From the "Respect" party...

... heard on Radio 4, explaining why George Galloway's presence in the "Celebrity Big Brother" household wouldn't make any difference to his constituency.

Well, on lots of votes, if you are a single MP, you have very little influence over the outcome.

That is exactly the justification used by people who don't bother to cast a vote in the election.

So that about wraps it up for democracy, then.