To vote, or not to vote? This is a question we need to ask our MPs.

Following the recent furore over Russell Brand and his encouraging of people to not bother to vote, you would expect people to be considering their voting habits and questioning their own motives for voting, or not voting, whatever the case may be.

Remember that we had some very public statements on various media sources, regarding the "destructive" nature of Brand's statements, from our local MP, Mr Tim Loughton?

Here's the piece from the BBC in case you missed it: (In full HERE)

Yes, he talks of "cynicism" and people not being bothered to go out and elect them, he also tells us how much effort him and his mates put in.

Well Yesterday, Parliament voted on the vile "Bedroom Tax". The Mirror published the full list of the votes cast HERE

So, how do you think that Timmy voted?

The answer: HE DIDN'T BOTHER TO VOTE.

You will also remember that after claiming cash to return for the Syria vote, Timbo essentially spoiled his paper by voting twice, and a bit of a look at the figures available show that in the last few years he has neglected to vote in Parliament on more that one in five occasions. Yet you will recall him telling us this....

It is quite amusing to say the least, that a man, who claims that setting an example of not voting should cause "worry" about the future of democracy, doesn't bother to vote himself. This is especially worrying as a lot of us did bother to vote in the election which put him in the position where he should have the opportunity to vote on our behalf in matters of great importance.

The thing that is truly "deeply destructive" is the double-speak that we are being fed by Loughton and other MPs who seem to hold a "holier than thou" attitude when it comes to us voting, yet their responsibility to vote on our behalf after being elected, appears to be of very little value to them.

I for one, in the 25 years that I have been given the privilege to vote in a democratic election process, have used this vote wisely, (when I have been in the country). Yet recently I have even spoken to people in my parents age group who have expressed very similar sentiments to Mr Brand when it comes to voting, and I can assure you that they are not even aware who Russell Brand is, let alone been influenced by him.

If MPs want to tell us that not voting is irresponsible in some way, they need to start doing a bit more of it themselves, after all they are paid very well to vote, whereas we, (the ones who still have some remaining faith in democracy) do it out of the love of freedom, and expect to be represented after doing so.

K