Is it worth voting in elections?

    In the UK, 46 million1 people are registered to vote in parliamentary elections. Sadly, 39million of those votes are worthless!! The political parties know this, so their policies are not designed for the nation as a whole, but for winning the marginal seats and gaining or retaining power. Pollsters, spin doctors and focus groups proliferate, and the resulting policies can totally disregard what the public want nationally. The 1832 Reform Act created parliamentary seats in the new industrial towns and abolished the rotten boroughs where there were tiny electorates, often controlled by one individual. Today, the first-past- the-post…