Compulsory Voting?

I would be against any system of compulsory voting.

The radical solution was backed by Northern Ireland and Wales Secretary Peter Hain and Commons Leader Geoff Hoon. Mr Hoon said it was "disturbing" that young people and those from deprived communities were "falling out of the habit of voting".

I think the real problem, at least in Earlsdon, is that the other parties don't campaign. Too many voters have congratulated me on being the first to canvass them.

If council meetings are held during the day, if there are no scheduled month-on-month surgeries for councillors, if there are hardly any updates on council decisions between elections, why is it surprising that people are abstaining from the political process?