• Armand1@lemmy.world
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    11 hours ago

    Yeah unfortunately one vote every 4 or 5 years is not enough granularity to weigh in on specific issues. Also, politicians lie about what they will do all the time.

    Showing that a large amount of people are against an action, whether by petition or protest, is one of the tools we do have.

    This particular piece of legislation has been in the works for two administrations of two different parties. We’re kind of sick of both of them so I think many people will likely vote for a 3rd party the next time around. Possibly the more progressive splinter group of our 'left" party.

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      9 hours ago

      I hope you’re right. But in my experience, every country ends up voting for 1 of the 2 largest parties because “that other party will not get even 5%” and the whole population ends up disregarding them. And this is by design.

      Honestly, I pray that you’re right and the UK people actually tells the main parties to fuck right off.