Too much at stake to not vote again

HERE we are again. Another early summer Thursday and another chance to put our X in a box to choose the leaders of the United Kingdom parliament. There is a weary familiarity to all this. Since the start of this decade, we have been voting at an incredible rate to fill all of our parliaments and try to settle some fundamentally important one-off questions.

A low turnout tomorrow could be forgiven were it not for the fact that so much is at stake.

At the top of the tree in terms of important reasons to vote is that whoever is elected to become Prime Minister, will be leading the United Kingdom negotiations with Europe on our departure from the European Union.

That means they will be tasked with securing not only a favourable framework for leaving with the least disruption but also how much we will have to pay for no longer being part of the European family of nations.

They will also have to figure out how the domestic legislative process will be able to cope with the kind of upheaval and change that is coming our way.

Next up as a good reason to vote is that the poll concerns that part of the domestic political agenda over which the Westminster parliament has control.

Some would have us believe that there is only a rump of areas on which our MPs can legislate that includes Scotland and, therefore, what’s the point. However, every penny of change in the amount of public spending made at Westminster has a direct impact on funding in Scotland. There are also the small matters of defence, security and pensions to think about.

Independence for Scotland is next up for consideration. Some would always want it top of the list of reasons to vote. Others argue it has been debated and decided and should now be forgotten for a generation. Whatever your view, for our politicians it is still proving an irresistable topic for their campaigns.

So, take your pick and make your mark because although you might be fed up at having to troop down to the nearest primary school or community centre for the umpteenth time, there is too much to play for not to go.