The under 18s look so much older wow

If you did not vote, you have no reason to complain about the outcome. End of.

"it's always gonna be tory" erm well that might change if you bothered to vote!

If you don't want to vote, that's fine but atleast turn out and spoil your ballot. That way you ARE counted/noticed and are recognised as a potential voter a party has to earn in next election

the seat's always gonna stay tory... well it will if you don't vote for a change

This is my first time being old enough to vote and you can bet damn right I'm gonna be there. It was so frustrating not being able to vote last year during the EU referendum I'm not gonna miss out again

The idea of the rotten bunch of apples is slightly skewed. It would be more realistic to imagine you had a bunch of rotten apples, and you *had* to eat one of them. You would pick the least rotten. What he's suggesting is that if he doesn't choose one, he won't have to eat it, which is wrong, if you get the worst party, it's like eating the most rotten apple, just because you didn't want to eat any of them

I don't think it's fair to say that a protest vote isn't a real vote. It shows engagement with the political system but also says you are not happy with the system or the choices provided. In other countries such as France there is a none of the above box, but in countries without this, a protest vote is the best way to show that you aren't apathetic, but you feel disillusioned.

vote for the least of the bad. that's the right thing actually

I've lived here for 11 out of 17 years of my life, went through the entire english primary, secondary and college education, but I still won't be able to vote after I'm 18 :') I have to pay thousands and fill in massive amounts of paperwork to get a citizenship to vote. Lovely.

Personally I think voting should be compulsory, but there must be a none of the above box on the ballot paper too. I also think Election Day should be a public holiday

I can't wait until I'm 18 and can vote and I'm sure my family can't either because I won't stop getting on their backs about making sure they vote

The music is so overpowering in this video and found is difficult to hear what they're saying

Omg. This is infuriating. If you want to change something YOU HAVE TO BLOODY VOTE!!! In Australia, you HAVE to vote and I get so mad when people who go and get their name marked off and get to the ballot and all they've done is draw a dick on the paper, surely their time would be better served actually bloody voting?? Or perhaps Brexit wouldn't have happened if all the people had to vote. Surely that's something to think about. People who have the right and don't use it are spitting on all the people who came before them who got them the right to vote.

When you tell people you aren't voting they treat you like you're the worst person in existence no matter what your reason is. It's absolutely annoying.

I'm from Belgium and here we are obliged to vote during elections. It baffles me that there are countries out there where voting is not mandatory, I mean, the results of these elections will have a huge impact on your country...

Spoiling your ballot and not voting are NOT the same things, spoiling your ballot actively demonstrates your disillusionment/frustration with the current state of affairs, where as not voting doesn't demonstrate any kind of political opinion therefor allows them to be ignored by the government.

I can understand why people won't vote.

as that one guy said, why vote when you are picking the least rotten from a bunch of rotten apples?

I feel that young boys pain so much. I've just turned 18 and in the EU vote last year I was 17 and was unable to vote and I've met so many people who were able to vote but never did because they didn't think it was important, didn't know much about it, didn't care etc and now we being the youngest in society have to live with the consequences for the longest. Voting is not a right it's a privilege and it was hard fought for and won. Please, please, PLEASE use your vote. Every vote is just one vote, if everybody who said that and who thought like that actually turned up and voted it would make such a difference! Even if you don't want to vote then show up to the polling station and spoil your ballot paper. If we want change we have to fight for it and we all have to play our part

I will never cast a vote EVER in my entire life. I will die with having voted politically a total of 0 times. And anyone who has a problem with that can SMD. At first, I really hated that my choices upset so many people, but after such a long time of hearing about how awful I am because of it, it made me realize that there's nothing that makes me happier than pissing off a bunch of belligerent, close-minded, opinionated, politic-crazed lunatic that care more about one persons uninformed, confused and/or reluctant choice than they do about that persons actual FEELINGS AND OPINIONS. Imagine you have a roommate, and you wanna get a flat screen tv, but expect your roommate, who doesn't care if you get the tv or not, to help pay for it. Like, "Wtf? That's YOUR TV bro. I don't need that, I'm fine with what I've got going on for me...." For years I've tried to understand how it all works, and politics just aren't my thing. I can't grasp the vast majority of what is happening, and I assure you, it is not because of a lack of intelligence..... In fact.... If anything, it's because of how my mind works that I can't bring myself to vote, and if you're really that shallow and fucked up of a person that you would damn near curse or wish a non-voter ill, then I will return in suite.

I'm 15 and I can't vote, but would love to. I don't understand people who don't want to vote, they're throwing away an amazing chance.

I have never voted and nothing has ever changed, no matter who's party is in power. So I feel like my one vote wouldn't ever make a change.

the rotten apple metaphor would me more realistic if it were: "if someone has a bag of rotten apples, and they're forcing you to eat one, and you can either choose the least rotten one for yourself, or let them pick one for you, you're obviously going to choose the least bad one"

the thing is, he has to eat one of the apples.

Wong? Do u even English bbc ?

Ik this has nothing to do with this video but the first guy that was talking at the begging of the video sounded like he was rapping

It's not our country, We just live in it🇬🇧

The guy with the glasses looked so internally aggravated throughout the entire video lmfao

Please turn your background music down! Can’t understand what they are saying with their heavy accents with the loud background music

who do i vote for then if i dislike all of the parties running in my constituency? i don't want to use my voice as a citizen to vote for a cause i'm against.

the guy at the start: spoiling your ballot is *not* the same as not voting!!

I'm in the middle about this. I was unable to vote in the last US presidential campaign, and that was frustrating as all get out for me, but I don't think I'm mad at anyone who could vote and didn't.

as much as you have a right to vote you have the right not to vote

I hate politics and I hate politicians but I'm going to vote at every opportunity I can because people fought for my right to. Locally it doesn't matter cause all they want to do is reduce potholes and rubbish like that but on the wider scale is where it matters really.

Was that guy who said he lives in a Tory safe seat from Canterbury? Cause boy, how times have changed

The very first guy who didn't vote was spoiling his ballot which is actually a form of voting. Spoiling the ballot can be used to show a dissatisfaction with all the parties and I think is really under represented. It's a great way in which the public can say I don't like any of these options but yet the data isn't used by the government or really recognised.

The majority of the people watching this video aren't gonna vote!? wow... just wow

The problem with the rotten apple thing is, it's not like if you don't vote you don't have to eat one of the apples. You're still getting an apple, at least that way you might get a slightly better one

as someone who chooses not to vote for personal reasons, it is somewhat upsetting how much hate I get for it, yes, I know it makes a difference, no, I am not just lazy, yes, I understand that people died fighting to give me the right to vote, and I appreciate that I have the choice to vote, I am using that choice to not vote. not voting is also a right I have that some countries don't have. not to say that I won't ever vote, maybe one day I will, but don't be mad at me for doing something that has no effect on you.

You have a right not to vote, if you feel that your vote really will make no difference or you cannot make up your mind, then that is your decision. I personally will always vote, as I make sure to come to a decision, but I know many people who simply can't, especially with this election. I do think however, if you don't vote, any say you have on the outcome is hypocritical, as you didn't have a part of it. I also feel the same frustrations with people that wanted to vote and make a change but couldn't be bothered. TRY your best to vote, but you do not have to, that's your right. Just be willing to accept the consequences the same as everyone else (just because you didn't vote, doesn't mean you're free from the consequences that came with that government).

I genuinely thought the German lady was British because she spoke English with such fluency and a non German accent

I totally understand why people don't vote under our current system, it needs to be changed so it's a lot more proportional of what the country want! Too many our voting tactically or not voting at all instead of for the outcome they actually want because of the current system

It's also about thinking long term. Most political opinions do fall on a spectrum (gov't vs. free market, is often the biggest one). The parties _are_ different in that respect, even if they might be perceived as clustering around the centre. If you are a libertarian Ayn Rand-type who thinks free market should do everything? Vote Tory (or maybe UKIP). If you are a Communist, vote Labour or Green. No party represents you perfectly, but by voting you sent + or - signals to the system. If Labour consistently won elections of the basis of being really left, they would get left-ier (same with Tories and free market). If you are in a safe seat, I would also say to think long-term. Seats do occasionally change hands. What determines whether an opposition campaigns there is percentages, if over time dominant party vote share is declining in a seat, it might be worth it. By not voting because it's a safe seat, you are making it seem safer than it actually is. And if all else fails, *think about specific issues* what is your stance on GM? On Nuclear Energy? On HS2? Parties/candidates generally have statemets on these things in their manifestos (or track records). Controversial topics often lead to stark disagreements. Pick something you care about and vote based on that.

God I hope everyone voted today who was able to today. As a 17 year old it pisses me off so much to see so many people (especially 18-25 y/o) not using their power to vote. At least spoil the ballot! Show that you do care about the future of the country.

End the debate now and I will run for King.

There's no way his 17 wow

12 days after the election? Mines THREE! THREE DAYS! ARGH!!!!! Yes I want to vote btw.

i can never work out which party is telling the least lies, so i don't bother voting

my birthday's the day after :(

I hold two citizenships and I live in a third country where I'm about to become a citizen. I'm not voting where I don't live because I don't think that's fair. I've voted in every election since I was 18. It's my duty towards the women who fought for my right to vote.

If you think about it like this, you are one person who has a vote and it's meaningless because it's only one right? But he is also one vote, and her, and him and so many other people that didn't use their votes because they thought it was meaningless. But, if you put all of it together, it can come up to hundreds of votes and surely that isn't meaningless anymore...

They need to change from first past the post to proportional representation

Turn down the damn music

Oi oi my g from Leyton

all the people who are like "well my area is tory so there's no point voting because it's not gonna change" well.. it won't change until you vote now will it! my home area is always tory, but i always vote because one day labour voters will outdo conservative voters - i just have to keep trying until that happens.

For me, spoiling your ballot isn't the same as not voting. If you vote for a minor candidate with no chance of being elected, it has the same impact as spoiling your ballot ie almost nothing.

Assuming you go by the poll in the top right hand corner. 62% said no to voting. If all these people voted things could have changed. Roles could have been reversed. X

Is the purpose of voting simply to complain about the outcome?

its not just about who ends up winning the seat in your constituency if for example a certain area has been a tory stronghold for decades but labour voters do turn up to the polling stations and vote labour that lets LABOUR know they have support there and therefore can increase campaigning in that area etc if you NEVER vote this will NEVER happen. They won't know you even exist there and therefore nothing will ever change in your constituency. Not voting is one of the ultimate abuses of privilege in a democratic society. I wish more of our generation of 18-24 year olds would turn up because then parties would see that we DO care and we are aware.

boi

People have the RIGHT to vote. They can choose if they want to vote or not it's their right for god's sake.

There was one guy in this that said he was spoiling the ballot, why was he even in this video, spoiling the ballot is still using your democratic rights and voicing your opinion on politics. He said he didn't want to pick the best of the bad bunch, clearly doesn't particularly like any party. And if that's his stance let him spoil the ballot. He doesn't have to vote Labor just bc other people don't get to.

can't get nicked for running through fields of wheat when you've sacked 20,000 police officers....

the guy talking about apples didnt really correlate it to how the system works? it would be more like you have a bag of rotten apples and if you dont choose you will be force fed one anyway therefor the logical thing is to pick the one that is least rotten. i dont know if i expressed this right but eh

so basically ignorant vs unprivileged

Okay so I'm American, don't vote, have never voted, and probably will never vote so can someone please explain to me what "spoiling the ballet" is and how it's different than just not voting? I've never heard that term before. Is it a British thing, something I've just never heard of, one of those things were the rest of the world has a thing but America is a special little snowflake and havethe thing because reasons, or something else?

agreed with everyone here. of you're not voting for ideological reasons at least go and spoil your ballot, at least then it's a clear statement

we just need electoral reform - the current system is not proportional and favours the largest two parties

I'll never vote when I'm old enough, so many lies. Obviously either Conservatives or Labour will win, and I hate both May and Corbin...

There's so much vote shaming in the comments, smh. Some people don't want to take the risk of supporting an outcome that _sounds_ good, but is all bullshit. In politics there's so many lies and false promises, just look at what's going on now

Do people still believe their vote counts. All pre determined Doesn't matter who you vote for they both have to do as there told to do by the people who are actually in charge. Politicians are there to give the illusion you have a choice. We've been voting for these clowns for years yet we are no better off, in fact we are worse off. Years off broken promses yet people still hold on to hope and blame a certain party. They have never cared about us and never will.

Is isnt wrong to not vote because it i a right and you dont have to do it

Me and the first guy have the same birthday! It's so frustrating being just under the voting age 😂

I wasn't yet 18 during the American election for Trump or Hilary. I disliked every single possible party, and every single possible person. Not only that but sometimes I felt like... why couldn't there be better candidates present. Why were savvy people considered instead of people known for their intellectual prowess, a humanitarian, a social Scientist, people who were appraised for their leadership skills and mental prowess, ever be included. (For example, same as why people believe the best singers should be famous, yet the singers who are famous, are because they too are just savvy.) Therefore I wasn't sad I couldn't vote, I was actually *relieved* I had the excuse of my age to those passionate and accusational. I'm just not really a fan of this society that I live in. I'd rather send a letter talking about how I wish there were better ways at the people picking the selection then just having them show up. I don't care to vote in the future (now that I'm 18) if I'm not passionate about whom I'm voting for.

if young people voted at the same rates as other demographics, they'd stop fucking us over with uni fees

Vote for the least bad and work towards a better future (protest, found an assembly, etc.). Otherwise it's not going to get better.

I don't trust myself to have the same opinions on major things, like the state of my existence from one moment to the next. Fuck voting. The country can do what it wants, I'll just go with it.

u should always vote if u don't vote don't complain who wins in Australia u get fined if u don't

As someone who is under 18 and with a mother who only gained the right to vote this year after getting her citizenship, i find it really fustrating when people dont excersise their right to vote

Let me see i not yet see it wat American people tolking about ?

The right to freedom and a vote is also the right to not vote. People are being so preachy. Personally I always vote, only so I can comment on whats happening politically, which you don't really have a right to if you don't vote. I also think it's a waste of time for me to vote seems as I'm from a VERY safe seat area which is politically opposite to my own personal views. Annoying but it is what it is. People get so angry over politics.

I can't vote....I'm under 18

Two things you can not talk about: religion an politics. Lie. If both parties talk with an open mind, very interesting conversations could happen. 👍

I think that the brexit vote should have been lowered to 16, because these 16-17 year olds are some of the most affected by the outcome of the vote, they're one of the first generations going into university and the world of work with the outcome of brexit, so should therefore have a say. I've heard many people say that there's no point because young people don't care about politics and the turn out would be low, but what about those who are interested? What about those who do want to have a say in something that will massively affect their lives? These people are sitting their A Levels, so surely have enough intelligence to make a decision on this matter. I'm not saying this should be the case for general elections, however for something such as brexit, 16-17 year olds should have had the opportunity to have their say.

Long live Democracy! The power is in the hands of the people! Lol

No because I don’t even live in the UK, I’m under 18 and I’m American 😂😂😂 (.But if I did vote, Comrade Corbyn would get mine vote ✊🚩)

Nobody should vote unless they extensively study the candidates, economic, social issues etc... then they should formulate opinions, exactly why I went from Bernie to trump

I don't vote for religious reasons, even if it wasn't religious I wouldn't do it either. I don't care for it.

The votes for UKIP pushed Conservatives into creating the EU referendum proving votes outside of the main two parties can still make a difference.

In Australia, voting is compulsory for citizens. It works. End of story. Other countries should adopt this strategy.

Our progenitors gave their lives in two World Wars so we could have the right to vote. In my opinion, refusing to vote rubbishes everything they fought and died for. I think our voting system should be modified to mirror the Australian system, where voting is compulsory and refusal to vote is punishable by a fine. If you don't like any of the candidates, you can vote for "None of the above". I don't know what would happen if "None of the above" wins, but it'll be interesting to find out.

the politically complacent aren't victims, they are accomplices.

Frankly if your not well educated in understanding the system of the country, well versed in most of the issues affecting the country, Do not vote. Not voting is still an action acceptable in our democracy, one of its fruits. Generally the MP’s are full of shit, crap comes in and crap comes out, the cycle is endless. You who voted for the current government have no right to complain, non voters like me, can whinge as much as we like.

the way I see it if you vote then you have got no right to complain about the outcome because you are implicit in the process.

VOTE LABOUR

wong??

If your not white or a women and you don't vote all of our ancestors faught for nothing tbh just vote atleast choose don't just be lazy and say I don't like neither choose your best pick

The one guy said that if there's a bag of bad apples and you have to choose the best of the bad batch, you still don't want to eat it. But the point of voting is that, in that analogy, you still have to eat one of the apples. You have no choice. So it's better to be able to choose the least rotten of the few than to leave it to chance and have a possibility of getting the most rotten apple of them all. *cough* trump *cough*

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