This is probably obvious....but

[Hilary B]

No No No. I'm not one to tell people what to do, but I couldn't bring myself to vote for someone I don't like. That's worse than not voting in the first place.
What if your choice of candidates were:
Saddam Hussein
Mao Zedong
and
Dr Shipman

Who would you vote for then? "Well I suppose Shipman killed the least so he gets my vote!"
You wouldn't vote for any I'd guess. So why do people feel compelled to vote for someone they 'dislike the least'?

Sorry, didn't meant to rant AT you, I just hear this from people all the time. Shouldn't we be voting for the 'BEST' candidate rather than the 'NOT THE WORST'?

End rant.

On the whole I entirely agree, BUT we aren't just voting for the candidate, we are voting for the NATIONAL result, and therefore must seriously consider which is the least bad of the probables. Because there are so many who vote with their habits and fears (rather than, as they ideally should, with their hearts and minds), many of us need to be a bit more 'tactical' than we like.
Given a safe seat (ie, a cabbage with the locally right colour rosette would be elected) one can indulge the desire to write rude messages on the ballot paper (NEVER refrain from voting, but if no-one is worth voting for, at least tell them so, refusing to even go that far is apathy, and apathy may be the worst thing for all of us).
I DO live in a safe constituency, and therefore have the luxury of choosing as I wish everyone did, but if I lived in a marginal seat, I would probably vote tactically THIS TIME.
We seem to have at least 7 candidates. I would love to see the Independant (who tells us he isn't a politician) at least save his deposit, the Greens, UKIP, 'libertarian' (I get the impression that several Independants decided to get together and make a party...) and the 'big 3' make up the total (that I have heard about).

[OllieMartin]

Oh I'm definately going to exercise my right to vote, but I'm just not drawn to liking any of the parties either locally or nationally based on policies or personalities.
Like you say, they're all liars, none of them shows any real sign of understand the 'average voter' regardless of how hard they try (even if they DO take their tie off!!) and none of them has done ANYTHING to earn my respect. Not one thing.
I cannot bring myself to vote for any of them, so will vote 'none of the above' unless I find something before tomorrow evening.

[reetnproper]

I'm voting marginal tomorrow as I have absolutely no confidence in any of the major parties. Just have to decide which one now.

[FoxHillGardener]

... and none of them has done ANYTHING to earn my respect. Not one thing...

national minimum wage? just a thought