Mine has already been posted. I contacted all the candidates and not one of them would define the meaning of the word woman, or agree that sex and gender identity are two completely separate concepts.
It's the first time in my 62 years that I haven't been able to hold my nose and vote for the least worse candidate. I refuse to be lumped in with the people who are too apathetic to bother voting, I want to vote but there is nobody to represent me.
I put a thick black line straight through all the square boxes and wrote NONE at the top, then wrote Repeal the GRA/Sex not Gender/no to self ID/Lesbians don't have penises across the rest of the page with a thick, very black pen. I think I made my point.
If enough people spoil their ballots in protest it might just raise enough of a stink for discussions of proportional representation to start up again. The current adversarial system of government where two parties bray at each other in the house of commons and once the ruling party gets kicked out the incoming government change everything is a national disgrace. We need a parliament where representatives work together to reach consensus, like grown ups. Not stupid, shouty, public school swagger and one upmanship.
Why, when they revamp parliament, can't they set up a circular discussion chamber, with properly comfortable ergonomic chairs for each member, with armrests so that new mothers can breastfeed, and sockets for phones and laptops? A redesign of the chamber to encourage co-operation and listening, instead of the bullish bellowing and point scoring that the current set up encourages. Bear baiting and cock fighting have gone out of fashion, can't our politics move with the times?