To think there needs to be a points strategy for voting.

Whaaat about, just better censorship?

And a point deducted for readers of the Daily Mail or GB News viewers?

While I despair that it is often a case of turkeys voting for Christmas because some people don't use critical thinking skills when voting - a one person one vote system is the most democratic and we would not have a fair society if this was not the case. So yes, even my racist brother in law deserves to be able to vote.

We could go further: upweight the vote according to how high their school and university ranks in the tables. Do the same for the votes of MPs and Lords in parliamentary votes.

What do you think, OP?

A childhood classmate of mine with a solid university degree is a massive conspiracy nut. False flag beliefs, end of times happening and massive Trump fan.

I cannot believe someone who claims any level of education and intelligence - let alone morals and conscience - has even considered such an idea.

I'll bet I can guess how the OP votes.......

No. I’ve worked at Oxbridge and you can’t equate academic ability with intelligence.

Enoch Powell also had a degree, if we want to talk about problematic views in UK politics.

How about we do a survey to identify people's political leanings. Then we allocate 2 points to left wing people, 0.5 points to centrists and zero points to right wing people? Reform voters could be allocated minus points, so that every time there was a vote, they would count as one towards the Communist Party. Because like you OP, I think that everyone who doesn't share my political views is too stupid to deserve the vote.

Maybe he asked someone who had an Economics degree to gift it to him? 😂

Donald Trump has an economics degree…

I don’t disagree with this concept in general but I’m not sure university education is the right barometer by which to measure intellect, critical thinking skills and ability to make informed decisions.

Don’t some of the people with concerning views also have a degree?

My sister has a degree and has not one iota about politics and has never voted.

I’m sorry but what a silly thing to suggest

No.

Much as I share your frustration about the ignorance and stupidity of some of the electorate, abandoning basic democratic principles is not the answer.

Instead, we should be investing a lot more in education so that people actually stand a better chance of making informed decisions in the ballot box.

Lets disenfranchise the working class, less privileged and poorer sections of society even more than they already feel.

What could possibly go wrong.

Voting properly means an understanding of what they’re actually voting for. Not just to jump on the bandwagon or TikTok propaganda.

How could this ever be measured. There will be people who vote the same way as you, who are informed by TikTok. So would we all need to sit a test to explain our reasoning?

So someone gets more 'points' even if their degree was in Contemporary Circus? Or haven't you decided which degrees make people even more superior to others?

I'd suggest doing a degree in certain subjects suggests you're a first class idiot and shouldn't be allowed anywhere near a polling station. But then I'm not trying to be a dictator and forcibly remove rights from humans.

What you smoking OP?

I kinda see OP’s point about, er, points.

If it were me, I would allocate a x2 extra vote multiplier to parents and taxpayers, to give these voters more weighting in the system.

Extra votes for parents would mitigate against the trend for the elderly vote to trump all else, at the expense of the economy and our national infrastructure. The most egregious example of this is the WFA paid to wealthy pensioners in under occupied homes during an energy, cost-of-living and housing crisis (where thousands of children are living in damp, cold B&Bs right now).

Extra votes to taxpayers would also help rebalance the trend towards higher and ever more expansive benefits (because non taxpayers vastly outnumber taxpayers), the likes of which threaten to destroy all opportunities for investment in defence, housing, education and transport infrastructure.

You’re not a history or politics graduate, are you?

Right. So my 21 year old nephew who scraped a third in Liberal Arts and Social Media and wondered why he couldn't see Nigel Farage's name on the voting slip at the local council election, he should get more points than my dad who showed a life long interest in politics, and paid into the system for over 50 years after leaving school at 14......because?