What point in a vote? I know so many who ask this and now it feels
even more futile than ever. I felt/feel the same BUT the thing is, we
know that all the control is in the wrong hands and as flawed as the
system is - we need to work like activists do - to get power out of the
hands of the corrupt if we're to have any chance of a future for our
children.
Today is your chance to vote in LOCAL ELECTIONS - no it won't change the face of government - but if we can infest our Local Councils with decent Councillors who actually fight for their communities... rather than the ones who do it to hold on to power in a self-serving exercise ...then we have improved a thing for the better. Why wouldn't we do this? Local Councillors have the power to challenge absurd planning applications, stall ludicrous plans by government at a local level and rally to get policy changes by pressuring together.
Where you are, hopefully there will be a Party or Independent on the list that is what your Council needs. I'm lucky that I can tick a Green box today and in a time of Climate Emergency declarations - there is a logic and wisdom in choosing from a Party that has always been right about the problem and sought to address it... when everyone else was simply going through the motions in an attempt to win your votes.
If you have no-one worth voting for or remain insistant that your vote won't change anything (actually on a LOCAL level it can)... then you can still go to the polling station and make clear your choice is NONE of the offerings and that in itself - a spoiled ballot - is counted and makes clear, you weren't simply 'not bothered' but actively choosing none-of-the-above.
To all the genuine candidates running today - particularly those I know as activists for social and environmental justice... I hope you win because it's a win for the planet and a win for the future and a win for wisdom.
Today is your chance to vote in LOCAL ELECTIONS - no it won't change the face of government - but if we can infest our Local Councils with decent Councillors who actually fight for their communities... rather than the ones who do it to hold on to power in a self-serving exercise ...then we have improved a thing for the better. Why wouldn't we do this? Local Councillors have the power to challenge absurd planning applications, stall ludicrous plans by government at a local level and rally to get policy changes by pressuring together.
Where you are, hopefully there will be a Party or Independent on the list that is what your Council needs. I'm lucky that I can tick a Green box today and in a time of Climate Emergency declarations - there is a logic and wisdom in choosing from a Party that has always been right about the problem and sought to address it... when everyone else was simply going through the motions in an attempt to win your votes.
If you have no-one worth voting for or remain insistant that your vote won't change anything (actually on a LOCAL level it can)... then you can still go to the polling station and make clear your choice is NONE of the offerings and that in itself - a spoiled ballot - is counted and makes clear, you weren't simply 'not bothered' but actively choosing none-of-the-above.
To all the genuine candidates running today - particularly those I know as activists for social and environmental justice... I hope you win because it's a win for the planet and a win for the future and a win for wisdom.
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