I can understand your attitude towards voting. In the USA my friends would always give me a hard time for not voting, but ultimately our two-party system offers a choice between nothing really, and I more or less boycott it because what is democracy if your choices don't have anyone representing you 🤔.
The British Circus without large animals, hmmmmm, you're right, what are they doing? Perhaps twirling batons, drinking tea, and doing somersaults, training hedgehogs to jump through burning rings?