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April 30, 2008
Turn out to count and to keep them out
That is the simple message, put out by us, Lord Janner and many others about these London elections.
As Lord Janner says in his Comment is Free article:
"On May 1, we all have the chance to ensure that the threat from the far right is minimised, at the ballot box. ... On Thursday, every Londoner's vote counts. Please use yours, for decency, democracy, coexistence and goodwill. Please join with those candidates, who differ greatly on many policies, but spoke out with one voice against today's dangers from the far right."
That nicely echoes our point that (for the London Assembly elections, Londonwide / peach-coloured ballot paper) your vote will in effect count twice: once for the party you support; and once against extremists. This is because your vote makes it harder for extremist parties like the BNP to be elected; as it takes them one vote further away from reaching that 5% threshold.
Posted by malcolmclark on April 30, 2008
