The only wasted vote is an unused one - the notion that if you don't vote for Labour or Tory is wasted is only true if everyone goes along with it - that idea definitely needs to be destroyed. If every voter next time said no, we're voting for the independent candidate this times around, they'd get elected - it's just wrong thinking.
Also, the gutter press has very little coverage at a local level - you might get it at national, i.e., party leaders or where there are (shadow)/cabinet members, but how often do you hear about the vast majority of the 650 MPs in the media? The majority barely get a mention, if ever - and maybe that's actually the problem, if alternative candidates got more coverage, perhaps more people would vote for them - perhaps when people turn up at the voting booth they're surprised to see more than two name :/
Also, the gutter press has very little coverage at a local level - you might get it at national, i.e., party leaders or where there are (shadow)/cabinet members, but how often do you hear about the vast majority of the 650 MPs in the media? The majority barely get a mention, if ever - and maybe that's actually the problem, if alternative candidates got more coverage, perhaps more people would vote for them - perhaps when people turn up at the voting booth they're surprised to see more than two name :/
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