Well Which One Was It? Over To You.

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2015/apr/28/brand-and-miliband-lets-pray-it-was-something-sordid-rather-than-political

[RandyMarsh]

granted, he does appear to be in his bedroom :)

[RandyMarsh]

Snippet from the interview.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FdbH4rN9b4

[Hypognosis]

//mushroom25
hypognosis, the winner will win, whatever happens. so are you saying there's no point in voting? //

No I'm saying the exact opposite of that. I'm saying that apathy is what *causes* the winner to win i.e. through paucity of (potential) opposition.

Not voting is allowing *other people* to make up your mind for you.
Not voting is abdication of responsibilty.
Not voting is irresponsible; jejune.

The irony of "not being a sheep", yet following Russell Brand's advice is likely to be lost on the kind of people who have been taken in by his utterings.

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//RandyMarsh

What do you think of an option that lets you say that none of the candidates speak for you, a "none of the above option" that says, i am here to participate but no one represents me.

It would be interesting to see how many "votes" none of the above would get.
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I have advocated this idea many times, myself. It is a meme that is circulating ever more frequently, of late.

Meanwhile, the film Brewster's Millions (ft. Richard Prior), from which it comes is usually rated as only 2 or three stars, in the Radio Times, so I reckon most people haven't taken the trouble to watch it.