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Jul 3Liked by Jonathan Rowson

I sympathize with your predicament. As you so rightly point out, each election is different and the local ballot is what determines how effective or ineffective your vote will be.

After a similar process of elimination here in rural France where I live, I cast my preceding vote for the Animal Party. It happened to be during the election for my representative to the European Parliament. Unfortunately they missed the 3 percent hurdle and are now saddled with having to pay for the campaign costs alone without any financial assistance from the government.

This coming Sunday in the runoff in France’s snap parliamentary elections, I’ll have the great pleasure of voting for an ecologist candidate whom I know and admire and who has a very good chance of winning the seat.

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Jul 3Liked by Jonathan Rowson

Being a chess master has certainly helped you think through all the variables, but in more importantly you have thought through those variables carefully and cogently explained their ramifications in light of your desire for the UK’s current political systems penchant for maintaining the status quo. BRAVO!

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