Party membership: a Quaker challenge?

Roger Iredale believes that Quakers face a moral dilemma

by Roger Iredale 27th March 2015

Britain’s imperfect voting system has accustomed us to tactical voting. In the referendum four years ago we were restricted to only two options: one the status quo and the other the transferable vote, which was presented as complex and problematical. As a consequence, many of us still have to vote for a candidate whose party’s manifesto does not entirely match our preferences, simply in order to keep out one who matches them even less!