Our dog came with me to vote this morning. She was quite keen to do so, but was not allowed. I got to cast my vote, though my first form of ID was not accepted as it was not photographic, my next form, which is my NHS smart-card was declined. That is odd as the card I use to access confidential information is not accepted for voting! Fortunately I had my photographic driving licence and used that to vote.
I know that there are those who say that voting does not change anything, but it does in the UK. In Russia, where Putin is to win, it does not. In North Korea and Iran, again, it does not. And there are many nations where people do not even have the pretence of a sham election.
My view is that we should vote, even if that is to spoil our ballot paper. Too many people fought for our rights to do so, rights which are denied to too many people across the globe.
