Democratic choice to vote or not to vote
From: Adrian F Sunman,
Collingham, Newark, Notts.
GP Taylor’s column ( The Yorkshire Post, May 13) never ceases to amaze me or, for that matter, pass my understanding. In his latest offering he laments the fact that “not many chose to have a say” in their country’s future.
Well Mr Taylor, I always thought that a General Election in which two-thirds of the electorate participated, had a good turnout. In any democracy worthy of the name, a proportion of those entitled to vote will choose, as is their right, not to participate in the democratic process.
Of course in so doing they forfeit the right to complain when the party of their choice doesn’t get elected.
Furthermore Mr Taylor knows very well that Mr Cameron, alone of all the party leaders, promised to protect pensioner benefits and keep them universal – which is the fairest way of ensuring they’re available to all who need them. No such promises were made by Labour or the Liberal Democrats.
Unless Mr Cameron is intent on sinking the Tory party without trace at the next election, which I sincerely doubt, he will honour those promises. Why? Because he knows very well that pensioners are in that section of the population likeliest to vote and they’re also the likeliest to vote Tory.
From: Jeremy J Whittington,
Leeds.
EUROPE is being held to ransom by boatloads of asylum seekers from Africa seeking a better world. Instead of the Brussels bureaucrats telling the EU governments that we, the EU countries, must accept quotas of these sad people, the immigrants must be sent back to Africa.
The situation is extremely sad and one must feel sympathy for these people fleeing their homeland, but we must be firm. I am Conservative but I also believe in Ukip. We must leave the control of Brussels.
From: Ruthven Urquhart,
High Hunsley, Cottingham.
AS the post-election reviews and the consequent dust have started to settle, I thought now maybe an optimum time to contribute further in my customary frivolous and facetious style.
Very few of us seem able to compose a letter or speak on any subject without resorting to one (or some) of the following expressions:
“To be honest” (frankly). “At the end of the day” (conclusively). “At this moment in time” (now). “See you later” (goodbye) and the word “like” is so often included in a sentence to help amplify any specific point being made.
Well. to be honest (or frankly) I am often guilty of several of these monotonous repetitions!