What does ‘Vote’ mean to you? 

One thing that I’m looking forward to doing is voting in the european elections, i know most people these days can’t be bothered to vote or haven’t even registered yet. But my mum always says that if you vote then you have a right to freely complain about any political matters that you want to. I think it may be a feministic streak in me, being happy that my time to vote has finally come, i think I’m having a bit of a suffragette movement moment. 

The definition of voting is to express a choice or an opinion, and i feel that in our current economic climate and with the Daily Telegraph exposing ridiculous claims on MP’s expenses it should fuel us all to vote, whether it be now on in the general election to come. 

The next issue to come across is who to vote for? 

Each party seems as bad as each other at the moment, and it gives a clear indication as to why younger people aren’t voting in massive numbers. The political parties and their history make for good reading if your interested in that sort of thing, with the whigs becoming known as the liberal party and tories the conservatives. Labour has done enough damage as it is, but i may just think that way because of what my parents have bought me up to believe. Although i think Gordon Brown has swayed my decision dramatically. 

What i really wanted to say was that whoever you vote for, just vote. The cheesy line ‘every vote counts’  may sound petty but i think its true, if we really want a difference, no matter how big or small, change has got to happen sometime. America is a great example, just look at the fresh lease of life that Obama has had over American society. Britain may have problems but if you want to have a hope in fixing them, voting would be a good start, right?