Non-voters so apathetic they probably won’t even read this letter

(See: ‘The Union seems more popular than Unionist parties’, Marcus Leroux, Jan 13).

In this piece, Prof Tonge of Liverpool University hints that non-voters have strident opinions and want to see society change. But since non-voters make up 35% of the electorate they can easily change society.

here are voting options other than orange or green, and they can even spoil their ballot paper in protest.

Yet they do none of these.

Not so much strident as apathetic.

It’d be interesting to hear a non-voter’s viewpoint, but I fear they’re too apathetic to even read this, let alone respond.

Thomas Stewart, BT4

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