My government's actually supposed to be socialist - the party is, traditionally - but under Tony Blair they've dropped a lot of that. Which is one of the reasons I don't like them a great deal, but as everyone tells me, I'm just young and idealistic *g*
I always vote, but most people I know who are my age and younger (I'm 23) don't, and especially not in the European and local council elections (which took place on the same day). People seem so apathetic - "but it's not like my vote can change anything all by itself, is it?" - and a lot of the people who do vote are voting for the extremist right-wing parties.
More and more people are against Britain being part of the EU, it seems, but haven't really thought too much about what that would involve - much closer ties to America, which most people don't want either. There's a big reluctance here to be part of Europe at all, and working together with other countries doesn't seem accepted as a good idea any more. I disagree, so I vote accordingly.
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Date: 2004-06-13 10:39 am (UTC)I always vote, but most people I know who are my age and younger (I'm 23) don't, and especially not in the European and local council elections (which took place on the same day). People seem so apathetic - "but it's not like my vote can change anything all by itself, is it?" - and a lot of the people who do vote are voting for the extremist right-wing parties.
More and more people are against Britain being part of the EU, it seems, but haven't really thought too much about what that would involve - much closer ties to America, which most people don't want either. There's a big reluctance here to be part of Europe at all, and working together with other countries doesn't seem accepted as a good idea any more. I disagree, so I vote accordingly.