"And before any one goes off spouting about "If you do not vote you do not have a say?

Well clearly that is Bollocks.
I put it to you.
Non voters say a hell of a lot." Pierre le Chapeau

Actually, 'Peter the Hat' non-voters say nothing whatsoever! If you don't vote you not only have no say but you also reveal yourself to be a lazy, ignorant fool. The ONLY chance that you have to alter things in this country is through the ballot box. The stupid Labour non-voters in the NW and Humberside let the BNP in and their equally stupid brothers and sisters in Norwich have just let the Tories in. A 'non-vote' is usually a vote for the Right. If you're too idle, apathetic and selfish to engage in the political process you will be to blame when the country slips further and further rightward. Not voting will merely create a 'power vacuum' which will be filled by some very unsavoury people.