I think that it's me because the rest of the World can't have gone mad ...... or could it? So after my usual morning of sifting through the funeral plan, give your house to us, and medical cover for 'seniors' ads, I go down to post xmas cards and vote. By the postbox, their is an ad for slimming world classes featuring a punnet of chips - so if you go to slimming world you can gorge out on chips? Then I have to negotiate road narrow and temp traffic light signs as there is some roadworks. These are all placed on the pavement to make pedestrians negotiate around them. They are not on the road otherwise any lazy motorist who cannot be bothered to apply slight pressure to the steering wheel would crash into them. We can't have that but pedestrians can get f**ked. Now to vote at the town hall. The party tellers have been allowed inside so they don't get wet. I complain to the presiding officer that they should be outside. He says the somebody else has already complained but now I can't find details about contacting the returning officer so tough sh^t!
No mate not senile and not alone. Over the 30 odd years I've lived in my current home, I have made a reputation for myself with the party activists standing outside the polling station leading people to believe they are official and have a right to your polling details. My father was a returning officer for many years and he hated them with a passion and had the police move them on at least once accusing them of gerrymandering. Sadly no confrontation for me today as clearly the weather was too inclement. Andy
I just spoke to somebody at Stroud Council and I was right! She said that she would telephone the presiding officer to get them moved. Although they were in the corridor outside the polling room, there was a big open door so that they could hear everything said by the officers (including hearing your name being read out to a colleague handing out voting slips.) This is against the rules and staff should know this. It was raining here earlier thereby putting off the wrinkly vote. Unfortunately, it has now stopped but there are still dark grey clouds that will keep the wrinklies at bay. Bad for Boris, hopefully!
You’ve lost me here Perry. Not trying to be awkward but why does this matter? My vote is my own decision. I don’t care if you know it or anyone else does but if I didn’t want to tell you, I wouldn’t. Can’t see how having some party activist sheltering from the rain is an issue but could be me just missing the point?
voting is a secret ballot. Nobody has the right to know if you voted or who for. I just get pissed off with the party reps hanging around to nose - and pretending that they are there in some official capacity. The whole unwritten rule is no campaigning on election day. I don't really care but it pisses me off - especially when officials don't know he rules!
you shouldn't worry about going senile Perry - statistics (who the fuck trusts any statistics any time anymore??) show that a good 50% of us on here are in/will soon be in the same boat - i.e., you are not alone.
Just do a postal vote.. anyway every rule and tradition in this pathetic country has been eroded by the diatribe that calls itself parliament so if they can’t set a good example then the country is fucked!! And Don’t start me on the royal family
I'm not voting - what's the point? Some twats will win, and the rest of the twats will lose. And five years from now the country will be in a worse state. And we're the twats who'll suffer for it. And the process will begin again. I'll only vote if one of the options is to do away with career politicians. Hell, I'd even campaign for that* *no, I wouldn't - life's too short. That could be riding time.
One of the most important groups in the history of music. Never again, it just couldn’t happen again.
