Morton's Fork

Something we've seen a lot of over the last decade is self-important smugness of voters. " I voted, therefore only I am allowed to have any opinion on the current government/London Mayor/local candidate*" *delete as applicable.

I cannot believe that intelligent people - and I count politicians among them - still think it's correct to say "If you didn't vote, then you have no right to complain". This is categorically wrong.

It's a situation known as Morton's Fork - where you have a limited number of options, all of which have a similar, undesirable outcome. If you ask me which of my hands I want chopped off, the answer would be neither. If you ask me which political party to vote for, the answer would be none of them. My abstention is my vote.