My ex housemate went to vote Labour for the last European elections. On his way out I asked a simple question. "Can you name a single policy for the party you're about to vote for"? He couldn't, yet still went to vote. He then went on to have the audacity to have a go at me for not voting.
I am not voting in the general election, nor am I currently on the electoral roll. There is no one party that is suitable and I trust none of them. I would however vote every time if there was a "none of the above" option that was recorded in some useful way. Currently the only statistics are "Didn't vote", "Defaced Paper" or "not registered", however this does not express the views of the non voter. For me, when there is a party or a manifesto that I both believe in and want to vote for it, I would, but right now I refuse to protest vote or put in power people that I simply do not trust.