It’s not an Election Day in Bristol, but it is in a lot of other places! You should go do that voting thing otherwise democracy has no legitimacy, fam 👌👍
Granted one could make a pretty solid argument that British democracy has no legitimacy thanks to the First Past the Post system, lack of recall, and having joined executive and legislative branches—but that’s a whole other argument.
Oh yeah, and while I'm at it, registration to vote in the European Parliamentary elections closes in five days. Get on it. https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote
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Oh yeah, and while I'm at it, registration to vote in the European Parliamentary elections closes in five days. Get on it. https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote