42% don't vote!
neil nobody | 08.06.2001 14:40
As counting continued through the night, it looked as
though the overall turnout could be as low as 58%. This compares with 71.6% at the 1997 General Election, which itself was the lowest turnout since the Second World War. It would be the lowest turnout since the election of 1918 when the turnout was 57%. It seems likely that more people will fail to vote than will vote for the Labour Party.
Do they have a mandate to rule?
though the overall turnout could be as low as 58%. This compares with 71.6% at the 1997 General Election, which itself was the lowest turnout since the Second World War. It would be the lowest turnout since the election of 1918 when the turnout was 57%. It seems likely that more people will fail to vote than will vote for the Labour Party.
Do they have a mandate to rule?
neil nobody
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Careless
08.06.2001 15:24
Sanctimonious
demgogues and populists
08.06.2001 15:35
i was horrified at peter mandelsons trumphalist victory speech, in which he condemned theveteran arthur scargill, perhaps the only politician here with any principle at all
orion noir
but its not an active 'no vote'
08.06.2001 16:13
incidentally, it seems that spoiled ballots are not being included in turnout figures, so we may never know how many atually voted nobody /as opposed to staying at home/
orion noir