I have just voted in a UK election for the 0.first time in about twenty years. An extended period living abroad had ruled the possibility of casting my in previous elections. In truth, in recent years they have the voting process more accessible to Britons living abroad and so I do feel some sense shame at not having done bit for British democracy and registering my postal vote. Instead I had lived the hope that one day I would return to my home country and be able to perform important social duty once again.
The polling station that I attended was housed in the main hall of local school and when I arrived, there was a large queue outside which only seemed to be moving forward a snail's pace. While waiting, I did overhear another voter behind me saying that he a very dim view of being made to wait so long and how much better it would all be if polling stations were operated by private rather than sector workers.
When my turn finally came, I was given a piece of paper with a long list of names on it, of which I recognised apart from two. Unfortunately, these were both politicians that I am not favour of. I had no intention of voting for of these two candidates so I had no choice but to randomly pick a name from the remaining ones. I later discovered I had accidentally voted for a party that wants the UK to withdraw The European Union.
