But you're arguing that people shouldn't vote unless they can prove they're informed. How do you police that for a start and can you not see that it's incredibly undemocratic?
Then you're doomed to a life of disappointment. It's simply unworkable to set some sort of minimum knowledge-criteria before letting people vote.
Are you saying that badly educated people shouldn't be allowed to vote?
No more than say Labour's policy regarding the setting of interest rates or the Tories' position on quantitative easing?
I bet you that most people vote without even glancing at the manifestos and then doing independent research. I never have. Have you?