(With apologies to those who have already done so, in person or by post.)

As the Oberver puts it in last Sunday’s leader: “The worst possible consequence would be mass abstention. Failure to vote this Thursday risks ceding the field to a tiny minority of well-mobilised zealots – the racist BNP and scarcely less fanatical Ukip.”

Of course, while I hope that most people will cast their ballot based on European issues, there will be a large number who will use it to pass judgment on the Gordon Brown’s government, and the greed of MPs in both the major parties. In the absence of an overdue general election, that would be a valid decision, in my opinion.

The writer concludes: “it is the expenses scandal that will decide how most Britons vote on Thursday. While MPs from all parties are tainted, the parties themselves are not equally guilty. A credible record of support for transparency and for constitutional reform reflects well on Nick Clegg’s team.”

I would only add that this goes for Liberal Democrat MEPs as well as the Westminster party.

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