Those of you who pay some attention for what passes as the real world these days may have noticed that there is going to be a General Election in the UK on 8 June.Back in 2005, when the show had only just returned, Russell T Davies was able to get away with a plot involving aliens taking over 10 Downing Street and trying to provoke a war on the basis that (faked) aliens had 'massive weapons of destruction' that could be deployed within 45 seconds* the Radio Times ran with a cover, during a General Election campaign, which said 'Vote Dalek.'
Well, I was tempted. Very tempted. So when it came to the County Council ballot paper, and I really didn't care much for any of the candidates, I may, just possibly, have omitted to put an X against any of the candidates, and written 'vote Dalek' at the bottom of the ballot paper.**
I don't recommend this as a course of action (imagine if everyone did it and we ended up with Davros in charge) but if you really don't know who to vote for, it is better to make the effort to turn out spoil your paper and register a protest than to stay at home and be counted as apathetic. Remember that the candidates (or at least their agents) get to see the spoilt papers.)
Women fought long and hard to get the vote. It is important to use it.
*This was highly topical at the time.
** Of course, I could have imagined the whole thing.
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