nhs my ar*e

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One thing that should be made law is that it is compulsory to vote at local and General elections, if you do not support any party you put your x in a box that says i do not support any party. When that is done then people cannot moan as much.

Well firstly, people need to get past the idea that democracy is about voting once every 4 or 5 years.  Democracy works every day.

And as for your idea Lew, as soon as you make it law to vote, well I guarantee you that I and a million plus or so others will refuse to vote.  What you gonna do then?

Someone mentioned that while they were at an A&E a lot of old people were being moved around , something about lack of care in the community, again maybe some family members need to step up to the plate and care for their own elderly . 

I've got two parents with dementia Lew.  They have stubbornly refused all the help that is out there and available to them.  So the wheels have fallen off.  I'm now off long term sick caring for my parents while I also get care in place that they need so I can go back to work.

People get old Lew and they start to fall apart.  Are you suggesting I give up my job and sell my house to care 24/7 for my parents?

In actual fact in Scotland there is plenty of provision for care in the community as well as if required residential care.

You know maybe if we got the big multi-national companies to pay the tax that they are supposed to.  Perhaps if we stopped the rich from sponging off the poor, perhaps if we stopped subsidising rich companies with in work benefits, perhaps if we introduced a living wage.  Maybe if we stopped spending billions on nuclear weapons and fighting illegal immoral wars whilst subsidising our bloody arms industry we might just be able to care for the vulnerable and needy in our society.

This won't be fixed by a general election Lew.  Frankly yes it's a waste of time for most people in most constituencies voting, as you are effectively pissing into the wind. 

To counter your suggestion of compulsory voting, perhaps a mass movement rejecting our current 'democracy' and getting the vast majority of people to refuse to vote would be more effective.

Meanwhile I want another referendum :lol  The UK is sinking.