Local Elections Thursday.

[Guest MattP]

Fire away, be interesting to see who the FT crowd would elect as a collective.

[Manwell Pablo]

Great turn out at the polls so far.

[Guest MattP]

Great turn out at the polls so far.

Doesn't bode well for Thursday does it?

[Manwell Pablo]

I'm not voting to be honest, I sort of lost faith when the BNP actually managed to win an election in Coalville.

[SystonFox]

i wont be voting on thursday. i've voted on here for BNP and UKIP just for the lolz and the outrage it is about to cause. i see somebody has already beat me to it!

[Guest MattP]

I'm not voting to be honest, I sort of lost faith when the BNP actually managed to win an election in Coalville.

And if fellas like you don't turn out to vote the chances of that happening again increase.

Get out and Vote.

[Father Ted]

I'm guessing this is just for Leicestershire County Council and not Leicester? Anybody know the next election date for Leicester CC? Another 2 years?

[The Doctor]

I don't live in leicester at the moment (although I think I am still registered to vote in this) - but I'd be voting green.

[kyleolly]

I voted BNP because we need are country back and get rid of the foreigners takin over "this is are England"

[flowwolf]

I'm not voting to be honest, I sort of lost faith when the BNP actually managed to win an election in Coalville.

You should not have voted for them then.

[lavrentis]

Not eligible to vote in this but I'd have voted for UKIP.

[Guest BlueBrett]

I'd vote for whoever has the best chance of beating Labour.

[Manwell Pablo]

And if fellas like you don't turn out to vote the chances of that happening again increase.

Get out and Vote.

I suppose but I don't really feel like protest voting just to try and avoid a BNP local council (Im in Ashby anyway which will prolly end up Torrie)

Really don't have much of preference at the minute. Pretty much every policy I've ever voted for a party off the back of they've gone back on anyway.

It's alright knocking those that choose not to vote but perhaps somebody should question whether it is the voters fault when people give up their time and trust to vote for a poltician who in turn doesn't deliver what was promised.

[MooseBreath]

Voted for greens because I'm really really nice and I because I like flowers and trees and pretty little bumble bees and I want to do all I can to protect them

[yorkie1999]

I'm voting ukip, mainly because of ken clarke calling them a bunch of clowns which is a standard tory tactic of winning by telling voters how much worse off we'd be under another party.

[Vlad the Fox]

I suppose but I don't really feel like protest voting just to try and avoid a BNP local council (Im in Ashby anyway which will prolly end up Torrie)

Really don't have much of preference at the minute. Pretty much every policy I've ever voted for a party off the back of they've gone back on anyway.

It's alright knocking those that choose not to vote but perhaps somebody should question whether it is the voters fault when people give up their time and trust to vote for a poltician who in turn doesn't deliver what was promised.

Thinking of protest voting in favour of the tory's to try and get bnp out. They made it in by one vote last time though voting Tory makes me feel dirty.

[purpleronnie]

I've voted by post...the lazy way.

[Guest MattP]

I've voted by post...the lazy way.

Given you are called 'Purple Ronnie' it's obviously a vote for the kippers I presume.

[purpleronnie]

Given you are called 'Purple Ronnie' it's obviously a vote for the kippers I presume.

You wish.

[Voll Blau]

Voting in Lancashire - torn between three parties at the moment.

Saddens me with people who can't be arsed to vote. Sitting on your settee is not a protest at the system, it's pure apathy. If everyone who didn't vote spoiled their ballot politicians might start realising they need to be more accountable to the people. If you can't be bothered you've no right to moan at anything in your life affected by Town Hall/Westminster.

[whoareyaaa]

Does it actually matter who runs the country they all do the same ****ing thing to me.

[ADK]

I'll be voting Lib Dem, never known a bad lib dem councillor i'm sure they exist. I suppose most people will be voting based on party politics, i always feel sorry for local councillors who end up losing elections due to perceived wrongdoings by their party at national level. Would never vote labour, never known anywhere labour that wasn't a complete shithole. Tories are actually generally ok.

[Guest MattP]

Actually agree with you for once. Show me a shithole and I'll show you area where a Labour council has been in power for years.

[Deucalion]

Forget the Foxestalker of the season award...

I think we need to vote for the Mayor of Foxestalk !!

[Manwell Pablo]

Voting in Lancashire - torn between three parties at the moment.

Saddens me with people who can't be arsed to vote. Sitting on your settee is not a protest at the system, it's pure apathy. If everyone who didn't vote spoiled their ballot politicians might start realising they need to be more accountable to the people. If you can't be bothered you've no right to moan at anything in your life affected by Town Hall/Westminster.

It's not about not being arsed is it, thats just a blinkered high and mighty way of looking at things, on the contrary I believe if you go out and vote for party based on their principles and they go back on them after being elected you should be held accountable for being so gullible and have no right to question the people you put in power.

Scribbling on a ballot sheet has no effect on the news or polticians where as a turnout of less than 25% would make them question the whole validity of our democratic system, and that is what I question. Democracy is a wonderful thing however it serves no purpose when the the two partys in power between them claimed they would cut our debts and not the NHS, and not increase tuition fees for students, and so far they've managed do the opposite on all three counts. It becomes a completely pointless process.