It's better to vote in order to express who you DON'T want (re)elected than not vote at all.
Politics should be discussed much more freely in this country, perhaps then the turn-out might be improved and the stigma removed.
It's a long time since I was at school but it certainly wasn't on the curriculum then, and I'd be surprised to find out that it is now.
There are too many ignorant people who are prepared to criticise who don't excercise their right to vote! These people are hypocrites.
Rant over, in fact I've gone back to bed so I can get out of the other side of it!