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Originally Posted by Kizzy
Not during elections they don't.... In a democracy to change things you need to vote.
At other times you can campaign, protest and lend your support in as many ways as you wish, but if you don't put your cross in a box on poll day it counts for nothing.
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I 100% disagree. One can start businesses , creating jobs, creating wealth and incomes for families, spending 10000s of pounds on fellow local businesses....encouraging and helping other start up businesses too
this has enormous impact on your community , far more than ticking a box for an mp who offers the same broken promises as the previous failure.
however in addition to creating businesses and jobs, one can write to ones mp about specific issues, which I and many others do all the time and in fairness I always get responses and in some cases some significant action
raising money for specific charities is highly effective, Ive been involved with that , writing well thought out letters, concisely and specifically to address key problems has huge impact. so too does blogging, writing aricles and so on
even the way one lives ones life. missionary work is hugely effective as the local Christian churches who do staggeringly amazing work in impoverished nations, recently proved with more trips to Kenya. this should be highlighted more in mainstream news. the vast majority of Church goers are terrific people who worldwide do staggering amounts of work and raise billions too
on a personal note, Ive also dealt with the nhs trust many many times and in effect change the way they operated with home care in my area.
there is more to life than ticking a box. Id say those who vote in the same clowns from the same complacent self serving party are the complacent ones, not the people who do all sorts of other community work, campaigning or enterpreneurs and charity workers etc etc