Vote for who you believe in, not who someone tells you to vote for

I have given myself a couple of days to calm down after the Leader's Debate on ITV. Honestly, are those men like a bunch of spoiled little children, or what? For Labour and Conservative it seemed to be nothing but an opportunity to mud-sling and throw personal attacks at each other. I genuinely thought that the female leaders conducted themselves with far more dignity and reality than any of the men.

I may not agree with every single one of the Green Party's policies, but for me, they were the best party that I am eligible to vote for. Their core policies are far more in line with my personal beliefs than any of the others, therefore I will be voting for them.

All in all, I do have to say that if I was Scottish, I would vote for the SNP with Nicola Surgeon in charge. She comes across as a strong, intelligent woman who believes in herself, her policies and her party. In fact, if she was the leader of a party that was present in England, I would vote for that party based on how she conducted herself and presented her party's policies.

If anyone tells me that I am wasting a vote, they are asking for a thick ear! For goodness sake, people; if you keep on saying and doing the same thing, voting for the same parties over and over, how on earth can you expect anything to change? Instead of believing what the so-called 'big' parties tell you (that you are wasting a vote) think for yourselves and vote for the party with the policies that you, as an individual, agree with. There is no such thing as a wasted vote; if everyone who said that voted for the party they truly wanted to, then we would see far more diversity in terms of parties and policies in Westminster. We would start to see some positive change as the 'big' parties would have to alter proposed actions enough to gain support from the smaller parties.

One final thing: Iceland had a peaceful coup, where they placed the blame on those truly responsible for the financial problems - the bankers - issuing arrest warrants for the banking presidents involved;  why can't we? Their citizens refused to pay for the mistakes made by those institutions, though little of what happened made our news - possibly in case it gave us ideas.