@Fraser

Postal votes have to be applied for several weeks in advance, and once granted, can't be exchanged for "in person" votes in a hurry.

I've failed to vote in the last few elections because I've found out that I'm working late or in a different country too near to the election to apply for a postal vote.

Sods law says I'll be in the country, with a quiet day at work now I've actually got a postal vote.

Re: RON - the nearest we have in this country is a wilfully spoiled ballot. If enough people just wrote "RON" across their papers, we could make a point.

Directionless?

"Does Europe want or need its own satellite navigation system?" asked Matthias Ruete, EC director general for energy and transport.

"We have 27 member states. For each member state, we have five or six different authorities, all driving in different directions."

If they're all driving in different directions, surely satnav is precisely what they need?

Or better still...

...enter the address of your local police station as "Home"