"We don’t claim to be affiliated with any one political persuasion, and to be honest we don’t care who you vote for. But we do believe it is important that everyone exercises their right to vote in the UK’s upcoming General Election. To say cheers to all those who do take to the voting booth on Thursday 8th June, we’ll be giving away a free pint of Punk IPA. Just take a selfie outside your polling station, show us your snap at any UK BrewDog bar and we’ll hand you a Punk to toast your democratic contribution."
Let's not get into debate. Wherever your allegiances lie, enjoy a free pint of the good stuff with your fellow voters!
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alex_dis to FrostbiteXIII
6 Jun 178#5
What's really important is that we change the voting system.
We need Proportional Represenation. First Past The Post discourages people from casting their votes, especially in safe seats. I'm in one and I'm seriously considering not voting this time.
On the other hand, a free pint might encourage me to get to the polling station and spoil my ballot paper :smile:
dashforth
6 Jun 174#3
FYI "To anybody with a postal vote - if you have email confirmation of signing up to vote by post then this will count, so just show the email to the bar on Thursday or Friday to receive your Punk!"
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Intz
6 Jun 172#1
aww, theres no brewdog bars around my area :disappointed: but its an awesome idea strong
Boz
6 Jun 171#2
Heat ..... Cheers :smile:
dashforth
6 Jun 174#3
FYI "To anybody with a postal vote - if you have email confirmation of signing up to vote by post then this will count, so just show the email to the bar on Thursday or Friday to receive your Punk!"
FrostbiteXIII
6 Jun 17#4
Impressed there's no political debate on this (so far!), but I think this is brilliant. I think it's really important we vote more - especially the young folk, who can find it a bit pointless - I say this as I used to be one of them. :smiley:
alex_dis to FrostbiteXIII
6 Jun 178#5
What's really important is that we change the voting system.
We need Proportional Represenation. First Past The Post discourages people from casting their votes, especially in safe seats. I'm in one and I'm seriously considering not voting this time.
On the other hand, a free pint might encourage me to get to the polling station and spoil my ballot paper :smile:
dankbeams to FrostbiteXIII
6 Jun 17#28
This is coming too late for any young people to register to vote though.
adamgreene27
6 Jun 171#6
Don't seem to be seeing too much stuff encouraging older people to vote & help to get elderly people to the polling stations. I wonder why?
annp1 to adamgreene27
6 Jun 172#7
Likely because they're the biggest demograpic turnout. It's the young who need the push.
Bossworld
6 Jun 172#8
Still think it's important to turn out even if it's just to spoil your ballot in a safe seat. I've had a council election in the past where I put 'none', 'of' and 'these' in each of the three boxes in turn.
alex_dis
6 Jun 172#9
I agree, which is why it's so annoying that we're currently stuck with this antiquainted and undemocratic system.
So what's the solution? PR, compulsory voting (as in Australia) or....free drinks ?!
MrPuddington
6 Jun 171#10
I completely agree. We need to make sure every vote counts, and therefore we need an element of proportional representation. (The failed attempt to introduce AV, better known as STV, did not address this at all.) And please spoil your ballot if you like none of the choice - at least they know that there are voters out there who care.
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Let's not get into debate. Wherever your allegiances lie, enjoy a free pint of the good stuff with your fellow voters!
Top comments
We need Proportional Represenation. First Past The Post discourages people from casting their votes, especially in safe seats. I'm in one and I'm seriously considering not voting this time.
On the other hand, a free pint might encourage me to get to the polling station and spoil my ballot paper :smile:
All comments (41)
We need Proportional Represenation. First Past The Post discourages people from casting their votes, especially in safe seats. I'm in one and I'm seriously considering not voting this time.
On the other hand, a free pint might encourage me to get to the polling station and spoil my ballot paper :smile:
So what's the solution? PR, compulsory voting (as in Australia) or....free drinks ?!