Today is voting day and I need you to go and vote 🗳️ I know politics feels exhausting. I know the system has let people down. But staying home is not neutrality - it is still a choice. And if you don’t use your voice, somebody else will make decisions for you. The lower the turnout, the greater the chance the far right has of winning seats. Reform are presenting themselves as anti-establishment outsiders, but many of the people behind the party are the very politicians who gave us austerity, crumbling public services, and years of division - now repackaged through the lens of culture wars and fear. And while we are busy fighting each other over immigration, nobody is asking why our NHS is on its knees, why childcare is unaffordable, or why public services have been stripped to the bone. Our immigration system is broken, but that is a failure of government, not of the human beings fleeing war and persecution who want safety, stability, and a chance to contribute. None of us want dangerous small boat crossings or people waiting months for asylum claims to be processed. I am so tired of the dehumanisation. I want my children to grow up in a country that is kind. And I want to believe that if I ever had to flee, people would be kind to us too. Leaving the ECHR and scrapping the Equality Act would not punish migrants - it would strip protections from ordinary British people. These protections exist precisely because rights should not depend on the goodwill of whoever happens to be in power. We have already watched reproductive rights rolled back in America since Roe v. Wade was overturned. Rights can be eroded when people become complacent. I am voting Green today, but more than anything I am urging people to read beyond the headlines, think critically, and make an informed choice. And if you want to help stop Reform candidates winning seats, please consider voting tactically: stopreformuk.vote Please vote. Then remind your friends, siblings, parents, nieces and nephews to get to the polling stations! Because staying home will not protect us from the consequences. I choose kindness, progress and a Great Britain 🇬🇧 #fyp - @ashleyjames