I participate in society by dint of my profession. In fact I probably do more for society in my work than many people in the private sector. It may not be "front line", but it's necessary.
I choose whether or not to vote - which is my right (which, no doubt, Jo will say the same). If I didn't vote due to apathy that would be indefensible, but I chose not to vote after weighing up many factors (including various manifesto pledges, and the demographics of my constituency). I don't believe that a high popular vote for the lib dems would spur PR (as they've had 30% before and it's never made a difference to anyone), unless they got above 50%. I don't like some of the implications of PR such as the BNP getting some seats, and would prefer a complete redesign of constituency boundaries.
Re: sorry for verbosity, but this is red rag to not-very-political-most-of-the-time bull ...
I choose whether or not to vote - which is my right (which, no doubt, Jo will say the same). If I didn't vote due to apathy that would be indefensible, but I chose not to vote after weighing up many factors (including various manifesto pledges, and the demographics of my constituency). I don't believe that a high popular vote for the lib dems would spur PR (as they've had 30% before and it's never made a difference to anyone), unless they got above 50%. I don't like some of the implications of PR such as the BNP getting some seats, and would prefer a complete redesign of constituency boundaries.