing material is even less connected to the reality than other parties. So I guess it'll be Labour again, as I don't think the Scargill mob have any chance of enough votes to register on the PR scale. So Labour will be as good a "no to the BNP" vote as any, and better than some.


As for Cuba, pre-Castro over 75% of the land was controlled by foreign corporations, over 600,000 islanders were without any prospect of (lawfully) earning money, and what economy there was was run by the Mafia. Fair play to Castro, when land was nationalised, his family's holdings were nationalised too.

Do take a hose to the party BR. I think you will find those assembled less amused.