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Linda Jack

Change: How?

By Linda Jack | Fri 6th February 2015 - 6:01 pm

change howAt a time when many of us activists complain about apathy and the electorate complains about us ‘all being the same’, we see UKIP winning the Euros, a huge turn out in the Scottish Referendum, the Greeks electing Syriza, the Spanish enthralled by Podemos and Marine Le Pen taking ground in France.

For me this is an obvious symptom of a largely elitist political system, itself often controlled by powerful vested interests, leaving ordinary people feeling disempowered and disaffected. For some the answer is to join Russell Brand in his protest non vote, for others it is to vote for parties that will give the incumbents a kicking, will offer hope that maybe things could be different.

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