With the Brexit Party not standing in Conservative held constituencies, it seems that the right-wing parties are working together to ensure that Boris Johnson's Conservatives are returned to power in tomorrow's General Election. The centre/left-wing parties have not worked together in the same way and so will have candidates standing against each other potentially splitting the anti-right-wing vote. So it is down to the anti-right-wing voters themselves to even out this inequality by voting tactically. In seats held by the Conservatives, if there is a centre/left party clear in second place, then vote for that party, to maximise the chance of taking that seat away from the Conservatives. In seats held by a centre/left party, vote for that centre/left party to minimise the chance of the Conservatives taking it. This may result, for example, in Labour supporters voting for the Liberal Democrats, and vice versa, but unless we do this, we could end up with a Conservative majority government, which would have disastrous consequences for the United Kingdom, and most of the people within it.
The Conservatives, and especially Boris Johnson, have lied from start to finish in this election campaign, and I think they do not deserve to be elected to form another government that will most likely not even try to deliver on many of its promises. They have consistently failed to do so for the last 9 years, and I wouldn't expect them to change now. The only issue that seems to matter to them is Brexit, and I would still not be surprised to see Boris Johnson crash us out of Europe before the end of 2019 in order to avoid having to implement the EU Anti-Tax Avoidance Legislation on 1st January 2020. Public services, and especially the National Health Service, have been seriously harmed by the Conservatives. Their beliefs that (1) everything should make someone (generally one of them) a profit, and (2) taxes are bad because it is a sign of too much state control, are no longer appropriate for the modern age, and are never going to end up with a fair distribution of wealth. With the Conservatives the rich continue to get richer and the poor get poorer, and this does not seem to bother them. I am reminded of a quote from the brilliant Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and wonder if this is how the Conservatives see the world: “Many men of course became extremely rich, but this was perfectly natural and nothing to be ashamed of because no one was really poor - at least no one worth speaking of.”
It is important that there is a good turnout for this General Election, perhaps more than any election we have had for a long time. So whichever way you are planning to vote, please just make sure you go out and do it tomorrow. We are privileged to have the vote, and I hope that we continue to have this freedom with a democracy we can be proud of for a long, long time.
Gerontios
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