Covered elections in Turkey and Pakistan in last few weeks. Both have national holidays on polling day. This encourages people to vote, gives it a big day feeling, allows polls to close slightly earlier and therefore produces a result sooner. Why don’t they do it in the UK?
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Clearly you are a big believer in Brits sense of civic duty, a true patriot
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Oh bless you. I’m a journalist not an MP. But I guess that
#FBPE hashtag is blurring your vision. - End of conversation
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Ding ding ding jackpot. So, so true.
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Or sod off down the pub

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If that's the will of the people...
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I am not sure that would matter. If voting is not important to somebody, or they are not sure for whom they want to vote, then leave it to people who are motivated and engaged.
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Playing on the slot machines and arcade games sounds a lot better than voting for this lot of wasters.
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Oh Julia you are so funny..
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Not if voting were mandatory with a none of the above tickbox
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have you checked out the price of a train ticket to Brighton
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All 17.4 million?
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The only people who play slot-machines are the pink-rinse brigade. Hang about..that’s the dominant Brexit/Tory/UKIP voter-base. Bring on the holiday!
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Agree. Polling stations are open for long hours so it is easy for people to vote on their way to or from work.
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Or they could just vote for someone that will completely disregard the reason they were elected and do their own thing anyway
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