Turnout at the 2024 general election was just 60% – one of the lowest in modern history. This is not an isolated phenomenon: there was a decline in turnout for the 2024 local elections, and the byelections held during the 2019-2024 parliament had the lowest recorded average turnout since 1945.
Or maybe: all of the parties are crap. Sounds more plausible than “all of us are stupid”.
I was only just old enough but this decade feels just like the 1970s. Nothing works, local monopolies taking the piss, strikes, and useless leaders and parties. The phrase “managed decline” was coined to describe failing public services. It gave rise to the punk anarchist in the last couple of years of the 1970s. Anarchy is the way forward for me.
Had anyone useful listened to one punk icon, Jimmy Savile would have been properly exposed. Instead they banned Johnny Rotten. It was indicative of the time.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=v4OzI9GYag0
Propose parliamentary candidates worthy of our votes (not just preprogrammed to line their own pockets) and we’ll vote.