Rock superstar Brian May declared today that “no vote is wasted, no seat is safe”, as he launched a campaign aimed at encouraging people to vote.
His Common Decency initiative aims to undermine safe parliamentary seats by persuading voters to back “decent” candidates, rather than parties.
“I have a very poor opinion of what this Coalition has done in this country and I think they have turned their back on the public and turned their back on ordinary voters.
“Things like the whip system – I don’t think most people realise their MP is in the House of Commons in the bar while the debate goes on and he then runs in and votes according to what he’s told to do by the whip.
“That is where democracy stops; in my mind, we need to aim for a complete reform of the House of Commons.
“What we have is a serial dictatorship, we do not have a democracy.”
East Devon Watch 