I much prefer the present system where elections are not tied to leadership (explicitly at least). If we vote for a PM separately, such that s/he may not belong to the majority party and/or have the support of that party if s/he does, then we're kinda asking for a weak leader as well as an American-style dumb popularity contest.
I like that the PM has relatively little importance (in that we can go through a change of PM without another election) but quite a lot of power in terms of domestic politics (when compared to the US president for example).
I would like to see some sort of PR though. But a model that retains both the local representation and lack of a presidential election of the current system.
Answering the original question: I vote for the party with the closest-match ideology to my own, taking into account, a bit, what chance they have of actually getting in. Pisses me off that all parties don't run everywhere. The parties I'd vote for under a PR system don't even run here. I don't pay any attention to how hard working the candidate is or whatever, that is of relatively little importance. Doesn't matter how hard working and well-intentioned my local MP is if the country is being fucked on a national level.
I voted Lib Dem last election. I will never, ever, ever, ever vote for them again. They turned my vote into a Tory vote. I'm still fucking angry about that. Bunch of weak, inexcusable cunts.
Probably vote Labour next time.
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