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How do you vote when you want no-one to win?

The biggest problem we all face tomorrow is how to vote. Do we vote for the liar who gave us war in Iraq, foundation hospitals, no Lords reform, eight years to ban fox-hunting, privatisation everywhere, a racist foreign policy..? Or do we vote for the liar who would have given us war in Iraq, foundation hospitals, no Lords reform, no fox-hunting ban, privatisation everywhere, a racist foreign policy, plus spending cuts, and money stolen from the poor to pay to the rich?

In Scotland matters are worse - we can also not want to vote for those who would remove control of Scotland from the London parliament, and hand it to Brussels, while, at the same time, pursuing a closet, right-wing agenda, all justified with nationalism that frequently crosses into anti-English xenophobia.

All of which leaves just two centrist parties that might be considered - the "we don't believe we can win, and if we do, we'll change the electoral system to ensure we never win again" Liberal Democrats or the "we only have one policy, and that's vague and we can't even agree amongst ourselves what it means or how we'd implement it" Greens.

Not that any of this matters. In my own constituency (Falkirk East and Linlithgow) Labour will get several thousand more votes than all the other parties combined. Nationally, Labour will win, with a majority of 40 to 50.

And people wonder why there's voter apathy?

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