For the first time in my life, I have not voted. My Constituency had Tories, Labour, Lib Dem, Greens and Independent.
I am working class. I grew up in poverty. Also, I quite like having an NHS. I do not believe that the Conservatives have any interest in working to eradicate poverty or maintaining the NHS.
I felt unable to vote for Labour, Lib Dems or Greens because I had this at the forefront of my mind; “No self respecting woman should wish or work for the success of a party that ignores her sex”.
I did not want to vote Independent because their policies on immigration are, quite frankly, totally unworkable and would be laughable if it wasn’t so blatantly obvious that they have no idea how immigration works.
In the past, I’ve voted for the best of a bad bunch with gritted teeth. This time, they were all equally bloody awful. I know women died for me to be able to vote and I’m angry that the people who are supposed to represent us have put so many people in the position where they cannot, in good conscience, exercise their right to do so.