knittingaddict, I would urge you to re-think that stance.
People say all sorts of things on social media and it isn't necessarily a reflection of the general direction of a Party, its MPs, its Leader.
I would say that there is a massive difference between what a person might say, when heated, on a forum and what a Party Leader, who has been given the honour of being the Prime Munister of the UK, says in Parliament.
Boris Johnson repeated a Far Right conspiracy theory in Parliament last week.
He therefore gave it the imprimatur of respect.
He dogwhistled to the extreme elements of our society.
With inevitable results.
Please think again about spoiling your ballot paper.
I know many people say, 'My vote doesn't matter.'
I never, ever believe that.
It's a vote. It's a voice.
People will say all sorts of things. In the media, on social media.
But some things, said by some people, matter more, tell you more, have more executive effect than others.
I would say, when making up your mind, give more weight to Party Leaders than intermittent social media.
I really don't have words for how appalled I am about Johnson.
I can't stress enough how important I think it is that we resist the line he crosses.
All of us.
And resist false equivalences, or attempts to make us ignore what he is doing to us - our political life; the very grounds of acceptability and our political norms.
All I can say is this: it really matters. It's worth being outraged by.