Proportional representation is the only way to change this, so every vote counts. Then we'd have something closer to a proper democracy.
I agree that our voting system makes many people's vote a waste of time. However, a proportional representation system would just lead to a further dilution of politics and even more compromise and deals about anything and everything. That isn't how we progress, or if it is, it can only happen painfully slowly.
What we need in this country is a good old fashioned dictatorship. Someone with principles and beliefs that will drag the country out of its stupor despite itself. We effectively had one of these with Thatcher and that is why so many people revere her to this day. She led, irrespective of public opinion or morality.
Of course, the problem with a dictator is the fact that wanting to be one should preclude you from being one. It is the nature of the role that someone who is capable of doing the job effectively is necessarily awful. As Thatcher proved to be.
What we all need is a nice dictator. They don't grow on trees or in the mainstream political parties we have created for ourselves where any mis-placed comment or action or item of clothing or hair out of place leads to an absurd level of ridicule and attention.
Single issue pressure groups like the SNP, the Greens or UKIP, that masquerade as political parties are nothing more than a waste of everybody's time and vote.
For me, we have a choice of two potential leaders, neither of whom inspires any confidence or genuine authority. Neither of whom is capable of convincing their own people, let alone a country. It is a feeble choice in feeble political times.
On the basis of nothing more than the evidence of the last five years, I will vote for the one that will probably prove to be a disappointment as opposed to the one that has already proved to be a disappointment.
