Now I am all for the fact that people should exercise their right to vote and do so in an informed way, which should really include being sober. But I'm not sure that I like the system here. Not only is voting compulsory, which probably means that those who don't care just put down any old thing without even knowing what the candidates stand for, but they ban alcohol too!
The evening before the elections, after a certain time you can't buy alcohol in the shops or in restaurants and bars. This wouldn't be so bad, but the elections are on a Sunday, so you can't drink in a bar on the Saturday night, and there have been three since we've been here.
And of course all this applies to us even though we don't vote anyway! Can't see the idea catching on in the UK somehow.
Do they always vote this much or did they put the elections on especially as they could not cope with the amount of wine that you and Nic drink!!
ReplyDeleteHello Mum - we've been trying our best but I don't think we've made that much of a dent yet!
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